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Home Secretary's appeal fails in Rwanda asylum cases
Supreme Court finds asylum seekers at risk if sent for decision in Rwanda

Ministers hunt immigration lawyers coaching fake claims
Task force launched to build cases for prosecution

Jacqueline Moore joins Thorntons
New recruit is a specialist in immigration law

Rwanda asylum seeker plan ruled lawful
Court backing for UK Government policy

SLAB tightens practice on representative applications
Sponsor applications in immigration and asylum cases no longer accepted

Profession renews protests over Johnson lawyer remarks
Scottish and English leaders raise concerns over reactions to Rwanda orders

Ukraine immigration advice project still seeking help
Appeal for more volunteer lawyers to meet rising need

Court upholds asylum seekers' right to child tax credit
Claim including prior period survived introduction of universal credit

Society attacks bill's two-tier asylum system
Different types of refugee, and criminalising help, would breach UK duties

Lawyers urge support for Afghanistan professionals
Statement calls on UK Government to offer evacuation and asylum

Dean rebuts “not-very-contrite” Home Office response
Minister again claims immigration lawyers are “playing politics”

Patel again attacks lawyers in pledging asylum overhaul
Home Secretary attacked for calling migrants "illegal" in conference speech

Serco lock change opponents refused appeal permission
Supreme Court panel decision marks end of the road

Home Office eases right to work checks during COVID-19
Video calls allowed, subject to verification after shutdown

Tribunals rule on trafficking status: Supreme Court
Commission's appeal upheld in forced labour case

Advice funding for asylum seekers under homelessness threat
Scottish ministers to fund advocacy support efforts

Court backs Serco as asylum seekers' eviction appeals fail
No tenancy rights, and Serco not liable as public authority: Inner House

Faculty backs overhaul of Immigration Rules
Response warns of need for resources, and ECHR concerns

Immigration Bill deprives UK's EU citizens of rights, MPs report
Human Rights Committee flags up powers vested in Home Secretary

Court suspends Home Office "removal window" deportation policy
Judge allows full judicial review of practice inhibiting challenges

"Right to rent" rules for landlords declared illegal by High Court
Judge finds key plank of "hostile environment" leads to discrimination

EU Settlement Scheme could repeat Windrush problems, peers warn
Home Office "appears not to have learned the lessons": Kennedy

End indefinite immigration detention, Westminster joint committee calls
Report proposes major reforms to detention decision making

Funding to help with EU Settlement Scheme announced
£9 million to help organisations inform vulnerable individuals