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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

Report by Asylum Matters finds institutional accommodation is unsuitable for housing asylum seekers and causes harm

05 January 2022
Joint report details experiences of those housed in hotels, hostels and former military barracks

Watchdogs warn Nationality and Borders Bill will reduce protection for victims of human trafficking and modern slavery

30 December 2021
Concerns raised by Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Home Office announces new Immigration Rules changes for social care and agricultural visas in response to worker shortages caused by Covid and Brexit

27 December 2021
Care workers added to shortage occupation list, Seasonal Worker visa extended until end of 2024

Court of Appeal quashes convictions of asylum seekers found guilty of breaching immigration law for helping to steer boats across the Channel

22 December 2021
Lord Justice Edis says law was misunderstood when investigating, charging and prosecuting the cases

Comprehensive new House of Lords Library briefing looks at the amendments made to Nationality and Borders Bill during its passage through the Commons

22 December 2021
Full text of helpful briefing paper ahead of Lords debate on 5 January 2022

Home Office rejects calls for a firewall with police to prevent sharing data about victims of crime with insecure immigration status

20 December 2021
Review published in response to data-sharing complaint submitted by Liberty and Southall Black Sisters

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