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New Scientist: Home Office independent scientific committee expected to recommend dental X-rays and collarbone analysis for assessing the age of asylum seekers

01 August 2022
Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee to recommend X-rays and MRI scans in forthcoming report

Refugee Council: Lives on hold as number of asylum seekers housed in hotels trebles in 2021 to reach 26,000

29 July 2022
Asylum seekers continue to experience significant issues whilst living in hotel accommodation

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration highly critical of Home Office’s poor response to asylum seekers arriving in Kent via small boats

25 July 2022
Inspection report of initial processing at Tug Haven and Western Jet Foil for people arriving by boat

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules amends the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme

20 July 2022
Amendments to ensure there is a route for children to come to the UK from Ukraine without their parents

Major new Supreme Court judgment on the deportation of foreign criminals and the ‘unduly harsh’ test

20 July 2022
Secretary of State's appeals dismissed in HA (Iraq), RA (Iraq) and AA (Nigeria) [2022] UKSC 22

Home Affairs Committee: Asylum system is broken, but not due to asylum seekers crossing the Channel

19 July 2022
Report points to poor resourcing of staff and technology as major reason for Home Office struggle with asylum backlog

First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) presidential guidance note on taking oral evidence from abroad is updated

14 July 2022
Third version of the guidance note to be issued this year

Next week’s High Court hearing on lawfulness of policy of relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda is adjourned until September

12 July 2022
Detention Action says legal teams now have time to prepare the substantial case

Report on electronic monitoring of foreign national offenders published by Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

11 July 2022
Home Office team is hard working and dedicated, but understaffed and undertrained

HMI Prisons: Colnbrook immigration removal centre decently run, but let down by inadequate Home Office engagement with detainees

07 July 2022
Inspection report published following unannounced visit to removal centre near Heathrow

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