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Nationality and Borders Act has ‘significant negative impacts’ on protection and wellbeing of modern slavery victims

Latest news

Date of publication

26 June 2024

Summary

British Institute of International and Comparative Law publishes comprehensive assessment of changes to modern slavery after Act's Part 5 entered into force

Changing Attitudes, Changing Coalitions: The Politics of Immigration Before and After Brexit

Blog post

Date of publication

25 June 2024

Written by

Robert Ford, University of Manchester. Originally published in The Political Quarterly

Use of hotels as long-term asylum accommodation damages health and wellbeing, new report finds

Latest news

Date of publication

24 June 2024

Summary

Helen Bamber Foundation and Asylum Aid detail the 'suffering and squalor' that asylum seekers face when forced to live in hotels for months and even years

Laws and practices on asylum must resist politics of fear and exclusion

Blog post

Date of publication

19 June 2024

Written by

Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR)

Reports say UK’s ‘broken’ family reunion system is failing refugees and pushing people to make dangerous journeys

Latest news

Date of publication

19 June 2024

Summary

RAMFEL, Refugee Council and Safe Passage International highlight how family reunion is failing to provide an effective route to safety

New report by Kalayaan details increase in abuse of migrant domestic workers after 2012 visa changes

Latest news

Date of publication

17 June 2024

Summary

Charity working with migrant domestic workers calls on incoming government to restore the pre-2012 visa regime

Tracing The Effects Of Salary Hikes For Sponsored Workers

Blog post

Date of publication

17 June 2024

Written by

Gary McIndoe, Latitude Law

UK in a Changing Europe publishes wide-ranging review of the politics of UK’s post-Brexit immigration landscape

Latest news

Date of publication

17 June 2024

Summary

Academic think tank analyses policy, politics and public opinion of migration since the last general election

Labour pledges to end over-reliance on migrant workers by linking immigration to skills and to set up new Border Security Command to tackle small boats

Latest news

Date of publication

13 June 2024

Summary

Manifesto promises to restore order to asylum system and reform the points-based immigration system

Immigration practitioners warn of ‘disastrous cliff-edge’ as Home Office moves to new digital-only immigration system by 31 December 2024

Latest news

Date of publication

12 June 2024

Summary

ILPA and 230 others write to Home Office with serious concerns, warning there will be a new Windrush scandal

Green Party pledges to end the hostile environment, reduce immigration fees, and abolish minimum income requirement for family visas

Latest news

Date of publication

12 June 2024

Summary

Greens say they welcome the economic and societal contributions made by immigrants and refugees

Conservative manifesto pledges new immigration cap to reduce record net migration levels and promises ‘regular rhythm’ of flights to Rwanda

Latest news

Date of publication

11 June 2024

Summary

Manifesto says immigration is too high and public need confidence it will come down significantly

Hostile environment, Brexit and missed targets: 14 years of Tory immigration policy

Blog post

Date of publication

11 June 2024

Written by

Erica Consterdine, Lancaster University, via The Conversation

Liberal Democrats manifesto pledges to scrap Illegal Migration Act and Rwanda scheme and introduce more safe routes for asylum seekers to reach the UK

Latest news

Date of publication

10 June 2024

Summary

Lib Dems say immigration system is broken and call for fair, effective system that treats everyone with dignity and respect

Revocation of sponsor licence without providing a meaningful opportunity to respond is unlawful

Blog post

Date of publication

10 June 2024

Written by

Asad Ali Khan