Reconsidering Asylum: Is it for those who need protection?
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Major new report by Jo Wilding details the serious shortage of legal aid providers for immigration and asylum cases across the UK
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259-page report commissioned by Refugee Action comprehensively documents all aspects of asylum legal advice deserts
Freedom from Torture writes to Home Secretary as it begins legal challenge against Government policy to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda
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NGO argues policy is irrational, breaches European Convention on Human Rights and Refugee Convention
New reports find misuse of transit visas and confusion over immigration rules is leading to exploitation of migrant workers in UK fishing industry
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University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab and International Transport Workers’ Federation detail abuse on UK vessels
Updated guidance on taking oral evidence from abroad issued by the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
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Full text of Presidential Guidance Note No 2 of 2022 on witnesses giving evidence from outside the UK
New practice statement by the President of the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) replaces all previous practice statements
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Full text of Practice Statement No 1 of 2022 by Judge Michael Clements
Senior President of Tribunals issues new practice direction for the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
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Full text of Sir Keith Lindblom's new practice direction
Global Business Mobility Routes
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Gemma Tracey, Latitude Law
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration publishes review of the Home Office’s use of hotels as contingency asylum accommodation
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Report highlights pressures caused by Covid, small boat arrivals, and the asylum backlog
Dual national Pakistani killer who renounced British citizenship loses deportation battle in Court of Appeal
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Asad Ali Khan
New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules introduces differentiated asylum system, makes amendments to humanitarian protection claims, imposes visa regime for El Salvador
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27-page statement published, with some changes taking effect at 4pm today
Home Office publishes batch of important new documents with further details on policy of relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda
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Updated guidance on inadmissibility, new equality analysis, and four new country information reports published
Doctors of the World UK and University of Birmingham: Asylum seekers housed in temporary accommodation are not receiving adequate and appropriate healthcare
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Report concludes contingency asylum accommodation is unsafe and is leaving people without treatment
Some Refugees are Welcome, Others Not So Much - Revisiting the ‘Myth of Difference’
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Jay Ramasubramanyam, Völkerrechtsblog
Migrant Voice: UK’s extortionate visa fees are ruining the lives of too many people
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Report finds burden of paying high visa fees leads to debt, stress and health problems