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Children’s Commissioner finds pressing need to improve processes for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children arriving in Kent

Mon, 8 February 2021: Concerns raised over the length of time highly vulnerable children are held at Kent Intake Unit

After Exploitation and Women for Refugee Women find large numbers of potential victims of trafficking are subjected to immigration detention

Fri, 5 February 2021: Report says nearly 3,000 potential trafficking victims detained since 2019

Adam Smith Institute calls for a comprehensive overhaul of British nationality law

Wed, 3 February 2021: Report criticises citizenship requirements and fees as "inflexible, over-prescriptive and extortionate"

Refugee groups raise numerous concerns over conditions for asylum seekers being housed in former military barracks

Mon, 1 February 2021: Fire at Napier barracks in Kent follows growing controversy over use of unsuitable temporary accommodation

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

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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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