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Comprehensive new Commons Library briefing on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-25

Latest news

Date of publication

06 February 2025

Summary

Helpful new briefing explains what is the Bill, focusing on its main provisions and most significant clauses

Lords committee warns immigration policies and high visa fees threaten UK’s ability to attract science and technology talent

Latest news

Date of publication

05 February 2025

Summary

House of Lords Science and Technology Committee calls for a more holistic immigration policy to compete in global race for talent

APPG on Refugees calls on the Government to improve ‘overly complex, restrictive, and slow’ safe and legal routes for refugees

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Date of publication

04 February 2025

Summary

All-Party Parliamentary Group says Labour's approach to cracking down on smuggling gangs should go hand-in-hand with greater support for genuine refugees

Immigration rules keep changing, and the confusion can cause real problems for migrants

Blog post

Date of publication

03 February 2025

Written by

Ben Brindle, University of Oxford. Originally published on The Conversation

Report finds media and politicians encouraged widespread hostility towards migrants, paving the way for the ‘hostile environment’

Latest news

Date of publication

02 February 2025

Summary

News articles and parliamentary debates from 2010 to 2014 frequently associated immigration with crime and illegality

Deprivation of British Citizenship on Grounds of Fraud: The Test on Appeal After Chaudhry

Blog post

Date of publication

31 January 2025

Written by

Adrian Berry

Labour’s ‘landmark’ Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is published

Latest news

Date of publication

30 January 2025

Summary

74-page Bill introduced to the House of Commons and given its First Reading today

Asylum Aid: Government confirms it will repeal Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024

Latest news

Date of publication

29 January 2025

Summary

Act to be repealed in the current parliamentary session, and all associated policy guidance to be withdrawn

‘Sole responsibility’ rule discriminates against migrant single mothers in the care sector

Latest news

Date of publication

27 January 2025

Summary

Thousands of single mothers who came to the UK before 11 March 2024 denied visas for their children

Lessons from R (Andrews) v SSHD [2025]: The Risks of Relying Solely on Home Office Guidance

Blog post

Date of publication

27 January 2025

Written by

Sukhvinder Nara, NARA Solicitors

Migration Advisory Committee to publish family visa review in the summer after record number of consultation responses

Latest news

Date of publication

23 January 2025

Summary

More than 2000 people respond to MAC's call for evidence as it reviews impact of raising minimum income requirement to £38,700

New briefing finds stateless people in the UK face prolonged ‘legal limbo’

Latest news

Date of publication

23 January 2025

Summary

Asylum Aid and other organisations say overall situation for stateless people is "cruel and destructive"

A context-dependent right to notice

Blog post

Date of publication

21 January 2025

Written by

Lewis Graham

Home Office to automate conversion of EUSS pre-settled status to settled status

Latest news

Date of publication

20 January 2025

Summary

Process of acquiring settled status to be more streamlined and straightforward for holders of pre-settled status

Why employers must review their employment contracts after 31.12.2024: Legality of clawback clause

Blog post

Date of publication

20 January 2025

Written by

Sukhvinder Nara, NARA Solicitors