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UNHCR and IOM troubled by reported proposals to return boats crossing the Channel, say saving lives should be the priority

Wed, 19 August 2020: Home Secretary appoints Clandestine Channel Threat Commander to tackle asylum seeker sea crossings

Report by Migrants’ Rights Network and Unis Resist Border Controls finds woeful lack of support for Tier 4 students during Covid-19 crisis

Thu, 13 August 2020: Groups call for the Government to end no recourse to public funds provisions for international students

Duncan Lewis: Lord Chancellor accepts that new legal aid scheme for immigration and asylum appeals was unlawful

Tue, 11 August 2020: May's controversial Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 to be revoked

Home Office suspends use of digital streaming tool for visa applications after legal action by JCWI and Foxglove

Sun, 9 August 2020: Visa streaming process redesign will consider issues of unconscious bias and use of nationality

New academic report examines UK policies for asylum seeker and refugee integration

Wed, 5 August 2020: RESPOND project report finds UK's integration policies are reactive, non-interventionist and fragmented

Lift the Ban coalition says allowing asylum seekers to work is common sense as the UK rebuilds from Covid-19 crisis

Tue, 4 August 2020: Updated report finds policy change would boost economy by £97.8 million per year

Home Affairs Committee publishes report on Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 with regard to asylum accommodation

Fri, 31 July 2020: Report finds much more needs to be done by accommodation providers and Home Office to prevent the virus spreading

Judge Michael Clements and Sir Peter Lane review the year in the Immigration and Asylum Chambers of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal

Wed, 29 July 2020: Senior President of Tribunals publishes his annual report for 2020

New Paul Hamlyn Foundation report examines the level of unmet need for immigration legal advice and representation

Mon, 27 July 2020: Saira Grant authors overview of immigration advice services in England and Wales

Sisters Not Strangers finds refugee and asylum-seeking women face unprecedented challenges during coronavirus pandemic

Thu, 23 July 2020: New report by Sisters Not Strangers coalition says women seeking asylum among the most vulnerable during the pandemic

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Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals, 2020 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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