Is ‘Operation Warm Welcome’ at odds with the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill?
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Home Office recruiting hundreds more caseworkers as average time for initial decision on asylum application is now over a year
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Department aims to have 1,000 caseworkers in post by next April to tackle growing backlog
Senior President of Tribunals releases 2021 annual report; Sir Peter Lane and Judge Michael Clements review the year in the Immigration and Asylum Chambers
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After a year dominated by Covid-19 pandemic, Tribunals forecast a return to something approaching normality
UNHCR says Nationality and Borders Bill would undermine established refugee protection rules and practices and would break international law
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UNHCR outlines its concerns over the Bill in a new legal analysis
New Judgment: R (on the application of TN (Vietnam)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another [2021] UKSC 41
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Matrix Legal Support Service, UK Supreme Court Blog
Comprehensive new report by Families Together and the University of Bedfordshire considers refugee family reunification in the UK
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Extensive look at the legal framework relating to family reunification and its implementation in practice
Maternity Action documents numerous failings by NHS Trusts over the implementation of charging regulations and guidance for maternity care
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New research report finds charging poses a significant risk to health and wellbeing of migrant women
Doctors of the World UK finds vulnerable migrants faced significant barriers accessing healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants reported higher levels of bad health and inadequate housing during pandemic
In the Footsteps of Sir Francis Drake: Home Office Plans for the Seas in the Nationality and Borders Bill
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Adrian Berry, Cosmopolis
New book by Jo Wilding examines legal aid and the challenges for publicly funded immigration and asylum legal representation
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Based on six years of empirical research, the book considers what has gone wrong in the legal aid market
Revival of section 3C leave approved by Court of Appeal
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Asad Ali Khan
Wide-ranging new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published
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Latest statement makes 186 pages of changes, including Covid concessions and rebranding of Tier 5 to Temporary Work routes
APPG on Immigration Detention raises numerous concerns over use of former barracks as asylum accommodation, including inadequate access to legal advice
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Interim report of inquiry into use of large-scale, institutional sites to house asylum seekers
New two-volume book on sexual orientation and gender identity asylum claims in Europe available as free download
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum (SOGICA) project publishes Queering Asylum in Europe
EU migrants continue to fall through the cracks – and into the hands of traffickers
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Siso Sibanda, 1 Absolute Advisor