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Freedom from Torture says Supreme Court judgment on false imprisonment of asylum seekers is scathing indictment of Home Office practices

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02 December 2019

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Significant ruling finds those detained up to March 2017 for Dublin III removal were unlawfully detained

Latest ONS statistics show EU net migration falling and non-EU net migration rising to give broadly stable overall figure

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28 November 2019

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Net migration to the UK in the year ending June 2019 estimated at 212,000

Migrant Voice survey finds a significant number of people experience problems applying to the EU Settlement Scheme

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27 November 2019

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Report finds concerns over difficulty of applying and negative impact it has on health and wellbeing

Conservative manifesto pledges an Australian-style points-based immigration system with more controls to reduce numbers and attract the “best and brightest”

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24 November 2019

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Manifesto policies include a "firmer and fairer" system, new visa routes, an increase in cost of health surcharge

Labour manifesto promises to end hostile environment and establish a humane immigration system built on human rights that meets UK’s skills shortages

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21 November 2019

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Immigration policies include ending indefinite detention and scrapping the 2014 Immigration Act

Liberal Democrats manifesto policies include retaining free movement, scrapping the hostile environment and introducing a time limit on immigration detention

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20 November 2019

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Lib Dems say immigration system in desperate need of reform and promise a fair system that works for everyone

Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee publishes report on the human cost of irregular migration

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19 November 2019

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Report warns a focus on closing borders will drive migrants to take more dangerous routes, and push them into the hands of criminal groups

Refugee groups bitterly disappointed after Scottish Court of Session rules Serco's policy of evicting refused asylum seekers is lawful

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Date of publication

18 November 2019

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Groups warn several hundred people at risk of summary eviction following ruling in Ali v Serco

Garden Court Chambers announces the death of Ian Macdonald QC

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Date of publication

12 November 2019

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Garden Court mourns the loss of a trailblazer in immigration and human rights law who inspired generations of barristers

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is seeking survey responses from practitioners who represent or advise undocumented migrants

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Date of publication

12 November 2019

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Short survey aims to help inform project looking at how best to advocate for new and better paths to regularisation

Migration Observatory publishes updated briefing on asylum and refugees, finds initial decisions are now taking substantially longer

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Date of publication

11 November 2019

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Home Office asylum decisions within six months fall from 73% in 2012 to just 25% in 2018

Women for Refugee Women looks at effects of "period poverty" among refugee and asylum-seeking women

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Date of publication

07 November 2019

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New briefing by women's charities finds period poverty is part of 'hostile environment' policy against asylum seekers

Independent Monitoring Board’s annual report on immigration detention finds too many vulnerable people being detained

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04 November 2019

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Voluntary monitoring body says detention of vunerable and those with mental illness remains a huge concern

Sir Peter Lane and Judge Michael Clements review the year in the Immigration and Asylum Chambers

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Date of publication

30 October 2019

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Latest annual report on the work of the Tribunals published today by Sir Ernest Ryder

JCWI and technology campaign group Foxglove launch legal challenge over Home Office’s use of software to sift visa applications

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Date of publication

30 October 2019

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Groups say shadowy digital 'streaming tool' is using problematic and biased criteria such as nationality