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Government announces new sanctions regime to combat organised immigration crime and reduce small boat crossings

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Date of publication

10 January 2025

Summary

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office will develop legislation for sanctions regime, and is working to deliver more returns arrangements

Minister unable to confirm timeline for resumption of Syrian asylum decisions

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Date of publication

08 January 2025

Summary

Angela Eagle says Government will provide an update to Parliament 'as soon as possible'

Sponsor Licence Suspensions and Revocations Surge: What Businesses Need to Know

Blog post

Date of publication

08 January 2025

Written by

Gavin Webster, Immtell

Study finds substandard and unsafe asylum accommodation puts mothers and babies at risk

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Date of publication

07 January 2025

Summary

Dispersal asylum accommodation in Glasgow negatively impacts health, wellbeing, and safety of mothers and babies

FLEX report exposes systemic barriers preventing asylum seekers from accessing work in the UK

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Date of publication

06 January 2025

Summary

Focus on Labour Exploitation finds path for asylum seekers to access work in the UK is narrow and obstructed

Do I need an ETA for entry into the UK? Essential information for travellers

Blog post

Date of publication

04 January 2025

Written by

Javier Alvaro Culebras, Latitude Law

Refugee Council calls for more safe routes to the UK as Channel deaths reach record high

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Date of publication

03 January 2025

Summary

At least 69 people died crossing the Channel in 2024, more than the 59 total deaths between 2019 and 2023

House of Commons Library releases updated briefing on UK’s immigration schemes for Afghans

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Date of publication

02 January 2025

Summary

Helpful overview with latest details of progress and obstacles in Afghan resettlement to the UK

ECJ: A right of permanent residence may be acquired only through periods of residence which satisfy the conditions laid down by EU law

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Date of publication

22 December 2011

Summary

Court of Justice of the European Union press release following the ruling in Joined Cases C-424/10 and C-425/10 on the periods of residence for non-Member State nationals

ECJ: An asylum seeker may not be transferred to a Member State where he risks being subjected to inhuman treatment

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Date of publication

22 December 2011

Summary

Court of Justice of the European Union press release following the ruling in Joined Cases C-411/10 and C-493/10 on the transfer of asylum seekers to EU Member States

MPs debate deportation of foreign criminals after Sunday Times leaked report

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Date of publication

20 December 2011

Summary

Questions asked in the Commons on the situation of foreign criminals awaiting deportation from the UK.

EU may reintroduce visas to stop flow of illegal immigrants

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Date of publication

15 December 2011

Summary

SETimes reports that the EU may be in a "great hurry" to temporarily suspend the visa-free regime to Western Balkan states

Common rights and single work and residence permit for non-EU workers

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Date of publication

13 December 2011

Summary

Third country migrants working legally within the EU will enjoy common rights under a new "single permit" law passed by the European Parliament

UKBA: Changes to appeals against immigration and asylum decisions from 19 December 2011

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Date of publication

09 December 2011

Summary

Appeal fee charges for some asylum and immigration appeals to begin on 19 December 2011

Medecins Sans Frontieres: Sixty years on, governments are still failing refugees

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Date of publication

08 December 2011

Summary

Too often, national governments circumvent or simply ignore their responsibilities to refugees writes MSF's Christopher Stokes