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Migration Exchange offers comprehensive insights into UK’s refugee and migration charitable sector

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Date of publication

25 July 2023

Summary

New report finds sector is committed and resilient despite UK's turbulent social and political context

As the Illegal Migration Act 2023 becomes law, the Law Society warns it will be unworkable in practice

Latest news

Date of publication

20 July 2023

Summary

Law Society says new Act will leave people in limbo, unable to be removed and unable to claim asylum

Immigration firewall needed so migrant victims can safely report honour-based abuse to police, Parliamentary committee says

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Date of publication

20 July 2023

Summary

Women and Equalities Committee publishes report following inquiry into so-called honour-based abuse

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules imposes visa regime on Dominica, Honduras, Namibia, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu

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Date of publication

19 July 2023

Summary

Second statement of the week published today, in part due to increased asylum claims from Namibians and Hondurans

Devastating impact of negative decision on asylum seekers detailed in new report by NACCOM

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Date of publication

19 July 2023

Summary

No Accommodation Network finds refusal leads to homelessness, destitution, and declining physical and mental health

Illegal Migration Bill to become law within days after Government wins all votes in House of Lords

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Date of publication

18 July 2023

Summary

Lords' battle against Bill draws to a close as it fails to vote through any further amendments

Wide-ranging new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules removes right of most students to bring dependants, pauses Nationality and Borders Act’s two-tier refugee system

Latest news

Date of publication

17 July 2023

Summary

Changes on asylum, EU Settlement Scheme, Ukraine scheme, and on students bringing dependants

Immigration health surcharge to increase 66 percent from £624 to £1,035

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Date of publication

14 July 2023

Summary

Government announces immigration fees will rise to help cover public sector costs

Lords vote through fresh amendments to Illegal Migration Bill and require MPs to think again

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Date of publication

13 July 2023

Summary

Peers inflicts a further nine defeats on Government as Bill returns to second House

MPs reject all Lords amendments to Illegal Migration Bill on its return to House of Commons

Latest news

Date of publication

12 July 2023

Summary

Government makes concessions as it wins 18 votes, but Labour says they do not offer enough

Council of Europe finds migrants were held unlawfully at Manston short-term holding facility and may have been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment

Latest news

Date of publication

10 July 2023

Summary

Anti-torture Committee publishes report of visit to UK carried out in November 2022

Home Office responds to Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s report urging improved support for victims with insecure immigration status

Latest news

Date of publication

10 July 2023

Summary

Commissioner disappointed by lack of new or substantive commitments for migrant survivors of domestic abuse

New House of Commons Library briefing on the use of hotels, vessels and large-scale sites as accommodation for asylum seekers

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Date of publication

10 July 2023

Summary

Wethersfield RAF base to receive first group of asylum seekers as Home Office seeks to end use of hotels

Illegal Migration Bill’s report stage ends with a further five votes lost by the Government in House of Lords

Latest news

Date of publication

06 July 2023

Summary

Lords inflict what is thought to be a record 20 total defeats on a bill

Government suffers a further 11 defeats on Illegal Migration Bill in second day of voting in House of Lords

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Date of publication

04 July 2023

Summary

Among multiple defeats for Bill, Lords vote to retain 'magnificent' Hardial Singh principles on immigration detention