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UNISON: Migrant care workers exploited with illegal visa fees and deportation threats

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Date of publication

11 February 2025

Summary

Trade union UNISON calls for urgent overhaul of visa sponsorship system after surveying over 3,000 migrant care workers

Home Office officials outline efforts to reduce asylum backlog of 97,000 cases and end hotel use

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Date of publication

11 February 2025

Summary

Home Affairs Committee questions Home Office's Permanent Secretary and Second Permanent Secretary

Comprehensive new Commons Library briefing on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-25

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Date of publication

06 February 2025

Summary

Helpful new briefing explains what is the Bill, focusing on its main provisions and most significant clauses

Lords committee warns immigration policies and high visa fees threaten UK’s ability to attract science and technology talent

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Date of publication

05 February 2025

Summary

House of Lords Science and Technology Committee calls for a more holistic immigration policy to compete in global race for talent

APPG on Refugees calls on the Government to improve ‘overly complex, restrictive, and slow’ safe and legal routes for refugees

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Date of publication

04 February 2025

Summary

All-Party Parliamentary Group says Labour's approach to cracking down on smuggling gangs should go hand-in-hand with greater support for genuine refugees

Report finds media and politicians encouraged widespread hostility towards migrants, paving the way for the ‘hostile environment’

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Date of publication

02 February 2025

Summary

News articles and parliamentary debates from 2010 to 2014 frequently associated immigration with crime and illegality

Labour’s ‘landmark’ Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is published

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Date of publication

30 January 2025

Summary

74-page Bill introduced to the House of Commons and given its First Reading today

Asylum Aid: Government confirms it will repeal Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024

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Date of publication

29 January 2025

Summary

Act to be repealed in the current parliamentary session, and all associated policy guidance to be withdrawn

‘Sole responsibility’ rule discriminates against migrant single mothers in the care sector

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Date of publication

27 January 2025

Summary

Thousands of single mothers who came to the UK before 11 March 2024 denied visas for their children

Migration Advisory Committee to publish family visa review in the summer after record number of consultation responses

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Date of publication

23 January 2025

Summary

More than 2000 people respond to MAC's call for evidence as it reviews impact of raising minimum income requirement to £38,700

New briefing finds stateless people in the UK face prolonged ‘legal limbo’

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Date of publication

23 January 2025

Summary

Asylum Aid and other organisations say overall situation for stateless people is "cruel and destructive"

Home Office to automate conversion of EUSS pre-settled status to settled status

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Date of publication

20 January 2025

Summary

Process of acquiring settled status to be more streamlined and straightforward for holders of pre-settled status

New research highlights challenges of asylum accommodation in the UK

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Date of publication

20 January 2025

Summary

Report for the Welcoming Mayors Project calls for systemic changes to the UK asylum system to make it more humane

Home Office announces plans to increase immigration fees, including worker sponsorship, naturalisation, and ETAs

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Date of publication

16 January 2025

Summary

Home Office to hike maximum fee on a range of immigration and nationality products and services

Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner rebrands as the Immigration Advice Authority

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Date of publication

16 January 2025

Summary

Today's strategic rebrand signifies the organisation's enhanced capabilities and expertise