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Citizens UK calls for reform of UK’s long, costly, and unfair settlement and citizenship system

25 November 2024
New report details how people on pathway to citizenship live for years with constant stress and anxiety

High Court finds Home Office delays in supporting destitute migrants breached ECHR duty to prevent inhuman treatment

21 November 2024
New judgment likely to affect the operation of the Government's 'no recourse to public funds' (NRPF) policy

Minister confirms increase in use of hotels to house asylum seekers, but says ending their use remains the Government’s ambition

20 November 2024
Angela Eagle says hotels are necessary temporary step in keeping asylum system under control

Report argues easing ‘no recourse to public funds’ conditions for migrants in need would deliver economic and social gains

19 November 2024
Centre for Social Policy Studies says NRPF policy is failing to meet its policy objectives and should be reformed

Annual tribunals’ review highlights 53% increase in workload of First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)

15 November 2024
Senior President of Tribunals, Sir Keith Lindblom, releases his 2024 annual report describing a busy year for the tribunals

Urgent immigration reform needed to protect migrant workers in the care sector, Work Rights Centre says

14 November 2024
New report details acute pressures facing migrant care and explains why Health and Care Worker visa makes matters worse

Helpful guide published to accompany new Practice Direction of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)

12 November 2024
Guide intended to help lawyers, parties, judges and all other users in the IAC to understand the process involved in appeals

Jo Wilding continues to chronicle growing deficit in immigration and asylum legal aid, calls for a ‘demarketised’ system

12 November 2024
Former Garden Court barrister finds 57% of asylum applicants in England and Wales are now unable to secure legal aid representation

New report concludes UK asylum system deepens trauma for women survivors of sexual violence and abuse

08 November 2024
Rape Crisis England & Wales and Imkaan highlight how women do not feel safe when seeking asylum

Afghan Pro Bono Initiative finds UK’s resettlement schemes still plagued by delays and inconsistent decision-making

05 November 2024
New report provides detailed overview of developments in immigration routes and resettlement schemes for Afghan refugees

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