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Hundreds of leading academics criticise Government’s New Plan for Immigration for being “completely unfounded in any body of research evidence”

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Date of publication

01 April 2021

Summary

Open letter notes "deeply troubling echoes" of Australia's Temporary Protection Visa

Immigration barristers lodge formal complaint over recent Home Office press release claiming increase in abuse of modern slavery system

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Date of publication

30 March 2021

Summary

Leading chambers say press release presented unevidenced political opinions as fact and breached Civil Service Code

Case Preview: BF (Eritrea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

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Date of publication

29 March 2021

Written by

Katy Sheridan, UK Supreme Court Blog

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit highlights impact of Covid-19 delays on asylum-seeking children

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Date of publication

29 March 2021

Summary

Delays in asylum decision-making leads to children "emotionally and physically falling apart"

Home Secretary sets out plans for sweeping reform of the asylum system against widespread criticism

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Date of publication

24 March 2021

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Consultation opens for responses until 6 May 2021 following launch of New Plan for Immigration

Free Movement publishes guide for journalists as counterpoint to recent Government briefings about a ‘broken’ asylum system

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Date of publication

23 March 2021

Summary

Colin Yeo says recent announcements coming out of Home Office are largely cover for internal problems

The Domestic Abuse Bill and its Lack of Support for Migrant Women

Blog post

Date of publication

22 March 2021

Written by

Aaron Gates-Lincoln, Immigration News UK

Home Secretary says her ‘New Plan for Immigration’ will see the most comprehensive overhaul of the asylum system in years

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Date of publication

22 March 2021

Summary

Priti Patel to unveil new plan this week, says asylum system should be based on need

Post-Brexit 2021 Skilled Worker Sponsorship Eligibility Rules

Blog post

Date of publication

19 March 2021

Written by

Amar Ali, Reiss Edwards

Independent Review of Administrative Law recommends that Cart JR applications be discontinued due to low success levels

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Date of publication

19 March 2021

Summary

Government confirms it intends to implement recommendation and remove avenue of lodging Cart Judicial Reviews

High Court hears legal challenge against no recourse to public funds policy brought by 5-year-old born in the UK

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Date of publication

18 March 2021

Summary

Challenge argues policy indirectly discriminates on grounds of race, due to disproportionate impact on black children

Home Office says research showing high failure rate of last-minute appeals against deportation shows need for reform

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Date of publication

16 March 2021

Summary

Report looks at legal issues raised by immigration detainees between 2017 and 2019

Distraction, lies and deception: The government's framing of asylum seeking in 2020

Blog post

Date of publication

12 March 2021

Written by

Reanna Smith, Immigration Advice Service

Public Accounts Committee criticises government’s ‘litany of failure’ in delivery of digital border programmes

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Date of publication

12 March 2021

Summary

Report finds Home Office struggles to delivery technology programmes at staggering cost to taxpayer

Comprehensive new EASO judicial analysis on vulnerability in the context of applications for international protection

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Date of publication

10 March 2021

Summary

260-page analysis aims to contribute to improved awareness of when and how to take into account the vulnerability of an applicant