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An appreciation of Shindo Maguire (25 April 1952 - 28 December 2020)

Wed, 27 January 2021: The Chair of EIN, Gary McIndoe, remembers the life of Shindo Maguire, EIN's former Chief Executive

In memory of Clyde James, EIN Trustee

Wed, 27 January 2021: The trustees of EIN are saddened to hear of the death of Clyde Glenville James

House of Commons Library briefing provides overview of the permission to work policy for asylum seekers

Mon, 25 January 2021: Useful overview of government policy on restricting asylum seekers' rights to work

New academic paper by Colin Yeo and Melanie Griffiths looks at the history and the impact of the ‘hostile environment’ immigration policy

Fri, 22 January 2021: Article argues that the hostile environment's defining characteristic is the 'deputisation' of border enforcement

Bar Council report highlights serious problems in the civil legal aid system

Tue, 19 January 2021: Report finds civil legal aid "running on an empty tank, kept going by nothing more than the goodwill of the legal profession"

Inspection report on Home Office’s use of sanctions and penalties finds lack of overall strategy and lack of evidence to show they work

Fri, 15 January 2021: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration's second report of the week looks at sanctions and penalties

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration examines the work of Home Office Presenting Officers

Tue, 12 January 2021: New inspection report highlights concerns over training and a lack of preparation time for appeals

Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee concerned by insufficient information over the objective and operation of changes to the asylum process made by December’s HC 1043

Mon, 11 January 2021: Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules criticised for imprecise terms and lack of supporting documentation

New House of Commons Library briefing paper examines the end of the Dublin III Regulation in the UK

Thu, 7 January 2021: Significant changes to returns to safe third countries following end of Brexit transition period and introduction of HC 1043

UNHCR publishes comprehensive new review of statelessness determinations in the UK

Tue, 5 January 2021: First public audit of the Home Office approach to decisions made under the Statelessness Determination Procedure

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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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