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JCWI calls for minimum income requirement to be suspended due to economic impacts of Covid-19 pandemic

Mon, 11 May 2020: Charity says it has seen a huge surge in enquiries from desperately worried families, including key workers

High Court rules that ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition on migrants on 10-year route to settlement breaches Article 3 and is unlawful

Thu, 7 May 2020: Court ruling requires aspects of the policy to be amended to avoid imminent destitution

Children’s Society finds ‘no recourse to public funds’ leaves thousands of children growing up in long-term poverty

Wed, 6 May 2020: Comprehensive new report released as High Court hearing on NRPF begins

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration publishes inspection report on Adults at Risk in immigration detention

Mon, 4 May 2020: David Bolt's first annual review finds some progress, but a lot more needed to make process more efficient and effective

Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) notifies that all Judicial Review applications can now be lodged using email

Wed, 29 April 2020: Tribunal announces further change to the way it works due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Supreme Court allows appeal in AM (Zimbabwe) and rules Paposhvili should be followed in Article 3 cases

Wed, 29 April 2020: Important new judgment endorses the European Court of Human Rights decision in Paposhvili v. Belgium

Covid-19 and the immigration tribunals: a guide for appellants without representation

Wed, 29 April 2020: Following the unprecedented changes being made to the procedures in immigration tribunals, 1MCB Chambers has prepared a guide to assist unrepresented appellants.

Helen Bamber Foundation says survivors of modern slavery with insecure immigration status should be granted leave to remain

Wed, 29 April 2020: Report details how coronavirus has compounded risks and vulnerabilities for survivors of trafficking and slavery

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health calls for NHS charging regulations to be revoked; Home Secretary says Government reviewing health surcharge for migrant NHS workers

Mon, 27 April 2020: New research paper finds regulations are unworkable and are harming the health system

Hackney Migrant Centre highlights problems faced by migrant families with no recourse to public funds

Thu, 23 April 2020: Report looks at families' inability to access free school meals despite suffering poverty and insecurity

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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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