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New research highlights challenges of asylum accommodation in the UK

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Date of publication

20 January 2025

Summary

Report for the Welcoming Mayors Project calls for systemic changes to the UK asylum system to make it more humane

Home Office announces plans to increase immigration fees, including worker sponsorship, naturalisation, and ETAs

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Date of publication

16 January 2025

Summary

Home Office to hike maximum fee on a range of immigration and nationality products and services

Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner rebrands as the Immigration Advice Authority

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Date of publication

16 January 2025

Summary

Today's strategic rebrand signifies the organisation's enhanced capabilities and expertise

Study highlights complex racial trauma caused by Windrush scandal and hostile immigration policies

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Date of publication

15 January 2025

Summary

Survivors say their sense of self was shattered when the country they considered home rejected their presence

Financial (minimum income) requirement for UK partner/spouse visas explained in updated House of Commons Library report

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Date of publication

14 January 2025

Summary

Concise and factual research briefing updated ahead of Westminster Hall debate on 20 January

Updated Commons Library briefing on Home Secretary’s powers to deprive a person of British citizenship and withdraw passports

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Date of publication

13 January 2025

Summary

Briefing looks at how the powers have changed over time and how their use has increased

Government announces new sanctions regime to combat organised immigration crime and reduce small boat crossings

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Date of publication

10 January 2025

Summary

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office will develop legislation for sanctions regime, and is working to deliver more returns arrangements

Minister unable to confirm timeline for resumption of Syrian asylum decisions

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Date of publication

08 January 2025

Summary

Angela Eagle says Government will provide an update to Parliament 'as soon as possible'

Study finds substandard and unsafe asylum accommodation puts mothers and babies at risk

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Date of publication

07 January 2025

Summary

Dispersal asylum accommodation in Glasgow negatively impacts health, wellbeing, and safety of mothers and babies

FLEX report exposes systemic barriers preventing asylum seekers from accessing work in the UK

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Date of publication

06 January 2025

Summary

Focus on Labour Exploitation finds path for asylum seekers to access work in the UK is narrow and obstructed

Refugee Council calls for more safe routes to the UK as Channel deaths reach record high

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Date of publication

03 January 2025

Summary

At least 69 people died crossing the Channel in 2024, more than the 59 total deaths between 2019 and 2023

House of Commons Library releases updated briefing on UK’s immigration schemes for Afghans

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Date of publication

02 January 2025

Summary

Helpful overview with latest details of progress and obstacles in Afghan resettlement to the UK

Home Secretary outlines next steps in immigration reform in evidence before the Home Affairs Committee

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Date of publication

31 December 2024

Summary

Forthcoming White Paper will detail how the Government will reduce immigration and tackle skills shortages

Judge Plimmer provides helpful clarification on compliance with new Practice Direction for the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)

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Date of publication

20 December 2024

Summary

Letter by President of the First-tier Tribunal addresses concerns over the Direction's provisions on medical reports

Public Law Project: Remote immigration legal aid providers create ‘mirage’ of capacity in the South West

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Date of publication

19 December 2024

Summary

New research presents a small-scale snapshot of the depth of the legal aid crisis in south-west England