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Home Office deletes controversial Twitter post accusing “activist” immigration lawyers of disrupting the removal of migrants

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Date of publication

01 September 2020

Summary

Law Society and Bar Council say attacking lawyers undermines the rule of law

ONS estimates net migration in year ending March 2020 was highest since 2016, but new Home Office data shows collapse in visa grants since then due to coronavirus

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Date of publication

27 August 2020

Summary

Pre-Covid data puts net migration at +313,000, with large increase in non-EU student numbers

Public Law Project report explores the move to online appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)

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Date of publication

27 August 2020

Summary

Important new report considers online procedure pilot phase and unplanned Covid-19 expansion

British Red Cross calls for greater international co-operation to protect people claiming asylum

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Date of publication

25 August 2020

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Chief Executive of British Red Cross says current debates speak too little about the humanity of those risking their lives

University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory publishes briefing on the children of migrants in the UK

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Date of publication

21 August 2020

Summary

6% of children in UK under age 18 were born abroad and 8% are non-UK/non-Irish citizens

UNHCR and IOM troubled by reported proposals to return boats crossing the Channel, say saving lives should be the priority

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Date of publication

19 August 2020

Summary

Home Secretary appoints Clandestine Channel Threat Commander to tackle asylum seeker sea crossings

Report by Migrants’ Rights Network and Unis Resist Border Controls finds woeful lack of support for Tier 4 students during Covid-19 crisis

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Date of publication

13 August 2020

Summary

Groups call for the Government to end no recourse to public funds provisions for international students

Duncan Lewis: Lord Chancellor accepts that new legal aid scheme for immigration and asylum appeals was unlawful

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Date of publication

11 August 2020

Summary

May's controversial Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 to be revoked

Home Office suspends use of digital streaming tool for visa applications after legal action by JCWI and Foxglove

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Date of publication

09 August 2020

Summary

Visa streaming process redesign will consider issues of unconscious bias and use of nationality

New academic report examines UK policies for asylum seeker and refugee integration

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Date of publication

05 August 2020

Summary

RESPOND project report finds UK's integration policies are reactive, non-interventionist and fragmented

Lift the Ban coalition says allowing asylum seekers to work is common sense as the UK rebuilds from Covid-19 crisis

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Date of publication

04 August 2020

Summary

Updated report finds policy change would boost economy by £97.8 million per year

Home Affairs Committee publishes report on Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 with regard to asylum accommodation

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Date of publication

31 July 2020

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Report finds much more needs to be done by accommodation providers and Home Office to prevent the virus spreading

Judge Michael Clements and Sir Peter Lane review the year in the Immigration and Asylum Chambers of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal

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Date of publication

29 July 2020

Summary

Senior President of Tribunals publishes his annual report for 2020

New Paul Hamlyn Foundation report examines the level of unmet need for immigration legal advice and representation

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Date of publication

27 July 2020

Summary

Saira Grant authors overview of immigration advice services in England and Wales

Sisters Not Strangers finds refugee and asylum-seeking women face unprecedented challenges during coronavirus pandemic

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Date of publication

23 July 2020

Summary

New report by Sisters Not Strangers coalition says women seeking asylum among the most vulnerable during the pandemic