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Following recent article in the Guardian, the Home Office confirms it is not returning refused asylum seekers to Syria

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Date of publication

11 January 2022

Summary

Government reaffirms Syria remains unsafe after Home Office decision suggested asylum seeker could be safely returned

Home Office publishes response to independent commissioner’s report on domestic abuse survivors with insecure immigration status

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Date of publication

10 January 2022

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Safety Before Status report called for recognition of 'immigration abuse' as particular form of domestic abuse

New scientific committee will advise Home Office on ways of conducting age assessments on asylum seekers

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06 January 2022

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Home Secretary wants more vigorous and robust age assessments to prevent abuse

Report by Asylum Matters finds institutional accommodation is unsuitable for housing asylum seekers and causes harm

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Date of publication

05 January 2022

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Joint report details experiences of those housed in hotels, hostels and former military barracks

Watchdogs warn Nationality and Borders Bill will reduce protection for victims of human trafficking and modern slavery

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Date of publication

30 December 2021

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Concerns raised by Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Home Office announces new Immigration Rules changes for social care and agricultural visas in response to worker shortages caused by Covid and Brexit

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Date of publication

27 December 2021

Summary

Care workers added to shortage occupation list, Seasonal Worker visa extended until end of 2024

Comprehensive new House of Lords Library briefing looks at the amendments made to Nationality and Borders Bill during its passage through the Commons

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Date of publication

22 December 2021

Summary

Full text of helpful briefing paper ahead of Lords debate on 5 January 2022

Court of Appeal quashes convictions of asylum seekers found guilty of breaching immigration law for helping to steer boats across the Channel

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Date of publication

22 December 2021

Summary

Lord Justice Edis says law was misunderstood when investigating, charging and prosecuting the cases

Home Office rejects calls for a firewall with police to prevent sharing data about victims of crime with insecure immigration status

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Date of publication

20 December 2021

Summary

Review published in response to data-sharing complaint submitted by Liberty and Southall Black Sisters

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons finds asylum seekers arriving in Kent continue to be held in poor and unsatisfactory facilities

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Date of publication

16 December 2021

Summary

Concerns raised in previous inspection in 2020 remain, and people are now being held longer

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules clarifies rules concerning the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP)

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Date of publication

14 December 2021

Summary

Brief new 11-page statement published, with changes taking effect from 4pm today

APPG on Immigration Detention releases its full, and highly critical, inquiry report into the use of sites such as Napier Barracks and Penally Camp for asylum accommodation

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Date of publication

13 December 2021

Summary

Report details profound harm caused by prison-like and "fundamentally unsuitable" institutional accomodation

Nationality and Borders Bill heads for the Lords after passing its final third reading in the Commons

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Date of publication

08 December 2021

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By 298 votes to 231, MPs vote through the most significant overhaul of asylum system in decades

Home Office confirms it will not lift the ban that prevents asylum seekers from working

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Date of publication

08 December 2021

Summary

Government responds to Lift the Ban coalition's campaign and 2018 report following a review

Parliamentary committee calls on Government to amend plans to scrap Cart judicial reviews, noting they provide important protection against legal errors by the immigration tribunal

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Date of publication

07 December 2021

Summary

Cart JRs safeguard against serious human rights abuses or even death