Asylum support rate increased after Home Secretary’s unlawful failings
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European Union Agency for Asylum publishes comprehensive new judicial analysis on qualification for international protection
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400-page analysis of Directive 2011/95/EU, better known as the qualification directive (recast)
New immigration legislation coming as Prime Minister promises ‘Stop The Boats Bill’ within weeks; Refugee Council notes majority crossing the Channel are refugees
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Sunak says new Bill will see people coming illegally to UK detained and removed
Collapse in new case referrals adds to woes for immigration and asylum legal aid providers in Wales
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Comprehensive new report by Jo Wilding on adequacy and availability of immigration legal advice services in Wales
University College London researchers find hostile environment policies disrupt the delivery of maternity care for refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants
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New academic report is the latest to document hostile environment harms
Updated House of Commons Library briefing on ‘safe and legal’ routes to the UK for refugees, asylum seekers and others seeking protection
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Overview of existing routes, including refugee resettlement programmes, refugee family reunion, and bespoke routes for certain nationalities
Logistics sector impacted by labour shortage as many return home
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Andrea Easton, Walker Movements
Does a child born to an EU national exercising free movement rights automatically acquire British citizenship?
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Upper Tribunal tries and fails to understand the meaning of ‘durable partner’ in ‘barely comprehensible’ part of Appendix EU of the Immigration Rules
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Paragraph (b)(ii)(bb)(aaa) of Annex 1 of Appendix EU leaves judges stumped
Immigration minister says Home Office aims to have 2,500 asylum caseworkers in place by August 2023
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Large increase planned to tackle backlog, up from just 597 caseworkers in 2019-20
New analysis finds UK workforce has fallen by 330,000 or 1% as post-Brexit immigration system has reduced labour supply
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UK in a Changing Europe publishes working paper by Professor Jonathan Portes and John Springford
Legal challenge over lawfulness of policy of relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda goes to Court of Appeal
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High Court grants individual claimants and Asylum Aid permission to appeal December's ruling
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration finds process for identifying vulnerable adults at risk in immigration detention is ineffective
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David Neal publishes final 'adults at risk' inspection as Home Secretary cancels the annual report
Independent scientific committee advising Home Office on methods for assessing age of asylum seekers recommends X-rays are limited and eventually eradicated in favour of MRI
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Report of the interim Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee is published
Comprehensive new review of civil legal aid announced, including immigration, but practitioner organisations warn timetable is too slow and action is needed now
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Tender for external analysis will be issued this month, final report expected next year