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
Watchdogs warn Nationality and Borders Bill will reduce protection for victims of human trafficking and modern slavery
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Concerns raised by Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
Home Office announces new Immigration Rules changes for social care and agricultural visas in response to worker shortages caused by Covid and Brexit
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Care workers added to shortage occupation list, Seasonal Worker visa extended until end of 2024
Comprehensive new House of Lords Library briefing looks at the amendments made to Nationality and Borders Bill during its passage through the Commons
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Full text of helpful briefing paper ahead of Lords debate on 5 January 2022
Court of Appeal quashes convictions of asylum seekers found guilty of breaching immigration law for helping to steer boats across the Channel
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Lord Justice Edis says law was misunderstood when investigating, charging and prosecuting the cases
Article 3 in expulsion of mentally ill individuals: risk of harm to others insufficient to engage protection
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Charlotte Gilmartin, UK Human Rights Blog