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Commentators express concern after immigration minister says a small number of legal practitioners are being ‘monitored’ for abusing human rights laws over asylum seekers
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Robert Jenrick tells House of Commons the Government is "monitoring the activities" of some human rights lawyers
RAMFEL takes legal action against Home Office’s failure to provide formal documentation to migrants on 3C leave
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Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex & London says thousands face debt and desperation as they cannot prove status
Public Law Project begins judicial review over ‘discriminatory’ Home Office algorithm used to identify potential sham marriages
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Marriages involving Greeks, Bulgarians, Romanians and Albanians are disproportionately investigated, PLP says
University of Brighton report for Rainbow Migration finds that all LGBTQI+ people are at particular risk of harm in immigration detention
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LGBTQI+ people risk verbal and physical harm and are not protected by staff
Striking a balance on student migration to the UK
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Alan Manning, LSE British Politics and Policy
New House of Commons Library briefing looks at inadmissibility rules for asylum claims
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Full text of 'Refusing to process asylum claims: the safe country and inadmissibility rules'
Home Office publishes assessments of the compliant/hostile environment immigration policy, JWCI calls it as a ‘watershed moment’ showing the policy is racist
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Four documents released, including equality impact assessment and review of internal data and processes
Academic report says UK’s failure to negotiate post-Brexit returns agreement is main reason for increase in asylum seekers making small boat crossings
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Thom Brooks: Government is repeating same old lines about stopping boats, unable to acknowledge failure of Brexit deal
International Rescue Committee calls on the UK to commit to resettle more refugees and to improve integration services for refugees
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New report recommends UK should set ambitious target of resettling at least 10,000 refugees per year
Asylum support rate increased after Home Secretary’s unlawful failings
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Ben Amunwa, Law mostly
European Union Agency for Asylum publishes comprehensive new judicial analysis on qualification for international protection
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400-page analysis of Directive 2011/95/EU, better known as the qualification directive (recast)
New immigration legislation coming as Prime Minister promises ‘Stop The Boats Bill’ within weeks; Refugee Council notes majority crossing the Channel are refugees
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Sunak says new Bill will see people coming illegally to UK detained and removed
Collapse in new case referrals adds to woes for immigration and asylum legal aid providers in Wales
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Comprehensive new report by Jo Wilding on adequacy and availability of immigration legal advice services in Wales
University College London researchers find hostile environment policies disrupt the delivery of maternity care for refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants
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New academic report is the latest to document hostile environment harms