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New academic paper by Colin Yeo and Melanie Griffiths looks at the history and the impact of the ‘hostile environment’ immigration policy

22 January 2021
Article argues that the hostile environment's defining characteristic is the 'deputisation' of border enforcement

Bar Council report highlights serious problems in the civil legal aid system

19 January 2021
Report finds civil legal aid "running on an empty tank, kept going by nothing more than the goodwill of the legal profession"

Inspection report on Home Office’s use of sanctions and penalties finds lack of overall strategy and lack of evidence to show they work

15 January 2021
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration's second report of the week looks at sanctions and penalties

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration examines the work of Home Office Presenting Officers

12 January 2021
New inspection report highlights concerns over training and a lack of preparation time for appeals

Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee concerned by insufficient information over the objective and operation of changes to the asylum process made by December’s HC 1043

11 January 2021
Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules criticised for imprecise terms and lack of supporting documentation

New House of Commons Library briefing paper examines the end of the Dublin III Regulation in the UK

07 January 2021
Significant changes to returns to safe third countries following end of Brexit transition period and introduction of HC 1043

UNHCR publishes comprehensive new review of statelessness determinations in the UK

05 January 2021
First public audit of the Home Office approach to decisions made under the Statelessness Determination Procedure

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published as Brexit transition period ends

31 December 2020
12-page statement includes visitor and T5 (Temporary Worker) changes and takes effect at 11pm tonight

In memory of Shindo Maguire, EIN Chief Executive

30 December 2020
With much sadness, EIN announces the death of Shindo Maguire

Police inspectorate recommends that police restrict sharing information about vulnerable victims of crime with Home Office Immigration Enforcement

21 December 2020
Investigation report published after policing super-complaint submitted by Liberty and Southall Black Sisters

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