Changing Attitudes, Changing Coalitions: The Politics of Immigration Before and After Brexit
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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
Hostile environment, Brexit and missed targets: 14 years of Tory immigration policy
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Erica Consterdine, Lancaster University, via The Conversation
Liberal Democrats manifesto pledges to scrap Illegal Migration Act and Rwanda scheme and introduce more safe routes for asylum seekers to reach the UK
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Lib Dems say immigration system is broken and call for fair, effective system that treats everyone with dignity and respect
Revocation of sponsor licence without providing a meaningful opportunity to respond is unlawful
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Asad Ali Khan
Failure to provide migrants on ‘3C leave’ with documentary proof of immigration status is unlawful, High Court rules
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Landmark judgment finds Home Secretary's decision not to provide documentary proof was irrational, unreasonable and caused real hardship to thousands