Hostile environment, Brexit and missed targets: 14 years of Tory immigration policy
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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
Senior President of Tribunals issues new practice direction on the giving of written reasons for decisions in the First-tier Tribunal
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Sir Keith Lindblom directs that reasons be adequate, clear, appropriately concise, and focused upon the principal issues
UN rights experts express deep concern over the deception and exploitation of migrant workers in the UK
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Migrant workers illegally charged thousands of pounds to secure employment, with some arriving in the UK to find no work is available
New report details profound and harmful impact of the age assessment process on child asylum seekers
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Helen Bamber Foundation and Young Roots highlight intimidating, hostile and threatening environment of age disputes
Medical charities say asylum seekers held in legal limbo at Wethersfield are experiencing mental health crisis
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Doctors of the World and Médecins Sans Frontières call for site in Essex to be closed as a matter of urgency
IPPR and GMIAU set out challenges of 10-year route to settlement in practical resource for local authorities
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New joint report by the Institute for Public Policy Research and Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
The Illegal Migration Act and its inevitable fate in Northern Ireland: Re NIHRC & JR295's applications for judicial review
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Anurag Deb and Colin Murray, UK Human Rights Blog
Public Accounts Committee finds Government does not have credible plan for implementing Rwanda migration partnership
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Parliamentary committee left with little confidence in the Home Office’s ability to implement Rwanda policy
Independent Monitoring Board sets out widespread concerns over safety of immigration removal centres in new annual report
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Voluntary body says processes to prevent vulnerable migrants from being detained are ineffective
Nigeria as a Safe Country of Origin? On the Production and (Mis)Use of Country of Origin Information
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Agostina Pirrello, Utrecht University, via Verfassungsblog
ONS estimates net migration down by 10% in 2023 but still historically high at +685,000
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Latest Office for National Statistics long-term international migration statistics and latest Home Office immigration system statistics released
Refugee Law Initiative report explores ground-breaking proposal for a specialist court for unaccompanied asylum seeking children
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Methoria's First Rights Project advocates establishment of a truly child-oriented and child-rights principled new court