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High Court begins hearing legal challenge over use of Napier Barracks to house asylum seekers

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14 April 2021

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Claimants argue accommodation was inadequate and a breach of the Home Office's own policies

Home Office signs legal agreement with EHRC to address failings following finding that hostile environment immigration policy did not comply with equality law

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12 April 2021

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Equality and Human Rights Commission will monitor new action plan for two years

Asylum Information Database publishes updated report on the asylum system in the UK

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Date of publication

08 April 2021

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Comprehensive 107-page overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures

MPs hold House of Commons debate on the impact of ‘eye-watering’ immigration and nationality application fees

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06 April 2021

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Labour's Meg Hillier says fees are an injustice and price young people out of British citizenship

Hundreds of leading academics criticise Government’s New Plan for Immigration for being “completely unfounded in any body of research evidence”

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01 April 2021

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Open letter notes "deeply troubling echoes" of Australia's Temporary Protection Visa

Immigration barristers lodge formal complaint over recent Home Office press release claiming increase in abuse of modern slavery system

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Date of publication

30 March 2021

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Leading chambers say press release presented unevidenced political opinions as fact and breached Civil Service Code

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit highlights impact of Covid-19 delays on asylum-seeking children

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Date of publication

29 March 2021

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Delays in asylum decision-making leads to children "emotionally and physically falling apart"

Home Secretary sets out plans for sweeping reform of the asylum system against widespread criticism

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Date of publication

24 March 2021

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Consultation opens for responses until 6 May 2021 following launch of New Plan for Immigration

Free Movement publishes guide for journalists as counterpoint to recent Government briefings about a ‘broken’ asylum system

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Date of publication

23 March 2021

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Colin Yeo says recent announcements coming out of Home Office are largely cover for internal problems

Home Secretary says her ‘New Plan for Immigration’ will see the most comprehensive overhaul of the asylum system in years

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Date of publication

22 March 2021

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Priti Patel to unveil new plan this week, says asylum system should be based on need

Independent Review of Administrative Law recommends that Cart JR applications be discontinued due to low success levels

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Date of publication

19 March 2021

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Government confirms it intends to implement recommendation and remove avenue of lodging Cart Judicial Reviews

High Court hears legal challenge against no recourse to public funds policy brought by 5-year-old born in the UK

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Date of publication

18 March 2021

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Challenge argues policy indirectly discriminates on grounds of race, due to disproportionate impact on black children

Home Office says research showing high failure rate of last-minute appeals against deportation shows need for reform

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Date of publication

16 March 2021

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Report looks at legal issues raised by immigration detainees between 2017 and 2019

Public Accounts Committee criticises government’s ‘litany of failure’ in delivery of digital border programmes

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Date of publication

12 March 2021

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Report finds Home Office struggles to delivery technology programmes at staggering cost to taxpayer

Comprehensive new EASO judicial analysis on vulnerability in the context of applications for international protection

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Date of publication

10 March 2021

Summary

260-page analysis aims to contribute to improved awareness of when and how to take into account the vulnerability of an applicant