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UK receives almost 75,000 asylum applications in 2022, highest number since 2002 but still well below current levels in Germany and France

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Date of publication

23 February 2023

Summary

Latest immigration statistics show asylum claims continue to increase, leading to record backlog of 130,000 cases

Special Immigration Appeals Commission dismisses Shamima Begum’s appeal against the deprivation of her British citizenship

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Date of publication

22 February 2023

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In a lengthy judgment, the Commission is unable to conclude the Secretary of State erred in any material respect

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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Date of publication

21 February 2023

Summary

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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Date of publication

21 February 2023

Summary

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

Latest news

Date of publication

20 February 2023

Summary

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

Latest news

Date of publication

16 February 2023

Summary

LGBTQI+ people risk verbal and physical harm and are not protected by staff

New House of Commons Library briefing looks at inadmissibility rules for asylum claims

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Date of publication

14 February 2023

Summary

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

Latest news

Date of publication

13 February 2023

Summary

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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Date of publication

10 February 2023

Summary

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

Latest news

Date of publication

07 February 2023

Summary

New report recommends UK should set ambitious target of resettling at least 10,000 refugees per year

European Union Agency for Asylum publishes comprehensive new judicial analysis on qualification for international protection

Latest news

Date of publication

06 February 2023

Summary

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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Date of publication

02 February 2023

Summary

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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Date of publication

01 February 2023

Summary

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

Latest news

Date of publication

30 January 2023

Summary

New academic report is the latest to document hostile environment harms

Updated House of Commons Library briefing on ‘safe and legal’ routes to the UK for refugees, asylum seekers and others seeking protection

Latest news

Date of publication

27 January 2023

Summary

Overview of existing routes, including refugee resettlement programmes, refugee family reunion, and bespoke routes for certain nationalities