Switching immigration category while present in the UK
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Academic report finds Australian model for offshore processing of asylum seekers, which UK proposes to copy, is ineffective, costly and cruel
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Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law says failed policy should not be replicated by other countries
UK asylum policy after Brexit
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Sarah Overton, UK in a Changing Europe
Blog series by the UK Administrative Justice Institute considers the Home Office’s handling of immigration complaints
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Informative new academic research by Robert Thomas, Professor of Public Law at the University of Manchester
New House of Commons Library briefing looks at the entitlement to benefits for migrants in the UK
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Overview of what benefits can be claimed by asylum seekers and refugees; and EEA and non-EEA nationals
Misleading and deceptive ‘On The Move’ website is unacceptable attempt to deter asylum seekers
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Aaron Gates-Lincoln
Home Office announces that people applying late to now-closed EU Settlement Scheme will have rights protected while application is determined
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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
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55-country body criticises European attempts to shift asylum burden to developing countries
New Judgment: R (on the application of BF (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 38
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Matrix Legal Support Service, UK Supreme Court Blog
House of Commons Justice Committee finds a rigid system of fixed fees and low pay is leaving legal aid firms struggling
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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
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Report finds significant law, policy, and practice gaps exist in understanding and addressing childhood statelessness
Home Office barriers stand in the way of a fairer immigration system seeking the ‘best and brightest’ global talent
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Naga Kandiah and Samir Pasha
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
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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
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Inspectors found impoverished and run-down conditions at Penally Camp in Pembrokeshire and Napier Barracks in Kent
Time spent in the UK as a visitor counts as 'residence' for ILR
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Asad Ali Khan