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Migration Observatory report highlights sharp decline in work visas in first half of 2024

Latest news

Date of publication

02 September 2024

Summary

Reduction in healthcare visas largely responsible for falling levels of work-related immigration in wake of Conservatives' five-point plan

Home Office’s unrealistic and ‘deeply unsatisfactory’ asylum budgeting explained by Institute for Fiscal Studies

Latest news

Date of publication

29 August 2024

Summary

Brief new report says Home Office got into bad habit of submitting budgets it knew would be insufficient

Immigration reform urgently needed to support migrant nurses and prevent exodus, Royal College of Nursing says

Latest news

Date of publication

27 August 2024

Summary

New report calls for 'no recourse to public funds' condition to be ended immediately for migrant workers

What are the ‘good character’ requirements for UK naturalisation?

Blog post

Date of publication

22 August 2024

Written by

Gary McIndoe, Latitude Law

Home Office intends to significantly increase removal of failed asylum seekers

Latest news

Date of publication

21 August 2024

Summary

New measures announced to strengthen border security and expand immigration enforcement and returns activity

Five new monitoring reports on places of immigration detention released by Independent Monitoring Boards

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Date of publication

20 August 2024

Summary

Annual reports covering facilities from Dover to Durham published by volunteer watchdog bodies

Byline Times: FOI request reveals increase in self-harm at immigration detention centres

Latest news

Date of publication

19 August 2024

Summary

Self-harm rising faster than detention estate population, with almost two incidents a day in first five months of 2024

Family reunion and human rights: KF (Syria) overturned in new Upper Tribunal decision

Blog post

Date of publication

19 August 2024

Written by

Usman Aslam, Mukhtar & Co

NCA: Highly likely that threat from organised immigration crime has increased in 2024

Latest news

Date of publication

16 August 2024

Summary

National Crime Agency's annual assessment notes Channel crossings decreased 36% in 2023 but number of persons per boat increased

House of Commons Library updates its briefing on the immigration health surcharge

Latest news

Date of publication

13 August 2024

Summary

Cost of surcharge rose from £624 to £1,035 for adults and from £470 to £776 for children and students on 6 February

Government could save billions by investing in free specialist legal advice for all areas of law, including immigration

Latest news

Date of publication

12 August 2024

Summary

Report commissioned by Access to Justice Foundation and Bar Council says funding early advice saves time and money in the long term

Unrest in Bangladesh: Implications for UK Asylum Claims and Judicial Approaches

Blog post

Date of publication

09 August 2024

Written by

Gordana Balać and Shaheen Mamun, Black Antelope Law

Court of Appeal: Albanian siblings of EU nationals wrongly refused status under EUSS

Blog post

Date of publication

09 August 2024

Written by

Asad Ali Khan

BRP holders should now take action to create a UKVI account to access their eVisa

Latest news

Date of publication

07 August 2024

Summary

Home Office says biometric residence permit holders no longer need an invitation to create a UKVI account

Persistent questioning of appellant by judge was fair

Blog post

Date of publication

06 August 2024

Written by

Asad Ali Khan