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17 April 2018
Child refugees have the right to bring family, EU court rules
The European Court of Justice ruled last week that unaccompanied child refugees who arrive in Europe have the right to apply for family members to join them.…
17 April 2018
New team to handle Windrush cases, said Home Office
The government announced that a new team has been set up to deal with so-called “Windrush cases” today, as news that the Home Office destroyed thousands of landing…
17 April 2018
128 Answers needed on EU citizens in post-Brexit UK
European citizens rights group, The 3 Million, lodged 128 questions to the Home Office regarding the status of European Union citizens in the United Kingdom after Brexit.…
10 April 2018
Campaign wins government U-turn on hostile environment in schools
According to the Guardian: Campaigners are claiming victory amid reports that the government is to back down on a controversial requirement that schools must collect data on…
10 April 2018
Route to your Rights- Project Findings
March 2018 The Migrants’ Rights Network (MRN) was funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to implement the Route to your Rights (RTYR) project, a qualitative research and…
9 April 2018
The dire realities of homeless migrant families in the UK
Violet Dickenson and John Grayson, who have worked with the South Yorkshire Migration & Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG), wrote two articles – here and here – for the…
9 April 2018
New rules preventing young asylum seekers from studying
Asylum seekers who are awaiting a Home Office decisions cannot work, must often reside as a fixed address, and report regularly to a Home Office outpost. In…
9 April 2018
Disabled British citizen with no documents held in detention for months
The case of Paul Tate, reported on my the Guardian, exemplifies the Kafka-esque proportions that immigration detention decisions can take. Paul Tate says he was born in…
3 April 2018
Asylum seeking children still not getting the care they need, says report
Last week, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) released a report following inspection of the Home Office’s treatment of unaccompanied asylum seeking minors. At…
3 April 2018
Waiting times for immigration appeals rise by 45%
The Independent ran a story last week about the length of time that people who appeal Home Office immigration decisions have to wait. Average waiting times, data…