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

21 November 2019
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

20 November 2019
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

19 November 2019
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

18 November 2019
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

12 November 2019
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

12 November 2019
Short survey aims to help inform project looking at how best to advocate for new and better paths to regularisation

Migration Observatory publishes updated briefing on asylum and refugees, finds initial decisions are now taking substantially longer

11 November 2019
Home Office asylum decisions within six months fall from 73% in 2012 to just 25% in 2018

Women for Refugee Women looks at effects of "period poverty" among refugee and asylum-seeking women

07 November 2019
New briefing by women's charities finds period poverty is part of 'hostile environment' policy against asylum seekers

Independent Monitoring Board’s annual report on immigration detention finds too many vulnerable people being detained

04 November 2019
Voluntary monitoring body says detention of vunerable and those with mental illness remains a huge concern

JCWI and technology campaign group Foxglove launch legal challenge over Home Office’s use of software to sift visa applications

30 October 2019
Groups say shadowy digital 'streaming tool' is using problematic and biased criteria such as nationality

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