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Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee publishes report on the human cost of irregular migration

Tue, 19 November 2019: Report warns a focus on closing borders will drive migrants to take more dangerous routes, and push them into the hands of criminal groups

Refugee groups bitterly disappointed after Scottish Court of Session rules Serco's policy of evicting refused asylum seekers is lawful

Mon, 18 November 2019: Groups warn several hundred people at risk of summary eviction following ruling in Ali v Serco

Garden Court Chambers announces the death of Ian Macdonald QC

Tue, 12 November 2019: Garden Court mourns the loss of a trailblazer in immigration and human rights law who inspired generations of barristers

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is seeking survey responses from practitioners who represent or advise undocumented migrants

Tue, 12 November 2019: Short survey aims to help inform project looking at how best to advocate for new and better paths to regularisation

Migration Observatory publishes updated briefing on asylum and refugees, finds initial decisions are now taking substantially longer

Mon, 11 November 2019: Home Office asylum decisions within six months fall from 73% in 2012 to just 25% in 2018

Women for Refugee Women looks at effects of "period poverty" among refugee and asylum-seeking women

Thu, 7 November 2019: New briefing by women's charities finds period poverty is part of 'hostile environment' policy against asylum seekers

Independent Monitoring Board’s annual report on immigration detention finds too many vulnerable people being detained

Mon, 4 November 2019: Voluntary monitoring body says detention of vunerable and those with mental illness remains a huge concern

Sir Peter Lane and Judge Michael Clements review the year in the Immigration and Asylum Chambers

Wed, 30 October 2019: Latest annual report on the work of the Tribunals published today by Sir Ernest Ryder

JCWI and technology campaign group Foxglove launch legal challenge over Home Office’s use of software to sift visa applications

Wed, 30 October 2019: Groups say shadowy digital 'streaming tool' is using problematic and biased criteria such as nationality

Non-asylum immigration and citizenship matters for separated migrant children brought back into scope of legal aid

Mon, 28 October 2019: Children's charities welcome change which means quicker and simpler access to legal aid

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