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Minimum income requirement for spouse visa will initially rise to £29,000 in Spring 2024 and will be incrementally increased to £38,700

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Date of publication

21 December 2023

Summary

Important new information suggests change of mind by Government on plan to increase the minimum income requirement

Senior President of Tribunals publishes latest annual report, Immigration and Asylum Chambers expect increased workload as Home Office clears asylum backlog

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Date of publication

20 December 2023

Summary

The Rt Hon Sir Keith Lindblom releases his third annual review of the year in the tribunals

Reunite Families UK report details the ‘devastating’ impact of immigration rules for spouse visas on families and children

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Date of publication

20 December 2023

Summary

Family migration rules are expensive, complex, and fraught with uncertainty, confusion and long waits

Academic article considers how UK Government discourse portrays asylum seekers as security risks to justify punitive and retributive sanctions

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Date of publication

18 December 2023

Summary

Timely new article on 'securitization' of asylum by Cristina Saenz Perez of the University of Leeds

Details of transitional provisions associated with increase in minimum income requirement for spouse/family visa will be announced in January

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Date of publication

15 December 2023

Summary

Immigration minister says in Parliamentary answer that Government will set out more details on increase next month

New report finds asylum seekers suffer significant and irreparable harm due to being housed at prison-like RAF Wethersfield

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Date of publication

15 December 2023

Summary

Helen Bamber Foundation and Humans for Rights Network call for Wethersfield to be closed down as a matter of urgency

Numerous opinions warn Safety of Rwanda Bill is not compatible with rule of law ahead of today’s Commons vote

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Date of publication

12 December 2023

Summary

Serious concerns expressed by Joint Committee on Human Rights, Bingham Centre, ILPA, the Bar Council, and others

Home Office confirms no official decision yet on how £38K minimum income requirement for spouse/family visa will apply to renewals

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Date of publication

11 December 2023

Summary

Specifics of the policy are being established and more details will be announced in due course

Home Affairs Committee deeply concerned that the Government is prioritising irregular migration issues at expense of tackling human trafficking

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Date of publication

11 December 2023

Summary

New report emphasises that trafficking is not an immigration offence and must not be conflated with irregular migration

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules includes changes to EUSS, business visitors, Youth Mobility Scheme, statelessness, and domestic violence

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Date of publication

07 December 2023

Summary

Numerous changes made by 47-page HC 246 take effect on various dates from today to 31 January 2024

Home Secretary signs new treaty with Rwanda after Supreme Court found policy of relocating asylum seekers was unlawful

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Date of publication

06 December 2023

Summary

Government says it feels very strongly that new treaty addresses issues raised by Supreme Court

Government announces major changes to legal immigration, raising minimum skilled worker salary and income requirement for spouse visa to over £38K

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Date of publication

04 December 2023

Summary

Home Secretary sets out five-point plan that will take effect in Spring 2024 to reduce net migration

New research by Refugee Council finds Illegal Migration Act won’t reduce boat crossings but will drive asylum seekers underground out of fear

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Date of publication

04 December 2023

Summary

Briefings by Sue Lukes and Richard Williams examine impact of Illegal Migration Act on asylum seekers and those working with them

Legal Action Group publishes new Migrant Support Handbook authored by leading Garden Court Chambers and Doughty Street barristers

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Date of publication

04 December 2023

Summary

Shu Shin Luh of Doughty Street and Connor Johnston of Garden Court co-author new reference work on legal rights and support for migrants

Supreme Court dismisses appeals concerning overstaying and continuous lawful residence requirement for ILR on basis of long residence

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Date of publication

29 November 2023

Summary

“Disregarded” periods of overstaying do not count towards calculation of 10 year period in para 276B