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Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration finds Home Office’s ineffective performance in family reunions is failing applicants and refugees

27 February 2023
New inspection report reveals a system 'beset with delays' and unacceptable waiting times

UK receives almost 75,000 asylum applications in 2022, highest number since 2002 but still well below current levels in Germany and France

23 February 2023
Latest immigration statistics show asylum claims continue to increase, leading to record backlog of 130,000 cases

Special Immigration Appeals Commission dismisses Shamima Begum’s appeal against the deprivation of her British citizenship

22 February 2023
In a lengthy judgment, the Commission is unable to conclude the Secretary of State erred in any material respect

Commentators express concern after immigration minister says a small number of legal practitioners are being ‘monitored’ for abusing human rights laws over asylum seekers

21 February 2023
Robert Jenrick tells House of Commons the Government is "monitoring the activities" of some human rights lawyers

RAMFEL takes legal action against Home Office’s failure to provide formal documentation to migrants on 3C leave

21 February 2023
Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex & London says thousands face debt and desperation as they cannot prove status

Public Law Project begins judicial review over ‘discriminatory’ Home Office algorithm used to identify potential sham marriages

20 February 2023
Marriages involving Greeks, Bulgarians, Romanians and Albanians are disproportionately investigated, PLP says

University of Brighton report for Rainbow Migration finds that all LGBTQI+ people are at particular risk of harm in immigration detention

16 February 2023
LGBTQI+ people risk verbal and physical harm and are not protected by staff

New House of Commons Library briefing looks at inadmissibility rules for asylum claims

14 February 2023
Full text of 'Refusing to process asylum claims: the safe country and inadmissibility rules'

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

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