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Academic report finds Australian model for offshore processing of asylum seekers, which UK proposes to copy, is ineffective, costly and cruel

Mon, 16 August 2021: Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law says failed policy should not be replicated by other countries

Blog series by the UK Administrative Justice Institute considers the Home Office’s handling of immigration complaints

Thu, 12 August 2021: Informative new academic research by Robert Thomas, Professor of Public Law at the University of Manchester

New House of Commons Library briefing looks at the entitlement to benefits for migrants in the UK

Tue, 10 August 2021: Overview of what benefits can be claimed by asylum seekers and refugees; and EEA and non-EEA nationals

Home Office announces that people applying late to now-closed EU Settlement Scheme will have rights protected while application is determined

Fri, 6 August 2021: Groups welcome important policy U-turn protecting EU citizens applying after June deadline

African Union condemns “in the strongest terms possible” Denmark’s plans to send asylum seekers abroad for processing

Tue, 3 August 2021: 55-country body criticises European attempts to shift asylum burden to developing countries

House of Commons Justice Committee finds a rigid system of fixed fees and low pay is leaving legal aid firms struggling

Mon, 2 August 2021: Report highlights impact of legal aid 'advice deserts' on immigration and asylum law

Informative new European Network on Statelessness report examines childhood statelessness in the UK

Thu, 29 July 2021: Report finds significant law, policy, and practice gaps exist in understanding and addressing childhood statelessness

Government’s ambitious ‘innovation strategy’ outlines plans for new visa routes to make the UK the easiest country in the world for top talent to enter

Tue, 27 July 2021: Plans include High Potential Individual route, a scale-up route and a revitalised Innovator route

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration and HMI Prisons publish full inspection report on the use of former army barracks as contingency asylum accommodation

Mon, 26 July 2021: Inspectors found impoverished and run-down conditions at Penally Camp in Pembrokeshire and Napier Barracks in Kent

UNHCR says it is saddened to see the Nationality and Borders Bill pass its second reading stage in Parliament

Wed, 21 July 2021: Criminalising asylum seekers is unacceptable, the UN Refugee Agency said in a statement today

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