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JCWI examines the experiences of undocumented migrants in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic

24 January 2022
Covid exposed and exacerbated existing inequalities, significantly worsening situation of undocumented

Joint Committee on Human Rights finds Nationality and Borders Bill’s reform of asylum would fail to meet UK’s human rights obligations

21 January 2022
Parliamentary committee looks at Bill's asylum provisions, Home Office decision-making, age assessments, and deprivation of citizenship

Legal opinion by leading immigration barristers finds clause 9 of Nationality and Borders Bill gives Home Secretary “exorbitant, ill-defined and unconstitutional” power to remove citizenship

19 January 2022
Joint opinion by Raza Husain QC, Eleanor Mitchell and Jason Pobjoy published by Good Law Project

Ghana completely rejects claims that it would be willing to receive asylum seekers from the UK for offshore processing

18 January 2022
Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says media reports are untrue

UN rights experts say Nationality and Borders Bill fails to respect the UK’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law

18 January 2022
Four Special Rapporteurs restate their serious concerns over the Bill; UNHCR issues new observations

New guidance from the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) on electronic bundles and the CE-File electronic filing service

15 January 2022
Guidance applying to all cases in the UTIAC issued by Mr Justice Lane

Four new reports by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration are published

13 January 2022
Inspections on the Home Office's Chief Caseworker Unit; the EU Settlement Scheme; ePassport gates; and queue management at Birmingham Airport

Following recent article in the Guardian, the Home Office confirms it is not returning refused asylum seekers to Syria

11 January 2022
Government reaffirms Syria remains unsafe after Home Office decision suggested asylum seeker could be safely returned

Home Office publishes response to independent commissioner’s report on domestic abuse survivors with insecure immigration status

10 January 2022
Safety Before Status report called for recognition of 'immigration abuse' as particular form of domestic abuse

New scientific committee will advise Home Office on ways of conducting age assessments on asylum seekers

06 January 2022
Home Secretary wants more vigorous and robust age assessments to prevent abuse

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Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals, 2022 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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