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The legality of the new minimum income requirement
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Chris Rowe, Swansea University
Salary threshold for skilled worker visa increases to £39K on 4 April, minimum income requirement for family/spouse visa rises to £29K on 11 April
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Immigration minister reveals dates when major changes to legal migration announced in December come into force
House of Lords votes against blocking the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
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Bill passes second reading stage in Lords and progresses to committee stage
Kingsley Napley: Definition of unmarried partner in Appendix FM of Immigration Rules will change this week
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Requirement for unmarried partners to have been living together for at least two years is being removed
Big increases in fines for employing or renting to irregular migrants will come into force on 13th February 2024
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Maximum fines increase to £60,000 per illegal worker for employers and £20,000 per irregular occupier for landlords
New Office for National Statistics report on lived experiences of young people arriving in UK on various immigration routes
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Displaced young people describe experiences with UK immigration system, housing, education and healthcare
What is rule 39? UK government tells civil servants to ignore European court of human rights on Rwanda deportations
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Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool, via The Conversation
Refugee Council report finds 1,300 asylum-seeking children wrongly assessed and treated as adults by Home Office in just 18 months
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Joint report says Home Office’s incorrect determination of age is leaving child refugees at risk
New academic articles on gendered harms of hostile environment immigration policy and on importance of primary evidence in asylum claims
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Natalie Sedacca considers hostile environment's impact on migrant women, Imranali Panjwani says notion of evidence in immigration law needs broadening
66% increase in Immigration Health Surcharge to be implemented on 6th February 2024
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Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2024 was made on 16th January and takes effect 21 days later
Rwanda bill voted through Commons and heads to Lords as International Agreements Committee says UK-Rwanda treaty not ready to be ratified
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MPs approve Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill by 320 votes to 276 at third reading stage
Legislating fiction
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Alice Donald and Joelle Grogan, via Verfassungsblog
Lord Chancellor makes statement about work to increase capacity in Tribunals’ Immigration and Asylum Chambers for Illegal Migration Act appeals
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After The Times reports Government will move judges to Upper Tribunal, Alex Chalk clarifies it is for judiciary to decide
UNHCR finds new UK-Rwanda treaty and Safety of Rwanda Bill are incompatible with international refugee law
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Important updated legal analysis finds failings of original migration partnership have not been adequately addressed