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Right to Remain updates its online Toolkit guide to the asylum and immigration system

Mon, 17 May 2021: New and improved version of the user-friendly, step-by-step guide, updated to reflect current rules, laws and policies

Queen’s Speech announces new legislation that would bring major changes to the asylum system and to judicial reviews

Tue, 11 May 2021: New Plan for Immigration legislation forthcoming and scrapping of Cart judicial review applications considered

UNHCR consultation response finds many aspects of the New Plan for Immigration do not respect fundamental principles of refugee law

Tue, 11 May 2021: UK asylum proposals would create a discriminatory two-tiered approach to asylum, UNHCR says

Law Society warns Government’s New Plan for Immigration would undermine access to justice and the rule of law

Mon, 10 May 2021: Proposals would overturn principle of everyone being equal in the eyes of the law

JCWI says UK immigration system actively and unnecessarily creates undocumented migrants

Wed, 5 May 2021: New report examines the reality of life for undocumented migrants in the UK today

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons finds conditions at Harmondsworth IRC below acceptable standards and vulnerable detainees are held for too long

Mon, 3 May 2021: New inspection report of Harmondsworth immigration removal centre published

UNHCR sets out its opposition to the Government’s New Plan for Immigration and publishes new report on the situation of stateless persons in the UK

Fri, 30 April 2021: UN Refugee Agency addresses some questions about proposed changes to UK asylum system

New Helen Bamber Foundation report provides a comprehensive overview of disability and the Refugee Convention

Tue, 27 April 2021: Report by Jennifer Blair and David Neale with valuable and practical guidance for practitioners, judges and decision-makers

Refugee Council raises serious concerns over increasing use of hotels as contingency accommodation for asylum seekers

Mon, 26 April 2021: Problems accessing legal advice among a number of issues caused by use of hotels

House of Commons Library briefing examines the system of accommodation and financial support for asylum seekers

Fri, 23 April 2021: New report provides a concise and factual overview of the asylum support system

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Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals, 2021 Edition
The current electronic version of the BPG by Mark Henderson, Rowena Moffatt and Alison Pickup freely available on EIN

ILPA + EIN Directory of experts
The ILPA Directory of Experts on Countries of Origin on the EIN public site

The financial (minimum income) requirement for partner visas
House of Commons Library report on the minimum income threshold in the Immigration Rules, November 2017

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