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New British Red Cross report finds too many families face risks and difficulties applying for refugee family reunion visas

Mon, 16 November 2020: Reports calls on the Home Office to make visa application process safer and more accessible

Joint Committee on Human Rights says Home Office cultural changes needed to ensure people are treated with humanity and without racial prejudice

Wed, 11 November 2020: Parliamentary committee publishes report on Black people, racism and human rights

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration releases three new inspection reports

Wed, 11 November 2020: Reports on Home Office response to 'lorry drops' and small boat arrivals, UK refugee resettlement schemes, and use of language services in asylum process

Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee concerned by length and complexity of October’s statement of changes to the Immigration Rules

Mon, 9 November 2020: Committee says "wholly unjustified" of the Government to combine so many policy areas in a single instrument

Institute for Public Policy Research assesses the implications of the new points-based immigration system

Fri, 6 November 2020: Report considers how new immigration policy can support economic challenges currently facing the UK

Asylum Matters says alarmingly low levels of asylum support forcing people to live below the poverty line

Mon, 2 November 2020: Report finds a majority of asylum seekers don’t always have enough money for food

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit report highlights positive immigration changes made during Covid-19

Thu, 29 October 2020: Report details six changes that have proved beneficial to applicants, legal representatives, the courts and Home Office

HM Inspectorate of Prisons concerned by inadequate facilities used for holding migrants arriving on the Kent coast

Mon, 26 October 2020: Detention facilities in Dover found to be very poorly equipped to meet their purpose

Major new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules released

Thu, 22 October 2020: Government hails 500+ page statement of changes as 'a significant step forward in the transformation of our immigration system'

Safety4Sisters report highlights lack of support for migrant women with no recourse to public funds who have experienced gender-based violence

Wed, 21 October 2020: Report documents experiences of abuse survivors during Covid-19 pandemic

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