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New House of Commons Library briefing looks at the entitlement to benefits for migrants in the UK

10 August 2021
Overview of what benefits can be claimed by asylum seekers and refugees; and EEA and non-EEA nationals

Home Office announces that people applying late to now-closed EU Settlement Scheme will have rights protected while application is determined

06 August 2021
Groups welcome important policy U-turn protecting EU citizens applying after June deadline

African Union condemns “in the strongest terms possible” Denmark’s plans to send asylum seekers abroad for processing

03 August 2021
55-country body criticises European attempts to shift asylum burden to developing countries

House of Commons Justice Committee finds a rigid system of fixed fees and low pay is leaving legal aid firms struggling

02 August 2021
Report highlights impact of legal aid 'advice deserts' on immigration and asylum law

Informative new European Network on Statelessness report examines childhood statelessness in the UK

29 July 2021
Report finds significant law, policy, and practice gaps exist in understanding and addressing childhood statelessness

Government’s ambitious ‘innovation strategy’ outlines plans for new visa routes to make the UK the easiest country in the world for top talent to enter

27 July 2021
Plans include High Potential Individual route, a scale-up route and a revitalised Innovator route

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration and HMI Prisons publish full inspection report on the use of former army barracks as contingency asylum accommodation

26 July 2021
Inspectors found impoverished and run-down conditions at Penally Camp in Pembrokeshire and Napier Barracks in Kent

UNHCR says it is saddened to see the Nationality and Borders Bill pass its second reading stage in Parliament

21 July 2021
Criminalising asylum seekers is unacceptable, the UN Refugee Agency said in a statement today

New House of Commons Library briefing on the Nationality and Borders Bill as it continues its progress through Parliament

20 July 2021
MPs debate controversial immigration bill that had its second reading in Parliament yesterday

Report by Bail for Immigration Detainees and Medical Justice documents immense harm caused by Covid confinement practices on immigration detainees in prison

19 July 2021
Detainees face effective prolonged solitary confinement with 22 to 24 hours in cell

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