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Migrant and refugee organisations dispute claim that Albania is a safe country and call for its removal from Illegal Migration Bill’s safe list

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Date of publication

14 June 2023

Summary

Open letter says categoric misplacement and fundamentally flawed to assert Albania is safe

Illegal migration bill: the concern for children's rights keeping the House of Lords up all night

Blog post

Date of publication

12 June 2023

Written by

Elizabeth A Faulkner, Keele University, via The Conversation

Parliamentary human rights committee finds Illegal Migration Bill would be a clear breach of UK’s international legal obligations

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Date of publication

12 June 2023

Summary

Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes damning verdict after its legislative scrutiny of the Bill

Home Office announces pause in two-tier refugee system introduced by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022

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Date of publication

08 June 2023

Summary

Immigration minister says differentiation policy to be paused from July in wake of stronger Illegal Migration Bill

Inspection report identifies concerns over ability of short-term holding facilities in Kent to cope with increase in asylum-seeker arrivals

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Date of publication

08 June 2023

Summary

HMI Prisons publishes report on visit to Manston, Western Jet Foil and Kent Intake Unit

Court of Appeal on credibility, standard of proof and appellate court's role

Blog post

Date of publication

07 June 2023

Written by

Asad Ali Khan

HMI Prisons publishes broadly positive inspection report on removal of Albanian immigration detainees to Tirana

Latest news

Date of publication

07 June 2023

Summary

Twenty-six Albanian nationals removed in an 'uncomplicated operation' that went smoothly with no force used

Confusion in the Commons over Home Secretary’s claims of cutting the asylum backlog

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Date of publication

06 June 2023

Summary

Yvette Cooper calls for Suella Braverman to withdraw claim that backlog is down by 17,000

UN child rights committee calls for urgent amendment of Illegal Migration Bill, saying it would violate Convention on the Rights of the Child

Latest news

Date of publication

02 June 2023

Summary

Committee on the Rights of the Child expresses deep concern at UK asylum policy and legislation

How did ‘taking back control’ of borders become record-high net migration?

Blog post

Date of publication

02 June 2023

Written by

Alex Balch, University of Liverpool, via The Conversation

Updated overview of the UK asylum system and developments in 2022 published by ECRE’s Asylum Information Database

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Date of publication

02 June 2023

Summary

111-page report looks at asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers, and international protection

UNHCR publishes comprehensive audit of asylum intake, registration and screening procedures in the UK

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Date of publication

31 May 2023

Summary

Report finds Home Office Staff are working commendably, but the system is flawed, inefficient and unnecessarily complicated

Net migration hits record high of 606,000 in year ending December 2022 but rising trend is now falling

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Date of publication

25 May 2023

Summary

New ONS figures: Immigration estimated at 1.2 million in 2022 and emigration at 557,000

British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Bill confirms citizenship of children born to EU parents following doubts in Roehrig judgment

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Date of publication

24 May 2023

Summary

New legislation protects nationality rights of UK-born children after "technical issue" identified with Home Office policy between 1983 and October 2000

New measures to reduce net migration will see removal of right of most international students to bring dependants

Latest news

Date of publication

23 May 2023

Summary

Changes from January 2024 plus reformed approach to dependants to be introduced after consultation with education sector