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Inspection report identifies concerns over ability of short-term holding facilities in Kent to cope with increase in asylum-seeker arrivals

08 June 2023
HMI Prisons publishes report on visit to Manston, Western Jet Foil and Kent Intake Unit

HMI Prisons publishes broadly positive inspection report on removal of Albanian immigration detainees to Tirana

07 June 2023
Twenty-six Albanian nationals removed in an 'uncomplicated operation' that went smoothly with no force used

Confusion in the Commons over Home Secretary’s claims of cutting the asylum backlog

06 June 2023
Yvette Cooper calls for Suella Braverman to withdraw claim that backlog is down by 17,000

UN child rights committee calls for urgent amendment of Illegal Migration Bill, saying it would violate Convention on the Rights of the Child

02 June 2023
Committee on the Rights of the Child expresses deep concern at UK asylum policy and legislation

Updated overview of the UK asylum system and developments in 2022 published by ECRE’s Asylum Information Database

02 June 2023
111-page report looks at asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers, and international protection

UNHCR publishes comprehensive audit of asylum intake, registration and screening procedures in the UK

31 May 2023
Report finds Home Office Staff are working commendably, but the system is flawed, inefficient and unnecessarily complicated

Net migration hits record high of 606,000 in year ending December 2022 but rising trend is now falling

25 May 2023
New ONS figures: Immigration estimated at 1.2 million in 2022 and emigration at 557,000

British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Bill confirms citizenship of children born to EU parents following doubts in Roehrig judgment

24 May 2023
New legislation protects nationality rights of UK-born children after "technical issue" identified with Home Office policy between 1983 and October 2000

New measures to reduce net migration will see removal of right of most international students to bring dependants

23 May 2023
Changes from January 2024 plus reformed approach to dependants to be introduced after consultation with education sector

REDRESS: Illegal Migration Bill will inevitably lead to UK violating obligations under international law against torture

23 May 2023
Bill would breach UN Convention against Torture and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

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