Striking a balance on student migration to the UK
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New House of Commons Library briefing looks at inadmissibility rules for asylum claims
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Full text of 'Refusing to process asylum claims: the safe country and inadmissibility rules'
Home Office publishes assessments of the compliant/hostile environment immigration policy, JWCI calls it as a ‘watershed moment’ showing the policy is racist
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Four documents released, including equality impact assessment and review of internal data and processes
Academic report says UK’s failure to negotiate post-Brexit returns agreement is main reason for increase in asylum seekers making small boat crossings
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Thom Brooks: Government is repeating same old lines about stopping boats, unable to acknowledge failure of Brexit deal
International Rescue Committee calls on the UK to commit to resettle more refugees and to improve integration services for refugees
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New report recommends UK should set ambitious target of resettling at least 10,000 refugees per year
Asylum support rate increased after Home Secretary’s unlawful failings
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Ben Amunwa, Law mostly
European Union Agency for Asylum publishes comprehensive new judicial analysis on qualification for international protection
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400-page analysis of Directive 2011/95/EU, better known as the qualification directive (recast)
New immigration legislation coming as Prime Minister promises ‘Stop The Boats Bill’ within weeks; Refugee Council notes majority crossing the Channel are refugees
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Sunak says new Bill will see people coming illegally to UK detained and removed
Collapse in new case referrals adds to woes for immigration and asylum legal aid providers in Wales
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Comprehensive new report by Jo Wilding on adequacy and availability of immigration legal advice services in Wales
University College London researchers find hostile environment policies disrupt the delivery of maternity care for refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants
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New academic report is the latest to document hostile environment harms
Updated House of Commons Library briefing on ‘safe and legal’ routes to the UK for refugees, asylum seekers and others seeking protection
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Overview of existing routes, including refugee resettlement programmes, refugee family reunion, and bespoke routes for certain nationalities
Logistics sector impacted by labour shortage as many return home
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Andrea Easton, Walker Movements
Does a child born to an EU national exercising free movement rights automatically acquire British citizenship?
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Upper Tribunal tries and fails to understand the meaning of ‘durable partner’ in ‘barely comprehensible’ part of Appendix EU of the Immigration Rules
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Paragraph (b)(ii)(bb)(aaa) of Annex 1 of Appendix EU leaves judges stumped
Immigration minister says Home Office aims to have 2,500 asylum caseworkers in place by August 2023
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Large increase planned to tackle backlog, up from just 597 caseworkers in 2019-20