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LSE report finds removing ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition from working migrants would lead to considerable financial and social benefits

Latest news

Date of publication

28 March 2022

Summary

Benefit of scrapping NRPF could be up to £872m over 10 years; Covid NRPF free school meal extension made permanent

UK High Court rules blanket seizure of asylum seekers’ phones breached Article 8 ECHR

Blog post

Date of publication

25 March 2022

Written by

Privacy International

New First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) guidance on anonymity orders and directions on use of documents and information

Latest news

Date of publication

23 March 2022

Summary

Judge Michael Clements releases Presidential Guidance Note No. 2 of 2022

Government success in the House of Commons as MPs vote to reject House of Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill

Latest news

Date of publication

22 March 2022

Summary

No sign of Conservative rebellion as MPs vote against earlier Lords defeats of the Bill

Families for Justice report details the impact of deportation laws on the women and children left behind in the UK

Latest news

Date of publication

21 March 2022

Summary

Report provides first-hand accounts of life under UK deportation law

Right to Work Checks

Blog post

Date of publication

17 March 2022

Written by

Gemma Tracey, Latitude Law

The UK's marginal action toward Ukrainian refugees shows just how solidly built its immigration bureaucracy is around suspicion

Blog post

Date of publication

15 March 2022

Written by

Mike Slaven, LSE British Politics and Policy

Major new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules launches several new business routes and makes changes to private life route and EU Settlement Scheme

Latest news

Date of publication

15 March 2022

Summary

Five new Global Business Mobility routes, plus new High Potential Individual route and Scale-up route

Comprehensive British Red Cross report examines the experiences of refugee families reuniting in the UK

Latest news

Date of publication

14 March 2022

Summary

Review of Red Cross Family Reunion Integration Service highlights struggles accessing housing, work, health and education

New Homes for Ukraine visa scheme will allow UK individuals and groups to sponsor and host Ukrainian refugees, Labour warns it risks being a “DIY asylum scheme”

Latest news

Date of publication

14 March 2022

Summary

Michael Gove announces new sponsorship scheme to help people fleeing Ukraine will launch on Friday, 18 March

House of Commons Library updates briefing outlining the UK’s current immigration concessions for people from Ukraine

Latest news

Date of publication

11 March 2022

Summary

Useful summary briefing updated after Home Office opens new Ukraine Family Scheme

Home Secretary: Ukrainians with passports will no longer need to visit a Visa Application Centre to give biometrics before coming to UK

Latest news

Date of publication

10 March 2022

Summary

Change to Ukrainian Family Scheme application process from next Tuesday, 15 March

Defeats of the Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill continue in the House of Lords on the third day of report stage

Latest news

Date of publication

09 March 2022

Summary

Lords vote to add new clause to restrict age assessments of asylum seekers

Home Office’s Ukraine Family Scheme extended to include aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws

Latest news

Date of publication

08 March 2022

Summary

Kevin Foster updates the House of Commons as Home Office response faces widespread criticism

Mental Health and the Politics of Exhaustion in the UK Asylum Process

Blog post

Date of publication

08 March 2022

Written by

Tianne Haggar, Border Criminologies