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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

Public Law Project and University of Exeter release results of six-year observational study of asylum appeal hearings in the First-tier Tribunal

18 December 2020
New report finds asylum appeal hearings too often lack fairness and accessibility

Migration Advisory Committee’s annual report provides overall context within which to view UK immigration policy

16 December 2020
MAC expects limited use of Skilled Worker Route as new immigration system launches during Covid-19 pandemic

HMI Prisons inspection report on removals to France and Lithuania finds vulnerabilities of immigration detainees not identified early enough

15 December 2020
One person removed under Dublin Convention, 29 others have removal directions cancelled

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules includes asylum changes to ‘deter claimants leaving safe third countries’

10 December 2020
Brief new 10-page statement clarifies places and circumstances in which an asylum application 'may be properly made'

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