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Families for Justice report details the impact of deportation laws on the women and children left behind in the UK

21 March 2022
Report provides first-hand accounts of life under UK deportation law

Major new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules launches several new business routes and makes changes to private life route and EU Settlement Scheme

15 March 2022
Five new Global Business Mobility routes, plus new High Potential Individual route and Scale-up route

New Homes for Ukraine visa scheme will allow UK individuals and groups to sponsor and host Ukrainian refugees, Labour warns it risks being a “DIY asylum scheme”

14 March 2022
Michael Gove announces new sponsorship scheme to help people fleeing Ukraine will launch on Friday, 18 March

Comprehensive British Red Cross report examines the experiences of refugee families reuniting in the UK

14 March 2022
Review of Red Cross Family Reunion Integration Service highlights struggles accessing housing, work, health and education

House of Commons Library updates briefing outlining the UK’s current immigration concessions for people from Ukraine

11 March 2022
Useful summary briefing updated after Home Office opens new Ukraine Family Scheme

Home Secretary: Ukrainians with passports will no longer need to visit a Visa Application Centre to give biometrics before coming to UK

10 March 2022
Change to Ukrainian Family Scheme application process from next Tuesday, 15 March

Defeats of the Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill continue in the House of Lords on the third day of report stage

09 March 2022
Lords vote to add new clause to restrict age assessments of asylum seekers

Home Office’s Ukraine Family Scheme extended to include aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws

08 March 2022
Kevin Foster updates the House of Commons as Home Office response faces widespread criticism

Medical Justice: People are being released from immigration detention in a medically unsafe way, Home Office is failing its duty of care

07 March 2022
Report says detainees are released in unplanned and chaotic way, with little to no onward care

Nationality and Borders Bill suffers further defeats on second day of report stage in the House of Lords

02 March 2022
Lords vote to remove clause 28 of the Bill allowing UK to offshore asylum seekers

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