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New Homes for Ukraine visa scheme will allow UK individuals and groups to sponsor and host Ukrainian refugees, Labour warns it risks being a “DIY asylum scheme”

Latest news

Date of publication

14 March 2022

Summary

Michael Gove announces new sponsorship scheme to help people fleeing Ukraine will launch on Friday, 18 March

House of Commons Library updates briefing outlining the UK’s current immigration concessions for people from Ukraine

Latest news

Date of publication

11 March 2022

Summary

Useful summary briefing updated after Home Office opens new Ukraine Family Scheme

Home Secretary: Ukrainians with passports will no longer need to visit a Visa Application Centre to give biometrics before coming to UK

Latest news

Date of publication

10 March 2022

Summary

Change to Ukrainian Family Scheme application process from next Tuesday, 15 March

Defeats of the Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill continue in the House of Lords on the third day of report stage

Latest news

Date of publication

09 March 2022

Summary

Lords vote to add new clause to restrict age assessments of asylum seekers

Home Office’s Ukraine Family Scheme extended to include aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws

Latest news

Date of publication

08 March 2022

Summary

Kevin Foster updates the House of Commons as Home Office response faces widespread criticism

Mental Health and the Politics of Exhaustion in the UK Asylum Process

Blog post

Date of publication

08 March 2022

Written by

Tianne Haggar, Border Criminologies

'Surinder Singh' Route to Close On 29 March 2022

Blog post

Date of publication

07 March 2022

Written by

Geraldine Peterson, Richmond Chambers

Medical Justice: People are being released from immigration detention in a medically unsafe way, Home Office is failing its duty of care

Latest news

Date of publication

07 March 2022

Summary

Report says detainees are released in unplanned and chaotic way, with little to no onward care

Nationality and Borders Bill suffers further defeats on second day of report stage in the House of Lords

Latest news

Date of publication

02 March 2022

Summary

Lords vote to remove clause 28 of the Bill allowing UK to offshore asylum seekers

Home Secretary announces significant expansion of visa concessions for Ukrainians, definition of family now includes all parents, all children, grandparents, and siblings

Latest news

Date of publication

01 March 2022

Summary

Priti Patel's latest statement to Commons with important update on Ukraine-related immigration changes

House of Lords inflicts a number of defeats on Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill

Latest news

Date of publication

28 February 2022

Summary

Lords vote to remove clauses 9 and 11 and to ensure Bill complies with Refugee Convention

Home Secretary may have given wrong information to the Commons as latest update on immigration changes for Ukrainians fails to clear earlier confusion

Latest news

Date of publication

28 February 2022

Summary

Labour's Yvette Cooper says Government position on family visas is "totally confusing"

Home Office’s immigration changes in response to Ukraine crisis are met with criticism and confusion

Latest news

Date of publication

28 February 2022

Summary

Home Office announces visa concessions for Ukranians

Ukraine refugees: how displacement could impact farms and families in the UK

Blog post

Date of publication

25 February 2022

Written by

Rob McNeil and Madeleine Sumption via The Conversation

Asylum applications in UK in 2021 at highest level since 2003, backlog of claims awaiting a decision at record high of over 100,000 people

Latest news

Date of publication

24 February 2022

Summary

63% increase in asylum applications in 2021, 60% in asylum backlog