The UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme: a model for the future?
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Government to add India and Georgia to list of safe countries of origin for asylum seekers
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Countries added to list due to increase in number of Indian and Georgian nationals arriving in UK via small boat
Institute for Public Policy Research proposes a ‘progressive and pragmatic’ approach to managing asylum seekers arriving by small boat
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Progressive thinktank says Rwanda policy will likely fail, and calls for humane, evidence-based and deliverable alternative
Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland says hotel-type accommodation violates human rights of asylum-seeking children
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New report finds hotel-type accommodation is dangerous, exacerbates trauma, and can damage health
Immigration Health Surcharge to increase on 16 January 2024
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Helena Sheizon, Kadmos Consultants
Public Accounts Committee finds Home Office’s asylum transformation programme risks making a bad situation worse
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New report says incomplete and unrealistic plan ignores the impact of a rapid clearing of asylum backlog
Are Stateless Claimants Disadvantaged Within Asylum Procedures? New Evidence from the UK Context
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Thomas McGee, PhD researcher at the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (Melbourne Law School)
Government announces it is reducing number of hotels used to accommodate asylum seekers
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Immigration minister says 50 hotels to be returned to normal use by February due to decline in small boat crossings
What's happening with the Afghan relocation legal challenges?
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Ben Amunwa, Law mostly
Asylum Aid: Permission granted for judicial review challenging delays in asylum decision making
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Legal challenge arguing Home Office delays are unlawful will now progress to a full hearing
New report highlights challenges in determining country of origin for stateless asylum seekers
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European Network on Statelessness publishes case study examining stateless Kurds from Syria seeking asylum in UK
Sexual diversity and the Nationality and Borders Act 2022
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Alex Powell and Raawiyah Rifath. Originally published in Legal Studies journal
NAO: Homes for Ukraine scheme brought over 130,000 refugees to safety, but safeguarding and especially homelessness remain key risks
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National Audit Office publishes results of an investigation into £2.1 billion scheme
Deaths and abuse in UK immigration detention – my research shows extent of mental health problem
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Blerina Kellezi, Nottingham Trent University, via The Conversation
Praxis: Migrant families with no recourse to public funds are excluded from support with costs of childcare
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Thousands of parents are left struggling to provide for their families due to immigration policy