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Home Office publishes assessments of the compliant/hostile environment immigration policy, JWCI calls it as a ‘watershed moment’ showing the policy is racist

13 February 2023
Four documents released, including equality impact assessment and review of internal data and processes

Academic report says UK’s failure to negotiate post-Brexit returns agreement is main reason for increase in asylum seekers making small boat crossings

10 February 2023
Thom Brooks: Government is repeating same old lines about stopping boats, unable to acknowledge failure of Brexit deal

International Rescue Committee calls on the UK to commit to resettle more refugees and to improve integration services for refugees

07 February 2023
New report recommends UK should set ambitious target of resettling at least 10,000 refugees per year

European Union Agency for Asylum publishes comprehensive new judicial analysis on qualification for international protection

06 February 2023
400-page analysis of Directive 2011/95/EU, better known as the qualification directive (recast)

New immigration legislation coming as Prime Minister promises ‘Stop The Boats Bill’ within weeks; Refugee Council notes majority crossing the Channel are refugees

02 February 2023
Sunak says new Bill will see people coming illegally to UK detained and removed

Collapse in new case referrals adds to woes for immigration and asylum legal aid providers in Wales

01 February 2023
Comprehensive new report by Jo Wilding on adequacy and availability of immigration legal advice services in Wales

University College London researchers find hostile environment policies disrupt the delivery of maternity care for refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants

30 January 2023
New academic report is the latest to document hostile environment harms

Updated House of Commons Library briefing on ‘safe and legal’ routes to the UK for refugees, asylum seekers and others seeking protection

27 January 2023
Overview of existing routes, including refugee resettlement programmes, refugee family reunion, and bespoke routes for certain nationalities

Upper Tribunal tries and fails to understand the meaning of ‘durable partner’ in ‘barely comprehensible’ part of Appendix EU of the Immigration Rules

24 January 2023
Paragraph (b)(ii)(bb)(aaa) of Annex 1 of Appendix EU leaves judges stumped

Immigration minister says Home Office aims to have 2,500 asylum caseworkers in place by August 2023

23 January 2023
Large increase planned to tackle backlog, up from just 597 caseworkers in 2019-20

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