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Government announces new migration partnership to enable asylum seekers who enter the UK without permission to be sent to Rwanda

14 April 2022
Prime Minister announces major new asylum policy, acknowledges numerous challenges lie ahead in implementing it

MPs find Napier Barracks in Kent still fails to provide suitable accommodation for asylum seekers despite Home Office changes

11 April 2022
Report on February visit to Napier by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Immigration Detention

Nationality and Borders Bill returns to Commons next week, House of Commons Library updates comprehensive briefing paper on Bill’s progress

11 April 2022
MPs set to debate Lords' latest amendments next Wednesday with end of current parliamentary session looming

Public Law Project says use of secondary legislation to implement yesterday’s major changes for proving immigration status is inappropriate and democratically unacceptable

07 April 2022
Home Office's online service must now be used to evidence right to work and right for all migrants

Wendy Williams finds Home Office has made progress in righting Windrush wrongs, but much more remains to be done

04 April 2022
Progress update considers achievements made since March 2020 Windrush Lessons Learned Review

Peers require the Commons to think again as the Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill suffers fresh defeats on its return to the House of Lords today

04 April 2022
Lords continue to vote to amend the Bill during ping pong with the Commons, with 12 defeats inflicted

Migration Observatory: Over 2 million EU citizens granted temporary pre-settled status under EU Settlement Scheme face potential pitfalls remaining in the UK

30 March 2022
Report looks at challenges people face when needing to reapply to EUSS to obtain full settled status

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules formally brings visa concessions for people from Ukraine into the Rules

29 March 2022
Family and Homes for Ukraine schemes come under Rules from tomorrow, new Ukraine Extension Scheme from 3 May

LSE report finds removing ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition from working migrants would lead to considerable financial and social benefits

28 March 2022
Benefit of scrapping NRPF could be up to £872m over 10 years; Covid NRPF free school meal extension made permanent

New First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) guidance on anonymity orders and directions on use of documents and information

23 March 2022
Judge Michael Clements releases Presidential Guidance Note No. 2 of 2022

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