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Home Office to expand AI use in asylum decision-making after promising pilot results

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Date of publication

29 April 2025

Summary

Artificial intelligence will be deployed to support caseworkers to make swifter decisions on asylum claims

Home Office announces new fines for illegal immigration advice as IAA practice note clarifies legal boundaries

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Date of publication

28 April 2025

Summary

Immigration Advice Authority to get new powers to tackle rogue advisers; practice note on immigration assistance outlines types of assistance requiring regulation

Work Rights Centre calls for a new ‘Workplace Justice Visa’ to address failings of current employer-sponsored visa system

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Date of publication

25 April 2025

Summary

Report based on six-country comparison finds UK's visa sponsorship system risks breaching human rights obligations

Harmondsworth immigration removal centre sees ‘exceptional’ improvements after ‘worst ever’ findings, but significant safeguarding concerns remain

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Date of publication

24 April 2025

Summary

HMI Prisons latest inspection of Heathrow-based IRC praises response to major failings identified in previous years

UNHCR examines third-country return hubs for failed asylum seekers as UK reported to be considering partnerships in the Balkans

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Date of publication

21 April 2025

Summary

Refugee Council warns UK's proposals to use return hubs will be unworkable and a waste of public money

Coalition urges repeal of harmful provisions in Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

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Date of publication

15 April 2025

Summary

Coalition for Asylum Rights and Justice warns refugees and victims of modern slavery could be unfairly prosecuted under new Bill

Resolution Foundation highlights deep-rooted insecurity among substantial minority of UK’s migrant workforce

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Date of publication

14 April 2025

Summary

New report presents clear evidence that foreign-born workers face higher rates of precarity than UK-born counterparts

New report calls for redesign of Skilled Worker visa system to better align with needs of key UK industries

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Date of publication

11 April 2025

Summary

Centuro Global says there is a growing mismatch between immigration policy and business needs

All asylum claims deemed ‘inadmissible’ under Rwanda policy will now be processed, Home Office says

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Date of publication

08 April 2025

Summary

New guidance announces discontinuance of inadmissibility actions, with all claims to receive a substantive asylum decision

New report by Migrants Organise highlights crisis in the quality of immigration legal aid

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Date of publication

07 April 2025

Summary

Lack of legal aid is leaving people without good quality legal advice and representation

UK policies on Albanian asylum seekers put trafficking survivors at risk, new report warns

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Date of publication

03 April 2025

Summary

Helen Bamber Foundation says the UK is wrong to label Albania as a safe country of origin

Public Accounts Committee opens inquiry into skilled worker visa route, calls for evidence

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Date of publication

01 April 2025

Summary

Committee seeks evidence before 25 April 2025 following recent National Audit Office report

Home Secretary confirms review of Article 8 in immigration cases, Home Office announces right to work checks for gig economy

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Date of publication

30 March 2025

Summary

Yvette Cooper tells BBC some immigration cases raise significant concerns about the application of Article 8

EIN seeks part-time director to help shape our immigration and asylum law content

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Date of publication

28 March 2025

Summary

EIN is looking for a dedicated and experienced professional to take on the role of Director, with hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

Lords committee scrutinises new immigration rules requiring employers to prioritise hiring international care workers already in UK

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Date of publication

27 March 2025

Summary

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee draws special attention to Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 733)