December 2017

Home Office Policy Changes from 11.01.2018

The Home Office announced a series of changes to its Immigration Policy which are due to take effect on 11 January 2018. The HO’s document is some 75 pages long but here’s a summary of the main changes: – Take account of the future commencement of the immigration bail provisions in Schedule 10 to the […]

Asylum seekers face appeals ‘lottery’

By Catrin Nye and Leo Sands Asylum seekers are facing a “lottery” depending on where their appeal is heard, research by the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has found. Appeals are twice as likely to be successful at some centres compared with others, data obtained through a Freedom of Information request found. Shadow attorney general Shami […]