Coronavirus: Social distancing is cutting asylum seekers off from education and support
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High Court to hold full hearing on ‘no recourse to public funds’ policy early next month
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Legal challenge by Deighton Pierce Glynn and Unity Project takes on new urgency due to Covid-19
Home Secretary may not detain on basis of invalid deportation decision
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Dominic Ruck Keene, UK Human Rights Blog
President of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) responds to concerns raised by members of the immigration Bar over Covid-19 changes
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President Clements says crisis 'requires significant changes to our lives generally and to the way that we work'
Further Covid-19 measures introduced by the Home Office affecting right to rent and right to work checks
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Document checks can now be carried out over video calls, renters/workers can submit scanned documents
Home Office announces three-month pause on all evictions from asylum accommodation
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Chris Philp MP writes to British Red Cross with details of policy change due to Covid-19
Living in Limbo: the Migrants in the Grey Area of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Luna Williams, Immigration Advice Service
Home Office publishes response to the Law Commission report on simplifying the Immigration Rules
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Response says aim is for consolidated and simplified Rules to be in force from January 2021
How immigration changes could impact UK real estate
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Home Office announces that visas will be extended for those unable to return home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Visas to be to extended to 31 May 2020 if you cannot leave UK because of travel restrictions or self-isolation
First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) notifies that all appeals will proceed by way of a Case Management Hearing via telephone or Skype
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Full text of notice by Judge Phillips on changes to appeals due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Brief guide on useful Covid-19 / coronavirus immigration and asylum resources
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A list of some resources to keep up to date with the pandemic's impact on immigration and asylum
President of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) issues new guidance note on arrangements during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Full text of Mr Justice Lane's guidance on how the Upper Tribunal will "deal with cases fairly and justly" during the coronavirus outbreak
President of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) provides details of changes to the Tribunal due to the Covid-19 outbreak
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Applications and hearings to be conducted remotely from 25 March, face to face hearings to end
New practice direction issued by Senior President of Tribunals in response to Covid-19 pandemic
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Full text of Sir Ernest Ryder's pilot practice direction on contingency arrangements in the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal