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New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules introduces Student and Child Student routes to replace Tier 4

Thu, 10 September 2020: New study routes are first to be introduced as part of the new points-based immigration system

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit launches new young people’s guide to age assessments

Thu, 10 September 2020: Illustrated 20-page guide to help young asylum seekers going through the age assessment process

House of Commons Library publishes overview of asylum claims in the UK

Tue, 8 September 2020: Useful new briefing provides factual background on asylum law and processes

House of Lords Constitution Committee warns Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill threatens to add to the complexity of immigration law

Tue, 8 September 2020: Report outlines constitutional concerns raised by Brexit immigration bill

New Institute for Public Policy Research report examines the impacts and efficacy of ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies

Fri, 4 September 2020: Report finds policies cause destitution and discrimination and do not appear to be working for anyone

Home Office deletes controversial Twitter post accusing “activist” immigration lawyers of disrupting the removal of migrants

Tue, 1 September 2020: Law Society and Bar Council say attacking lawyers undermines the rule of law

ONS estimates net migration in year ending March 2020 was highest since 2016, but new Home Office data shows collapse in visa grants since then due to coronavirus

Thu, 27 August 2020: Pre-Covid data puts net migration at +313,000, with large increase in non-EU student numbers

Public Law Project report explores the move to online appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)

Thu, 27 August 2020: Important new report considers online procedure pilot phase and unplanned Covid-19 expansion

British Red Cross calls for greater international co-operation to protect people claiming asylum

Tue, 25 August 2020: Chief Executive of British Red Cross says current debates speak too little about the humanity of those risking their lives

University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory publishes briefing on the children of migrants in the UK

Fri, 21 August 2020: 6% of children in UK under age 18 were born abroad and 8% are non-UK/non-Irish citizens

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Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals, 2020 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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