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Home Secretary updates Home Affairs Committee on resumption of ‘deport first, appeal later’ policy

27 June 2023
After suspension in 2017, Section 94B certification restarted on 5 June for five countries

Women and Equalities Committee releases major new report following its inquiry into equality and the UK asylum process

27 June 2023
96-page report highlights concerns about “unnecessary risks” to vulnerable asylum seekers presented by recent legislation

Solicitor tells the Law Society about the stresses and strains of being an immigration and asylum practitioner

27 June 2023
Anonymous piece highlights challenges, including vicarious trauma, faced by legal aid asylum lawyers

Council of Europe’s parliament adopts resolution expressing concern over Illegal Migration Bill

22 June 2023
Parliamentary Assembly says recent legislation risks breaching UK's international legal obligations and the rule of law

Chief Inspector of Borders publishes reports on asylum-seeker processing facilities in Kent and on anti-crime initiative around UK coast

21 June 2023
Findings from two new inspection reports include encouraging improvements at Western Jet Foil and Manston, but much remains to be done

Leading medical bodies warn immigration detention can cause unimaginable levels of harm and trauma for children

20 June 2023
Joint letter calls for urgent meeting with Home and Health Secretaries over Illegal Migration Bill

NAO: Home Office’s asylum transformation programme is a long way from meeting ambitions to reduce costs and improve quality

17 June 2023
National Audit Office details struggles to reduce asylum backlog and contain spending on hotels

Migrant and refugee organisations dispute claim that Albania is a safe country and call for its removal from Illegal Migration Bill’s safe list

14 June 2023
Open letter says categoric misplacement and fundamentally flawed to assert Albania is safe

Parliamentary human rights committee finds Illegal Migration Bill would be a clear breach of UK’s international legal obligations

12 June 2023
Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes damning verdict after its legislative scrutiny of the Bill

Home Office announces pause in two-tier refugee system introduced by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022

08 June 2023
Immigration minister says differentiation policy to be paused from July in wake of stronger Illegal Migration Bill

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