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Government lays legislation allowing use of x-rays when assessing age of asylum seekers, RCPCH says methods are unethical and inaccurate

14 September 2023
X-rays of teeth and bones of the hands and wrists and MRIs of knees and collar bones to be used in age assessments

Major new report describes dire problems with housing, health, education and food faced by families seeking asylum in the UK

14 September 2023
Human Rights Watch and Just Fair find the current UK asylum system is not fit for purpose

Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) publishes new Standard Directions applying to represented appeals from 25 September 2023

13 September 2023
New directions on electronic bundles and skeleton arguments issued by Principal Resident Judge Blum

Academic article argues Rwanda policy has historical echoes of Empire and is best understood as a colonial power play

13 September 2023
Relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda repeats pattern of forced mobility from Britain’s colonial past

JUSTICE: Rule of law under grave threat in UK; human rights protections for marginalised, including migrants, is being diluted

11 September 2023
New report notes immigration reform continues to be at cutting edge of UK's human rights-reducing legislation

The newly revised 2023 edition of the Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals is now available

11 September 2023
Update of the indispensable guide to asylum appeals by Mark Henderson, Rowena Moffatt, Alison Pickup and Monika Nollet

New practice direction issued on taking evidence from overseas in the Special Immigration Appeals Commission

07 September 2023
Mr Justice Jay, Chairman of the SIAC, issues new guidance on procedure to be followed when a witness is overseas

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules amends ETA scheme for non-visa nationals, removes right of administrative review for EUSS refusals

07 September 2023
Changes related to EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) and Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) requirements; new Appendix Children introduced

NGOs say changes to ‘move-on’ period for newly recognised refugees is leading to homelessness and destitution

07 September 2023
Many refugees now get as little as seven days notice to move out of asylum accommodation

Immigration minister restates Government’s plans to stop ‘illegal migration’ but no new announcements in today’s statement to the Commons

05 September 2023
Robert Jenrick says plans are working, Stephen Kinnock says he's bewildered by claims of success

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