Passports: Foreign law must be proved by expert evidence
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New Institute for Public Policy Research report examines the impacts and efficacy of ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies
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Report finds policies cause destitution and discrimination and do not appear to be working for anyone
Home Office deletes controversial Twitter post accusing “activist” immigration lawyers of disrupting the removal of migrants
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Law Society and Bar Council say attacking lawyers undermines the rule of law
ONS estimates net migration in year ending March 2020 was highest since 2016, but new Home Office data shows collapse in visa grants since then due to coronavirus
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Pre-Covid data puts net migration at +313,000, with large increase in non-EU student numbers
Public Law Project report explores the move to online appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
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Important new report considers online procedure pilot phase and unplanned Covid-19 expansion
British Red Cross calls for greater international co-operation to protect people claiming asylum
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Chief Executive of British Red Cross says current debates speak too little about the humanity of those risking their lives
University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory publishes briefing on the children of migrants in the UK
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6% of children in UK under age 18 were born abroad and 8% are non-UK/non-Irish citizens
Naturalisation for EU citizens: comprehensive sickness insurance, the elephant in the room
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Gary McIndoe, Latitude Law
UNHCR and IOM troubled by reported proposals to return boats crossing the Channel, say saving lives should be the priority
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Home Secretary appoints Clandestine Channel Threat Commander to tackle asylum seeker sea crossings
Report by Migrants’ Rights Network and Unis Resist Border Controls finds woeful lack of support for Tier 4 students during Covid-19 crisis
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Groups call for the Government to end no recourse to public funds provisions for international students
An analysis of the changes to the Quebec migration law regarding highly skilled workers
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Dr. Türkan Ertuna Lagrand
Duncan Lewis: Lord Chancellor accepts that new legal aid scheme for immigration and asylum appeals was unlawful
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May's controversial Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 to be revoked
Migrants and the global epidemic of human sex trafficking
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Maddie Grounds, Immigration Advice Service
Home Office suspends use of digital streaming tool for visa applications after legal action by JCWI and Foxglove
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Visa streaming process redesign will consider issues of unconscious bias and use of nationality
New academic report examines UK policies for asylum seeker and refugee integration
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RESPOND project report finds UK's integration policies are reactive, non-interventionist and fragmented