Search

Despite concerns over Channel crossings, UK sees a fall in asylum claims in year ending June 2021, but asylum backlog is up sharply

Latest news

Date of publication

26 August 2021

Summary

Migration Observatory: asylum backlog now nine times higher than it was a decade ago

UN publishes summary report following major global conference on protection and solutions for LGBTIQ+ people in forced displacement

Latest news

Date of publication

24 August 2021

Summary

UNHCR says there has never been a greater need to improve protection of LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers and refugees

Where do Afghanistan’s refugees go?

Blog post

Date of publication

24 August 2021

Written by

Tazreena Sajjad via The Conversation

HM Revenue and Customs shared tax data of over 460,000 migrants with the Home Office between 2015 and 2020

Latest news

Date of publication

23 August 2021

Summary

Controversy continues over use of paragraph 322(5) to deny applications for indefinite leave to remain

Home Office factsheet suggests Afghan asylum seekers who enter UK without permission would be criminalised under Nationality and Borders Bill

Latest news

Date of publication

19 August 2021

Summary

Factsheet provides further details about new Afghanistan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme

UK announces new resettlement scheme for Afghans; refugee and migrant groups say Government must also now abandon plans to criminalise asylum seekers

Latest news

Date of publication

18 August 2021

Summary

JCWI and others say resettlement-only approach to refugee protection is not enough

Switching immigration category while present in the UK

Blog post

Date of publication

17 August 2021

Written by

Gary McIndoe, Latitude Law

Academic report finds Australian model for offshore processing of asylum seekers, which UK proposes to copy, is ineffective, costly and cruel

Latest news

Date of publication

16 August 2021

Summary

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law says failed policy should not be replicated by other countries

UK asylum policy after Brexit

Blog post

Date of publication

12 August 2021

Written by

Sarah Overton, UK in a Changing Europe

Blog series by the UK Administrative Justice Institute considers the Home Office’s handling of immigration complaints

Latest news

Date of publication

12 August 2021

Summary

Informative new academic research by Robert Thomas, Professor of Public Law at the University of Manchester

New House of Commons Library briefing looks at the entitlement to benefits for migrants in the UK

Latest news

Date of publication

10 August 2021

Summary

Overview of what benefits can be claimed by asylum seekers and refugees; and EEA and non-EEA nationals

Misleading and deceptive ‘On The Move’ website is unacceptable attempt to deter asylum seekers

Blog post

Date of publication

09 August 2021

Written by

Aaron Gates-Lincoln

Home Office announces that people applying late to now-closed EU Settlement Scheme will have rights protected while application is determined

Latest news

Date of publication

06 August 2021

Summary

Groups welcome important policy U-turn protecting EU citizens applying after June deadline

African Union condemns “in the strongest terms possible” Denmark’s plans to send asylum seekers abroad for processing

Latest news

Date of publication

03 August 2021

Summary

55-country body criticises European attempts to shift asylum burden to developing countries

New Judgment: R (on the application of BF (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 38

Blog post

Date of publication

02 August 2021

Written by

Matrix Legal Support Service, UK Supreme Court Blog