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House of Commons Library publishes updated report on the financial (minimum income) requirement for partner or spouse visas

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Date of publication

12 March 2024

Summary

Concise and factual research briefing updated ahead of increase in threshold to £29,000 in April 2024

Migrant victims of violence against women are in urgent need of further protection, Equality and Human Rights Commission says

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Date of publication

11 March 2024

Summary

Analysis of UK's performance in upholding the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women

New guidance on immigration bail issued by President of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)

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Date of publication

08 March 2024

Summary

Bail Guidance Note No 1 of 2023 and its updates have been replaced by Judge Melanie Plimmer's new Presidential Guidance Note No 1 of 2024

Labour confirms it will not block Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill despite further defeats inflicted by the Lords

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Date of publication

07 March 2024

Summary

Lord Coaker reaffirms Labour's position that it will not use second chamber to stop controversial Bill passing

Bar Council identifies immigration as area of concern as it warns sustainability of civil legal aid system is at risk

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Date of publication

06 March 2024

Summary

Submission to review of civil legal aid highlights significant concerns over future availability of counsel in immigration and asylum cases

House of Lords inflicts several significant defeats on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

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Date of publication

04 March 2024

Summary

Lords vote in favour of amendment to ensure Bill maintains full compliance with international and domestic law

National Audit Office publishes first breakdown of the cost of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda

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Date of publication

04 March 2024

Summary

New reports details how Rwanda scheme will cost well over £500 million for 300 asylum seekers

ICO issues enforcement notice and formal warning against Home Office after finding GPS tagging of migrants breached data protection law

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Date of publication

01 March 2024

Summary

Information Commissioner's Office says pilot scheme to electronically tag migrants was not lawful

Over a dozen reports by Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration published after his sacking

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Date of publication

29 February 2024

Summary

Reports made public after David Neal was sacked for speaking to media with concerns over Home Office failure to release reports

Mental Health Foundation addresses mental health challenges faced by asylum seekers and refugees in the UK

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Date of publication

28 February 2024

Summary

Comprehensive report says hostile environment policy has profoundly negative impact on lives of migrants and refugees

New report details ‘significant legal injustices’ as asylum seekers are charged and imprisoned for arriving in the UK on small boats

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Date of publication

26 February 2024

Summary

University of Oxford report finds hundreds have been charged under new Nationality and Borders Act 2022 offences

Migration Advisory Committee publishes initial review of new Immigration Salary List

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Date of publication

25 February 2024

Summary

Review recommends reduction in number of occupations on Shortage Occupation List's replacement

Immigration Act 2014 and Windrush scandal linked to decline in mental health for Britain’s Black Caribbean population

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Date of publication

21 February 2024

Summary

Academic study in The Lancet Psychiatry highlights mental health impact of immigration policies

New statement of changes to Immigration Rules makes changes to Ukraine schemes and care worker visas

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Date of publication

19 February 2024

Summary

Ukraine visa schemes rationalised and extended; care workers unable to bring dependants from 11 March 2024

King’s College London identifies failings in Windrush Compensation Scheme, including low success rate and lack of legal aid

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Date of publication

19 February 2024

Summary

Comparative research concludes urgent reform is needed for scheme to compensate Windrush scandal victims