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Lord Chancellor makes statement about work to increase capacity in Tribunals’ Immigration and Asylum Chambers for Illegal Migration Act appeals

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Date of publication

16 January 2024

Summary

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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Date of publication

16 January 2024

Summary

Important updated legal analysis finds failings of original migration partnership have not been adequately addressed

Right to Remain publishes new guide on work exploitation and migrant workers’ rights

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Date of publication

16 January 2024

Summary

New addition to Right to Remain's renowned Toolkit on the asylum and immigration system

Home Affairs Committee calls for Parliament to debate ratification of UK-Rwanda treaty as Safety of Rwanda Bill returns to the Commons

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Date of publication

15 January 2024

Summary

Treaty of such significant legal and political importance should be debated, Committee says

No new routes proposed in Home Office’s Illegal Migration Act report on safe and legal routes to the UK

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Date of publication

11 January 2024

Summary

Report published by Home Secretary as obliged under Section 61 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023

Government confirms £38,700 minimum income requirement for spouse/family visa by early 2025 in petition response

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Date of publication

11 January 2024

Summary

Government officially confirms timetable as it responds to petition calling for increase to be scrapped

Court of Appeal examines procedural unfairness in EEA family permit case and holds FTT acted unfairly on remittances

Blog post

Date of publication

10 January 2024

Written by

Asad Ali Khan

‘Broken’ asylum system leads Médecins Sans Frontières to support asylum seekers in UK for first time ever

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Date of publication

09 January 2024

Summary

International humanitarian charity begins providing healthcare at former RAF base in Wethersfield

Ramifications for Bangladesh’s Political Opposition Amid Sheikh Hasina's Unopposed Fifth Term Victory in Election

Blog post

Date of publication

09 January 2024

Written by

Shaheen Mamun, Black Antelope Law

Backlog of asylum applications awaiting a decision dips below 100,000 for first time since June 2022

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Date of publication

05 January 2024

Summary

Office for Statistics Regulation to investigate Government's claim of success in clearing legacy backlog

MiCLU: Hostile environment towards Albanian asylum seekers poses alarming risk to their mental health and wellbeing

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Date of publication

04 January 2024

Summary

Report by Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit highlights discrimination and racism experienced by Albanians in UK asylum system

Public Law Project reports on increased use of GPS tagging in immigration bail and rollout of new fingerprint scanners

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Date of publication

03 January 2024

Summary

Latest annual report published on Home Office's use of Global Positioning System electronic monitoring

How to lift the No Recourse to Public Funds condition

Blog post

Date of publication

02 January 2024

Written by

Danielle Cohen

Government reverses recent change to 28-day ‘move-on’ period for new refugees to leave asylum accommodation

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Date of publication

27 December 2023

Summary

The change made in August is reported to have triggered a big increase in homelessness among refugees

Updated House of Commons Library briefing on changes to legal immigration rules for family and work visas

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Date of publication

22 December 2023

Summary

Concise overview of what is known about the changes and what is still to be announced