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Home Office to expand AI use in asylum decision-making after promising pilot results

29 April 2025
Artificial intelligence will be deployed to support caseworkers to make swifter decisions on asylum claims

Home Office announces new fines for illegal immigration advice as IAA practice note clarifies legal boundaries

28 April 2025
Immigration Advice Authority to get new powers to tackle rogue advisers; practice note on immigration assistance outlines types of assistance requiring regulation

Work Rights Centre calls for a new ‘Workplace Justice Visa’ to address failings of current employer-sponsored visa system

25 April 2025
Report based on six-country comparison finds UK's visa sponsorship system risks breaching human rights obligations

Harmondsworth immigration removal centre sees ‘exceptional’ improvements after ‘worst ever’ findings, but significant safeguarding concerns remain

24 April 2025
HMI Prisons latest inspection of Heathrow-based IRC praises response to major failings identified in previous years

UNHCR examines third-country return hubs for failed asylum seekers as UK reported to be considering partnerships in the Balkans

21 April 2025
Refugee Council warns UK's proposals to use return hubs will be unworkable and a waste of public money

Coalition urges repeal of harmful provisions in Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

15 April 2025
Coalition for Asylum Rights and Justice warns refugees and victims of modern slavery could be unfairly prosecuted under new Bill

Resolution Foundation highlights deep-rooted insecurity among substantial minority of UK’s migrant workforce

14 April 2025
New report presents clear evidence that foreign-born workers face higher rates of precarity than UK-born counterparts

New report calls for redesign of Skilled Worker visa system to better align with needs of key UK industries

11 April 2025
Centuro Global says there is a growing mismatch between immigration policy and business needs

All asylum claims deemed ‘inadmissible’ under Rwanda policy will now be processed, Home Office says

08 April 2025
New guidance announces discontinuance of inadmissibility actions, with all claims to receive a substantive asylum decision

New report by Migrants Organise highlights crisis in the quality of immigration legal aid

07 April 2025
Lack of legal aid is leaving people without good quality legal advice and representation

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