High Court interprets section 4L of the British Nationality Act 1981
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Nearly half of children in UK with migrant parents live in poverty, new research by IPPR finds
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Institute for Public Policy Research report examines how immigration policies contribute to child poverty and calls for urgent government action
Mind the Empathy Gap: An Analysis of Agency and Emotional Encounters in the Asylum Appeals of Former Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minors
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Jennifer Allsopp, University of Birmingham. Originally published in Refugee Survey Quarterly
Report criticises harmful Home Office failures when assessing the age of child asylum seekers
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Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium warns of alarming safeguarding failures due to flawed age assessments
Asylum-seeking children face significant delays in accessing education, report finds
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Research for a potential judicial review challenging Home Office's policy on housing asylum seekers where education duties may be unmet
Governments can keep raiding takeaways and nail bars, but businesses will still employ undocumented migrants
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Aida Hajro and Milda Žilinskaitė. Originally published on The Conversation
Home Office extends eVisa ‘grace period’ until new deadline on 1 June 2025
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Expired BRPs and BRCs will not be accepted as evidence of immigration status when travelling to the UK from 2 June 2025
Asylum claims in UK reached record high of 108,000 in 2024, new Home Office immigration statistics show
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Immigration system statistics published for year ending December 2024 reveal visa grants down, asylum claims up
Supreme Court rules withdrawn citizenship deprivation orders have no effect, affirming continuous British citizenship
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Judgment finds Bangladesh-born British citizens remained British and were not stateless whilst deprivation orders were in place
HMI Prisons identifies child safeguarding failures at Border Force short-term holding sites in France
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New inspection report of Border Force facilities in Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk highlights ongoing challenges
Scapegoating of Albanians underscores endemic failures in UK asylum system, new report finds
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Public Law Project and Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit identify five key failings that undermine asylum system's legal framework
Rights of Women highlights significance of counter allegations in immigration cases involving domestic abuse
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New briefing aims to raise awareness of the issue among immigration practitioners working with victims of domestic abuse
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill expands criminalisation of asylum seekers, report warns
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Briefing by Border Criminologies and Humans for Rights Network highlights range of new criminal offences in the bill
Family From Gaza Settle In UK Following Ukraine Scheme Application: A Legal Loophole?
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Jasmine Theilgaard, Richmond Chambers
Minister provides update on continuing pause of Syrian asylum claims, assuring continued support and no removals
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Angela Eagle responds to concerns over temporary pause raised by Asylum Matters and hundreds of others