New Judgment: R (on the application of Wang and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 21
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Leading medical bodies warn immigration detention can cause unimaginable levels of harm and trauma for children
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Joint letter calls for urgent meeting with Home and Health Secretaries over Illegal Migration Bill
Tolerance of human rights violations against refugees has reached alarming levels in Europe
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Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe
NAO: Home Office’s asylum transformation programme is a long way from meeting ambitions to reduce costs and improve quality
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National Audit Office details struggles to reduce asylum backlog and contain spending on hotels
Upper Tribunal: Postponing biometrics and entry clearance
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Asad Ali Khan
Migrant and refugee organisations dispute claim that Albania is a safe country and call for its removal from Illegal Migration Bill’s safe list
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Open letter says categoric misplacement and fundamentally flawed to assert Albania is safe
Illegal migration bill: the concern for children's rights keeping the House of Lords up all night
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Elizabeth A Faulkner, Keele University, via The Conversation
Parliamentary human rights committee finds Illegal Migration Bill would be a clear breach of UK’s international legal obligations
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Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes damning verdict after its legislative scrutiny of the Bill
Home Office announces pause in two-tier refugee system introduced by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022
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Immigration minister says differentiation policy to be paused from July in wake of stronger Illegal Migration Bill
Inspection report identifies concerns over ability of short-term holding facilities in Kent to cope with increase in asylum-seeker arrivals
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HMI Prisons publishes report on visit to Manston, Western Jet Foil and Kent Intake Unit
Court of Appeal on credibility, standard of proof and appellate court's role
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Asad Ali Khan
HMI Prisons publishes broadly positive inspection report on removal of Albanian immigration detainees to Tirana
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Twenty-six Albanian nationals removed in an 'uncomplicated operation' that went smoothly with no force used
Confusion in the Commons over Home Secretary’s claims of cutting the asylum backlog
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Yvette Cooper calls for Suella Braverman to withdraw claim that backlog is down by 17,000
UN child rights committee calls for urgent amendment of Illegal Migration Bill, saying it would violate Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Committee on the Rights of the Child expresses deep concern at UK asylum policy and legislation
How did ‘taking back control’ of borders become record-high net migration?
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Alex Balch, University of Liverpool, via The Conversation