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Medical Justice’s first immigration detention annual review highlights ongoing safeguarding failures

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Date of publication

31 July 2025

Summary

New report documents how vulnerable people continue to suffer harm and inadequate care in UK's detention centres

Skilled Worker immigration reforms introduced without necessary impact assessment, Lords committee says

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Date of publication

29 July 2025

Summary

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee concerned by Home Office's "inexplicable and inexcusable" failure to provide adequate explanation of HC 997's major reforms

Legal advice in immigration detention becoming ‘almost impossible’ to obtain, JRS UK finds

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Date of publication

25 July 2025

Summary

New report by Jesuit Refugee Service UK highlights severe problems with the Detained Duty Advice Scheme

Ukraine Permission Extension scheme will be extended beyond initial 18 months, minister confirms

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Date of publication

22 July 2025

Summary

Minister for Migration and Citizenship says the Government is currently working on the details of a further extension

Home Office to trial AI estimation tool for assessing age of asylum seekers as ICIBI finds current system needs improvement

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Date of publication

22 July 2025

Summary

Dame Angela Eagle says testing of 'most cost-effective' option of AI Facial Age Estimation will begin this year

Using foreign aid on UK asylum costs undermines Home Office incentive to end accommodation crisis and delivers poor value, ICAI warns

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Date of publication

22 July 2025

Summary

Independent Commission for Aid Impact publishes review of UK's management of its aid spending target

Updated guidance published on age assessments for asylum-seeking children in Scotland

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Date of publication

22 July 2025

Summary

Scottish Government revises good practice guidance to support social workers and others involved in age assessments

Home Office launches call for evidence on identification of victims of modern slavery and trafficking

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Date of publication

16 July 2025

Summary

Deadline for submissions is 8 October 2025 as Government begins long-term reform of National Referral Mechanism

Decision making resumes for Syrian asylum claims, as seven new Home Office country information reports published

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Date of publication

14 July 2025

Summary

Pause on Syrian asylum interviews and decisions announced in December 2024 ends today

UK and France agree ‘one in, one out’ pilot scheme to allow return of asylum seekers crossing the Channel by small boat

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Date of publication

10 July 2025

Summary

Pilot scheme scheduled to start within weeks, pending legal review and approval by EU

Biased and inaccurate age assessments put asylum-seeking children at risk in adult hotels, GMIAU report finds

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Date of publication

10 July 2025

Summary

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit says children arriving to claim asylum face appalling treatment by the British state

HMI Prisons annual report highlights deep failings in immigration detention, including ‘worst ever’ conditions at Harmondsworth

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Date of publication

08 July 2025

Summary

Annual review highlights serious and systemic failings across immigration detention estate during year ending March 2025

Minister confirms extension of 56-day ‘move-on’ trial for new refugees until end of year

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Date of publication

08 July 2025

Summary

Six-month pilot extended as Government seeks shift from private sector asylum accommodation model

Home Office criticised over limited understanding of the Skilled Worker visa route

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Date of publication

07 July 2025

Summary

Public Accounts Committee says Home Office failed to assess route's risks, including exploitation of workers and non-compliance with visa conditions

Significant increase in immigration legal aid fees to be implemented as soon as possible

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Date of publication

02 July 2025

Summary

Following a consultation, Ministry of Justice announces uplift in hourly rates for all forms of immigration legal aid work