What is a ‘New Matter’ in an Immigration Appeal?
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Hundreds of asylum seekers continue to suffer harm due to being housed at former military base in Wethersfield, Essex
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Helen Bamber Foundation and Humans for Rights Network publish follow-up to December 2023 report and find little has changed
Refugee Council sets out scale of asylum challenges that await next government and calls for “rescue and reform” of the system
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Asylum backlog of 118,329 people as of 31 March 2024 is just one of the problems the new government will inherit
Nationality and Borders Act has ‘significant negative impacts’ on protection and wellbeing of modern slavery victims
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British Institute of International and Comparative Law publishes comprehensive assessment of changes to modern slavery after Act's Part 5 entered into force
Changing Attitudes, Changing Coalitions: The Politics of Immigration Before and After Brexit
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Robert Ford, University of Manchester. Originally published in The Political Quarterly
Use of hotels as long-term asylum accommodation damages health and wellbeing, new report finds
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Helen Bamber Foundation and Asylum Aid detail the 'suffering and squalor' that asylum seekers face when forced to live in hotels for months and even years
Laws and practices on asylum must resist politics of fear and exclusion
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Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR)
Reports say UK’s ‘broken’ family reunion system is failing refugees and pushing people to make dangerous journeys
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RAMFEL, Refugee Council and Safe Passage International highlight how family reunion is failing to provide an effective route to safety
New report by Kalayaan details increase in abuse of migrant domestic workers after 2012 visa changes
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Charity working with migrant domestic workers calls on incoming government to restore the pre-2012 visa regime
Tracing The Effects Of Salary Hikes For Sponsored Workers
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Gary McIndoe, Latitude Law
UK in a Changing Europe publishes wide-ranging review of the politics of UK’s post-Brexit immigration landscape
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Academic think tank analyses policy, politics and public opinion of migration since the last general election
Labour pledges to end over-reliance on migrant workers by linking immigration to skills and to set up new Border Security Command to tackle small boats
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Manifesto promises to restore order to asylum system and reform the points-based immigration system
Immigration practitioners warn of ‘disastrous cliff-edge’ as Home Office moves to new digital-only immigration system by 31 December 2024
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ILPA and 230 others write to Home Office with serious concerns, warning there will be a new Windrush scandal
Green Party pledges to end the hostile environment, reduce immigration fees, and abolish minimum income requirement for family visas
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Greens say they welcome the economic and societal contributions made by immigrants and refugees
Conservative manifesto pledges new immigration cap to reduce record net migration levels and promises ‘regular rhythm’ of flights to Rwanda
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Manifesto says immigration is too high and public need confidence it will come down significantly