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UNHCR publishes audit of Home Office asylum interviews, calls for improvements
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (846+ words) Major new 92-page report identifies several issues affecting the quality of asylum interviews The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has today published a major new report examining the quality and effectiveness of asylum interviews conducted by the Home…...
Major new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules introduces visa ‘brake’ and asylum system reforms
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (1177+ words) 48-page statement - HC 1691 - makes changes to a range of areas The Home Office has today released a highly significant new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules, the first of the year. The changes cover a range of areas, including…...
Major overhaul of asylum system introduces 30-month refugee leave under ‘core protection’ model
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (805+ words) Home Secretary announces 'reset' in Britain's asylum offer, applying to new claims made from today The Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has today announced that the Government has begun introducing the sweeping reforms to the UK's asylum system that were first…...
Immigration Rules: Part Suitability and Previous Breaches of Immigration Law
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (562+ words) In this video, barrister Adam Pipe explains the important changes in SUI.1112 of Part Suitability, covering the new Immigration Rules on previous breaches of immigration law. He highlights how Part Suitability, which took effect on 11 November 2025, centralises suitability grounds across…...
HMI Prisons finds failures in interpretation for asylum seekers returned to France under “one in, one out” scheme
3+ week, 4+ day ago (20+ words) HMI Prisons finds failures in interpretation for asylum seekers returned to France under "one in, one out" scheme'Ein.org.uk...
IPPR warns ‘Earned Settlement’ proposals will leave hundreds of thousands insecure, as leading immigration barrister says poorly evidenced plans will undermine integration
3+ week, 5+ day ago (244+ words) New critiques of ILR reforms by Institute for Public Policy Research and Garden Court Chambers' Adrian Berry More than 300,000 children already living in the UK could be required to wait a decade or more for permanent immigration status under the…...
Development of immigration and asylum appeals examined in new House of Commons Library briefing
1+ mon, 11+ hour ago (1683+ words) Report charts evolution of appeal mechanisms from the Aliens Act 1905 to the Immigration Appeals Act 1969 and up to the present day A new House of Commons Library report published last week traces more than a century of change in how…...
Legal challenge to ‘good character’ citizenship rules set for High Court hearing in June
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (520+ words) Legal challenge to "good character" citizenship rules set for High Court hearing in June'Electronic Immigration Network Legal challenge to "good character" citizenship rules set for High Court hearing in June Update from Wilsons Solicitors on judicial review of February 2025 Home…...
Framing of Albanian asylum seekers as criminal and undeserving underpinned Home Office policy decisions, new academic study finds
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (241+ words) Ingi Iusmen and William Shankley explore the "concerted political effort to deny Albanians sanctuary in the United Kingdom" An interesting new peer-reviewed study, published last week in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, examines the UK government's negative…...
UNHCR sets out detailed observations and concerns on UK’s proposed asylum reforms
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (963+ words) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warns policies reducing security and stability for refugees risk undermining integration and social cohesion" The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) last week published its important initial observations on the UK Government's recently…...