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18 Mar 2021 Home affairs

Gibraltar And Isle Of Man Reject “Inhumane And Ridiculous” Plans To Host UK Asylum Processing Centres

Both Gibraltar and the Isle of Man have roundly rejected reports they will host proposed new asylum processing centres as part of a shake-up of UK immigration policy.

16 Feb 2021 Home affairs

'Shocking' conditions in military barracks housing asylum seekers are unacceptable and must be urgently closed

According to asylum seekers detained at the barracks, they have no access to medication and limited access to water and electricity. With Covid spreading rapidly, urgent measures are needed to protect an already vulnerable population.

18 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

UK government’s hostile environment for migrants has been in full-force during the Covid pandemic

Migrants are disproportionately impacted by Covid, yet receive the least amount of help from the Tory government. On International Migrants Day we should reaffirm our commitment to treat migrants fairly and keep them safe.

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15 Dec 2020 Home affairs

Digital borders: time to seize the opportunity

The UK government wants the world’s most effective border by 2025, friction free yet with strong protection against threats such as crime and biosecurity. A virtual roundtable of experts discuss how to make it happen

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25 Nov 2020 Home affairs

Home Office failed to comply with equality law when implementing ‘hostile environment’ measures

A review of the Home Office’s compliance with equality legislation when implementing ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies has found that it failed to fulfil its legal duties, contributing to the serious injustices experienced by the Windrush generation.

11 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

A Man Who Says He Was Unlawfully Detained By Immigration Officers Fears He May Have Caught Covid From One Of Them

Legal representatives for a man who says he was unlawfully detained by immigration enforcement officers fear he is at risk of contracting coronavirus after one of the arresting officers tested positive.

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05 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council reaction to Home Secretary's asylum speech

Responding to the Home Secretary’s speech Fixing our broken asylum system which was delivered at the Conservative Party conference at the weekend, Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:

30 Sep 2020 Home affairs

Downing Street Has Confirmed It Is Looking At An Australia-Style Offshore Migrant Processing Centre

Downing Street has confirmed an Australian-style system for processing migrants offshore from the UK mainland is being looked at by the government.

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30 Sep 2020 Home affairs

EHRC progress on Hostile Environment legal assessment

As part of its legal assessment into how the Home Office complied with equality laws when implementing immigration policies, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to the department on its progress.

30 Sep 2020 Home affairs

The Immigration Bill must not wipe out the freedom of movement so many Britons have benefited from

My amendment is to the Immigration Bill is asking members of the House of Lords to protect the freedom of Britons for decades to come.

20 Sep 2020 Political parties

Can Keir Starmer prevent Labour’s culture wars from splitting the party in two?

From Black Lives Matter to attitudes to immigration, British politics is increasingly seen through the lens of a ‘culture war’. Can Keir Starmer prevent Labour’s fragile electoral coalition from breaking in two?

07 Sep 2020 Home affairs

The Immigration Bill provides an opportunity to end ‘inhumane’ indefinite detention

Immigration detention should be a last resort, yet the Government detains thousands of people a year for months on end. We have tabled amendments to the Immigration Bill to impose a 28-day time limit.

25 Aug 2020 Home affairs

This government is yet again attempting to scapegoat migrants for their own mismanagement

We should have no time for criminals exploiting desperate refugees, but nor should we for a government that refuses to see the bigger picture and take the obvious steps to prevent this exploitation.

24 Aug 2020 Coronavirus

Government’s own immigration charge hitting NHS trusts with £15m in fees to use overseas staff

The NHS has been forced to pay out more than £15 million in immigration fees to the Government since 2017 so that the health service has enough specialist staff.

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12 Aug 2020 Home affairs

Immigration appeal fees U-turn a “common-sense” decision

Responding to the Ministry of Justice’s decision to scrap its plans for new fixed fees arrangements in immigration and asylum appeals.

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12 Aug 2020 Coronavirus

Beyond a line on a map: The future of UK border security

11 Aug 2020 Foreign affairs

Immigration minister heads to Paris amid Tory pressure over migrant crossings

Immigration minister Chris Philip will hold talks with French counterparts on Tuesday in an attempt to tackle a rise in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

04 Aug 2020 Home affairs

Home Office to end use of 'racist algorithm' for UK visa decisions in face of legal challenge by migrants' rights group

The Home Office is set to scrap the use of a controversial algorithm for sorting UK visa applications in the face of a legal challenge by migrants' rights campaigners.

Listen: Immigration minister Kevin Foster on the post-Brexit points-based system — PoliticsHome policy podcast, supported by Leidos

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15 Jul 2020 Home affairs

Listen: Immigration minister Kevin Foster on the post-Brexit points-based system — PoliticsHome policy podcast, supported by Leidos

In a policy special of the PoliticsHome podcast supported by Leidos, we spoke to Home Office minister Kevin Foster about the UK’s big post-Brexit immigration shake-up.

13 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Labour asks what ministers ‘have against care workers’ as frontline staff left off new NHS immigration route

Labour has accused the Government of “insulting” the country’s care workers as frontline staff were excluded from a major new post-Brexit immigration route for those in the health sector.

13 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Priti Patel to flesh out UK’s plans for ‘fairer, firmer’ post-Brexit immigration system

The Home Secretary is set to unveil further details of the UK’s post-Brexit immigration system on Monday.

03 Jul 2020 Home affairs

Home Office problems left ‘vulnerable’ asylum seekers without access to doctor or schools for 86 days, watchdog finds

Hundreds of asylum seekers were left without access to a GP or schools for months after a Home Office programme to temporarily support and house them struggled to get going, the public spending watchdog has found.

01 Jul 2020 Foreign affairs

Boris Johnson says three million Hong Kongers can come to UK as he accuses Beijing of ‘clear and serious breach’ of China-UK agreement

Boris Johnson has confirmed almost three million Hong Kong residents can now come to the UK amid a row over China’s decision to impose a controversial new security law.

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01 Jul 2020 Home affairs

Detail of EHRC review of ‘hostile environment’ policies published

The terms of reference have been published for a statutory assessment by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) of how the Home Office complied with equality law when developing, implementing and monitoring ‘hostile environment’ immigration measures.