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President of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) issues updated practice statement on arrangements during the Covid-19 pandemic

Thu, 22 April 2021: Presidential Practice Statement No 1 of 2021 takes effect from Monday, 26 April

New report from Jesuit Refugee Service UK calls for an asylum system rooted in a sense of shared humanity

Wed, 21 April 2021: Catholic charity says the asylum system should welcome, protect, promote and integrate people seeking sanctuary

New publications from the Office for National Statistics set out a substantial change in methodology for estimating net migration

Sun, 18 April 2021: Use of administrative data shows EU migration was much higher than previously estimated

Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) finds Secretary of State breached Article 2 obligations following death of immigration detainee

Wed, 14 April 2021: Garden Court Chambers and Duncan Lewis Solicitors announce 'ground-breaking judgment'

High Court begins hearing legal challenge over use of Napier Barracks to house asylum seekers

Wed, 14 April 2021: Claimants argue accommodation was inadequate and a breach of the Home Office's own policies

Home Office signs legal agreement with EHRC to address failings following finding that hostile environment immigration policy did not comply with equality law

Mon, 12 April 2021: Equality and Human Rights Commission will monitor new action plan for two years

Asylum Information Database publishes updated report on the asylum system in the UK

Thu, 8 April 2021: Comprehensive 107-page overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures

MPs hold House of Commons debate on the impact of ‘eye-watering’ immigration and nationality application fees

Tue, 6 April 2021: Labour's Meg Hillier says fees are an injustice and price young people out of British citizenship

Hundreds of leading academics criticise Government’s New Plan for Immigration for being “completely unfounded in any body of research evidence”

Thu, 1 April 2021: Open letter notes "deeply troubling echoes" of Australia's Temporary Protection Visa

Immigration barristers lodge formal complaint over recent Home Office press release claiming increase in abuse of modern slavery system

Tue, 30 March 2021: Leading chambers say press release presented unevidenced political opinions as fact and breached Civil Service Code

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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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