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Boris Johnson gives more details on post-Brexit immigration system and the categories of visas to be issued

Latest news

Date of publication

08 December 2019

Summary

Prime Minister claims numbers will come down and says unskilled workers will have no pathway to residency

UK election 2019: how the main parties compare on immigration

Blog post

Date of publication

05 December 2019

Written by

Erica Consterdine via The Conversation

Notice for EIN members: Membership rates as from 1 January 2020

Latest news

Date of publication

04 December 2019

Summary

Brief notice on EIN's new prices which will take effect from next year

Two recent EU reports look at asylum procedures for children and integration for child refugees

Latest news

Date of publication

04 December 2019

Summary

New reports from European Asylum Support Office and European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Freedom from Torture says Supreme Court judgment on false imprisonment of asylum seekers is scathing indictment of Home Office practices

Latest news

Date of publication

02 December 2019

Summary

Significant ruling finds those detained up to March 2017 for Dublin III removal were unlawfully detained

Case Preview: DN (Rwanda): Lumba and Sequential Decisions

Blog post

Date of publication

29 November 2019

Written by

Eleanor Mitchell, UK Supreme Court Blog

Latest ONS statistics show EU net migration falling and non-EU net migration rising to give broadly stable overall figure

Latest news

Date of publication

28 November 2019

Summary

Net migration to the UK in the year ending June 2019 estimated at 212,000

Migrant Voice survey finds a significant number of people experience problems applying to the EU Settlement Scheme

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Date of publication

27 November 2019

Summary

Report finds concerns over difficulty of applying and negative impact it has on health and wellbeing

Conservative manifesto pledges an Australian-style points-based immigration system with more controls to reduce numbers and attract the “best and brightest”

Latest news

Date of publication

24 November 2019

Summary

Manifesto policies include a "firmer and fairer" system, new visa routes, an increase in cost of health surcharge

Labour manifesto promises to end hostile environment and establish a humane immigration system built on human rights that meets UK’s skills shortages

Latest news

Date of publication

21 November 2019

Summary

Immigration policies include ending indefinite detention and scrapping the 2014 Immigration Act

Liberal Democrats manifesto policies include retaining free movement, scrapping the hostile environment and introducing a time limit on immigration detention

Latest news

Date of publication

20 November 2019

Summary

Lib Dems say immigration system in desperate need of reform and promise a fair system that works for everyone

Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee publishes report on the human cost of irregular migration

Latest news

Date of publication

19 November 2019

Summary

Report warns a focus on closing borders will drive migrants to take more dangerous routes, and push them into the hands of criminal groups

Refugee groups bitterly disappointed after Scottish Court of Session rules Serco's policy of evicting refused asylum seekers is lawful

Latest news

Date of publication

18 November 2019

Summary

Groups warn several hundred people at risk of summary eviction following ruling in Ali v Serco

Garden Court Chambers announces the death of Ian Macdonald QC

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Date of publication

12 November 2019

Summary

Garden Court mourns the loss of a trailblazer in immigration and human rights law who inspired generations of barristers

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is seeking survey responses from practitioners who represent or advise undocumented migrants

Latest news

Date of publication

12 November 2019

Summary

Short survey aims to help inform project looking at how best to advocate for new and better paths to regularisation