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Refugee Council: Lives on hold as number of asylum seekers housed in hotels trebles in 2021 to reach 26,000

Latest news

Date of publication

29 July 2022

Summary

Asylum seekers continue to experience significant issues whilst living in hotel accommodation

Court declines to order investigation into violent attack against asylum seekers in Glasgow hotel

Blog post

Date of publication

27 July 2022

Written by

Ben Amunwa, Law mostly

Out-of-wedlock children struggle to prove their identity in immigration

Blog post

Date of publication

25 July 2022

Written by

Naga Kandiah and Samir Pasha

Court of Appeal rejects section 3C leave argument in 10 years’ continuous lawful residence claim

Blog post

Date of publication

25 July 2022

Written by

Asad Ali Khan

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration highly critical of Home Office’s poor response to asylum seekers arriving in Kent via small boats

Latest news

Date of publication

25 July 2022

Summary

Inspection report of initial processing at Tug Haven and Western Jet Foil for people arriving by boat

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules amends the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme

Latest news

Date of publication

20 July 2022

Summary

Amendments to ensure there is a route for children to come to the UK from Ukraine without their parents

Major new Supreme Court judgment on the deportation of foreign criminals and the ‘unduly harsh’ test

Latest news

Date of publication

20 July 2022

Summary

Secretary of State's appeals dismissed in HA (Iraq), RA (Iraq) and AA (Nigeria) [2022] UKSC 22

How Britain’s new Prime Minister should approach immigration

Blog post

Date of publication

19 July 2022

Written by

Yash Dubal

Home Affairs Committee: Asylum system is broken, but not due to asylum seekers crossing the Channel

Latest news

Date of publication

19 July 2022

Summary

Report points to poor resourcing of staff and technology as major reason for Home Office struggle with asylum backlog

Mo Farah was trafficked to the UK – the government's new immigration law could make it harder for modern slavery victims to receive help

Blog post

Date of publication

18 July 2022

Written by

Kate Garbers via The Conversation

New Guidance on Private Life and Relationships with Partner

Blog post

Date of publication

15 July 2022

Written by

Danielle Cohen

First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) presidential guidance note on taking oral evidence from abroad is updated

Latest news

Date of publication

14 July 2022

Summary

Third version of the guidance note to be issued this year

Next week’s High Court hearing on lawfulness of policy of relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda is adjourned until September

Latest news

Date of publication

12 July 2022

Summary

Detention Action says legal teams now have time to prepare the substantial case

Report on electronic monitoring of foreign national offenders published by Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Latest news

Date of publication

11 July 2022

Summary

Home Office team is hard working and dedicated, but understaffed and undertrained

HMI Prisons: Colnbrook immigration removal centre decently run, but let down by inadequate Home Office engagement with detainees

Latest news

Date of publication

07 July 2022

Summary

Inspection report published following unannounced visit to removal centre near Heathrow