Crimes of Arrival in the Nationality and Borders Bill
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Home Secretary restates New Plan for Immigration aims in keynote conference speech
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Legal process and the number of asylum appeals draws criticism from Priti Patel
News reports that UK will open offshore asylum seeker processing centre in Albania are dismissed as ‘fake news’ and ‘absolutely untrue’
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Albanian government officials say today's report in The Sun is completely untrue
If my child is British, can I stay in the UK?
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Amar Ali, Reiss Edwards
Law Society highlights severe lack of legal aid providers across England and Wales, including for immigration and asylum
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Interactive map shows 63% live in region with no local immigration legal aid providers
Is ‘Operation Warm Welcome’ at odds with the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill?
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Siso Sibanda, 1 Absolute Advisor
Home Office recruiting hundreds more caseworkers as average time for initial decision on asylum application is now over a year
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Department aims to have 1,000 caseworkers in post by next April to tackle growing backlog
Senior President of Tribunals releases 2021 annual report; Sir Peter Lane and Judge Michael Clements review the year in the Immigration and Asylum Chambers
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After a year dominated by Covid-19 pandemic, Tribunals forecast a return to something approaching normality
UNHCR says Nationality and Borders Bill would undermine established refugee protection rules and practices and would break international law
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UNHCR outlines its concerns over the Bill in a new legal analysis
New Judgment: R (on the application of TN (Vietnam)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another [2021] UKSC 41
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Matrix Legal Support Service, UK Supreme Court Blog
Comprehensive new report by Families Together and the University of Bedfordshire considers refugee family reunification in the UK
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Extensive look at the legal framework relating to family reunification and its implementation in practice
Maternity Action documents numerous failings by NHS Trusts over the implementation of charging regulations and guidance for maternity care
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New research report finds charging poses a significant risk to health and wellbeing of migrant women
Doctors of the World UK finds vulnerable migrants faced significant barriers accessing healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants reported higher levels of bad health and inadequate housing during pandemic
In the Footsteps of Sir Francis Drake: Home Office Plans for the Seas in the Nationality and Borders Bill
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Adrian Berry, Cosmopolis
New book by Jo Wilding examines legal aid and the challenges for publicly funded immigration and asylum legal representation
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Based on six years of empirical research, the book considers what has gone wrong in the legal aid market