Important updates to Home Office guidance for sponsor licence holders
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Updated Commons Library briefing on Home Secretary’s powers to deprive a person of British citizenship and withdraw passports
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Briefing looks at how the powers have changed over time and how their use has increased
Government announces new sanctions regime to combat organised immigration crime and reduce small boat crossings
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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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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
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Gavin Webster, Immtell
Study finds substandard and unsafe asylum accommodation puts mothers and babies at risk
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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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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
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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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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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Helpful overview with latest details of progress and obstacles in Afghan resettlement to the UK
Supreme Court rules misrepresentations during citizenship applications should be dealt with by section 40 of 1981 Nationality Act
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Legal bloggers question misleading coverage of judgment
European Court of Justice rules self-employed EU citizens can retain worker rights if unemployed
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Self-employed Romanian plasterer is able to retain right of residence in Ireland
Human Rights Watch says asylum seekers are living in desperate conditions in Calais
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More than 500 migrants and asylum seekers face winter weather and ongoing police violence
Inside Britain's asylum appeal system – what it's like to challenge the Home Office
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Jennifer Allsopp, Andrew Burridge, Melanie Griffiths, Nick Gill, Rebecca Rotter via The Conversation
UK Visas and Immigration extends Tier 4 visa pilot for international Masters students
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Pilot scheme which streamlines visa application process now extended to 23 further universities