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New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules introduces differentiated asylum system, makes amendments to humanitarian protection claims, imposes visa regime for El Salvador

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Date of publication

11 May 2022

Summary

27-page statement published, with some changes taking effect at 4pm today

Home Office publishes batch of important new documents with further details on policy of relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda

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Date of publication

10 May 2022

Summary

Updated guidance on inadmissibility, new equality analysis, and four new country information reports published

Doctors of the World UK and University of Birmingham: Asylum seekers housed in temporary accommodation are not receiving adequate and appropriate healthcare

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Date of publication

09 May 2022

Summary

Report concludes contingency asylum accommodation is unsafe and is leaving people without treatment

Some Refugees are Welcome, Others Not So Much - Revisiting the ‘Myth of Difference’

Blog post

Date of publication

06 May 2022

Written by

Jay Ramasubramanyam, Völkerrechtsblog

Migrant Voice: UK’s extortionate visa fees are ruining the lives of too many people

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Date of publication

04 May 2022

Summary

Report finds burden of paying high visa fees leads to debt, stress and health problems

Government to face multiple legal challenges over lawfulness of new policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

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Date of publication

03 May 2022

Summary

Detention Action, Care4Calais, Freedom from Torture, and Open Rights Group among the challengers

Nationality and Borders Bill passes Parliament and will become law as Labour peers decide it would not be appropriate for the House of Lords to attempt a fourth defeat

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Date of publication

27 April 2022

Summary

Bill successfully passes through Parliament today and will shortly receive royal assent

House of Lords defeats the Nationality and Borders Bill yet again, Lord Pannick says Government is defying credulity to assert the Bill does not breach the Refugee Convection

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Date of publication

26 April 2022

Summary

Bill sent back to the Commons tonight and promptly sent back to the Lords

New Medical Justice report finds Home Office safeguarding mechanisms within immigration removal centres are flawed, ineffective and harmful

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Date of publication

26 April 2022

Summary

Analysis identifies failures at all levels of safeguarding process and across the detention estate

The “unduly harsh” test considered further by Court of Appeal

Blog post

Date of publication

26 April 2022

Written by

Caspar Latham, UK Human Rights Blog

Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) delivers latest verdict on TOEIC scandal, finds evidence of widespread cheating is overwhelming and reliable

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Date of publication

25 April 2022

Summary

New decision departs from SM and Qadir and concludes Secretary of State's evidence is 'amply sufficient'

Why the UK-Rwanda Asylum Deal Risks Harming Global Standards

Blog post

Date of publication

23 April 2022

Written by

Heaven Crawley, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research

Government successfully rejects latest Lords amendments of the Nationality and Borders Bill as it returns to the House of Commons for a second time

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Date of publication

20 April 2022

Summary

Ping pong continues and the Bill will now return to the House of Lords on Tuesday, 26 April

Work and Pensions Select Committee publishes report examining effects of ‘no recourse to public funds’ policy on children living in poverty

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Date of publication

19 April 2022

Summary

Parliamentary committee hears harrowing testimony of struggles to afford food and necessities

Outsourcing asylum seekers: the case of Rwanda and the UK

Blog post

Date of publication

14 April 2022

Written by

Cristiano d'Orsi via The Conversation