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Immigration health surcharge to increase 66 percent from £624 to £1,035

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Date of publication

14 July 2023

Summary

Government announces immigration fees will rise to help cover public sector costs

Lords vote through fresh amendments to Illegal Migration Bill and require MPs to think again

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Date of publication

13 July 2023

Summary

Peers inflicts a further nine defeats on Government as Bill returns to second House

MPs reject all Lords amendments to Illegal Migration Bill on its return to House of Commons

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Date of publication

12 July 2023

Summary

Government makes concessions as it wins 18 votes, but Labour says they do not offer enough

Council of Europe finds migrants were held unlawfully at Manston short-term holding facility and may have been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment

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Date of publication

10 July 2023

Summary

Anti-torture Committee publishes report of visit to UK carried out in November 2022

Home Office responds to Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s report urging improved support for victims with insecure immigration status

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Date of publication

10 July 2023

Summary

Commissioner disappointed by lack of new or substantive commitments for migrant survivors of domestic abuse

New House of Commons Library briefing on the use of hotels, vessels and large-scale sites as accommodation for asylum seekers

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Date of publication

10 July 2023

Summary

Wethersfield RAF base to receive first group of asylum seekers as Home Office seeks to end use of hotels

Illegal Migration Bill’s report stage ends with a further five votes lost by the Government in House of Lords

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Date of publication

06 July 2023

Summary

Lords inflict what is thought to be a record 20 total defeats on a bill

Government suffers a further 11 defeats on Illegal Migration Bill in second day of voting in House of Lords

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Date of publication

04 July 2023

Summary

Among multiple defeats for Bill, Lords vote to retain 'magnificent' Hardial Singh principles on immigration detention

UNHCR publishes comprehensive audit of Home Office’s Detained Asylum Casework procedure

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Date of publication

04 July 2023

Summary

47-page report published following review of 30 individual cases

OISC revises its judicial review case management practice note in wake of Baxter v Doble & Anor

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Date of publication

03 July 2023

Summary

Changes made to ensure advisers do not inadvertently conduct litigation and contravene Legal Services Act

First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) issues new guidance on immigration bail for judges

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Date of publication

30 June 2023

Summary

New guidance note implemented in March, but may only have been made public this week

Chief Inspector of Borders finds Home Office’s performance in removing foreign criminals is inefficient, unacceptable and ‘no way to run a government department’

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Date of publication

30 June 2023

Summary

Two new inspection reports released on removal of foreign national offenders and on country information for Iraq and Myanmar

Court of Appeal allows appeal against Rwanda policy, rules by a majority that Rwanda is not a safe third country for asylum seekers

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Date of publication

29 June 2023

Summary

Judgment handed down in AAA and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Lords inflict multiple defeats on Illegal Migration Bill, including requiring it to be interpreted consistently with UK’s international obligations

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Date of publication

28 June 2023

Summary

Government suffers four defeats before technical problems cause postponement of further votes

GMIAU highlights suffering of asylum-seeking children caused by crisis in legal aid representation and Home Office delays

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Date of publication

28 June 2023

Summary

New report by Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit on children in the UK’s asylum system