Hotels and employment aren’t major ‘pull factors’ for refugees – here’s what really draws people to move
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UNHCR-commissioned evaluation finds pilot scheme successfully supported migrants in the community as an alternative to detention
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Under pilot scheme, migrants without leave to remain had access to caseworker and qualified legal professional
Institute for Public Policy Research predicts crisis in asylum system will worsen significantly by next election
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Next government's Home Secretary faces an overflowing in-tray on asylum
Independent Monitoring Board details its continuing concerns at Europe’s largest immigration removal centre at Heathrow
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Voluntary prison monitoring body releases annual reports on Heathrow IRC and London short-term holding facilities
MQM London member wins in Court of Appeal
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Asad Ali Khan
JUSTICE calls on the Government to reform and fix deficiencies in Afghan Resettlement Schemes
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Comprehensive 110-page report finds Afghan schemes are manifestly lacking in application and operation
Survivors of trafficking with uncertain immigration status unable to rebuild their lives in safety in UK
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Helen Bamber Foundation says shockingly few non-UK nationals recognised by National Referral Mechanism are granted leave to remain
Sending UK asylum seekers to Ascension Island is a legal non-starter – if the government really is planning to do it
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Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool, via The Conversation
ILPA seriously concerned by climate of hostility towards immigration and asylum lawyers
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Immigration Law Practitioners' Association says Government's hostile narrative poses serious threat to justice system
Home Office confirms it remains on track to have 2,500 asylum decision makers in place by September
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Officials say number of decisions is rising significantly and legacy backlog on track to be cleared by end of year
Refugee status and asylum for women
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Danielle Cohen
Government taskforce to step up action against corrupt immigration lawyers, but Law Society says little is new in today’s announcement
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Law Society warns focus on tiny minority of lawyers should not deflect from wider problems in asylum system
HMI Prisons identifies concerns around lengthy detention and casework delays at Tinsley House immigration removal centre in Gatwick
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New inspection finds IRC provides good living conditions, but Home Office processes and decision-making are slow
Home Office announces massive increases in fines for employing or renting to irregular migrants, up between 200% and over 6,000%
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Fines for employers to triple next year, fines for landlords up at least tenfold
UK has failed to live up to its commitment to support Afghan refugees, the Refugee Council finds
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Despite the promise of ‘Operation Warm Welcome’, Afghan refugees are slowly being abandoned