

Home Office increases immigration application fees, again
On 9 April 2025, the Home Office increased the fees for many visa and immigration applications. This short blog explains more.
Read moreOn 9 April 2025, the Home Office increased the fees for many visa and immigration applications. This short blog explains more.
Read moreThere have been changes to the ‘Good Character’ policy guidance used by Home Office caseworkers who assess applications for British citizenship. These changes are likely to have a significant negative impact upon people with refugee status who apply for British citizenship after 10 February 2025.
Read moreIn the UK, a return is the process where someone who is in the UK without the right to remain is required by the Home Office to leave the country, often ‘voluntarily’.
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Read moreNapier Barracks will no longer be used as ‘temporary accommodation’ by the Home Office for single men seeking asylum. The former military barracks will be handed back to the Ministry of Defence in September 2025.
Read moreOn 12 March 2025, the Home Office published its first Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules in 2025. There are a number of changes in this statement, including measures which aim to protect care workers.
Read moreThe increased capacity at Wethersfield camp, which is used as asylum accommodation, is yet another disgraceful example of the UK government’s commitment to the Hostile Environment.
Read moreNearly three years on from the Russian invasion, significant changes have been made to the options available to Ukrainians in the UK.
Read moreIn response to Asylum Aid’s legal challenge to the Rwanda plan, the Home Secretary, confirmed that the government will repeal (this means cancel) the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024.
Read moreWe have put together this blog against the backdrop of an increasingly violent and Hostile Environment towards migrants in the UK.
Read moreThe Home Office has updated its guidance on the streamlined process for children’s asylum claims, and now the process will continue for some children.
Read moreWe have been hearing snippets of information about voluntary/family returns, but would like to learn more about how this is happening in practice so as to further inform our communities.
Read moreWhen people reach the UK, the struggle isn’t over. It's a hostile environment. Right to Remain relies on grants from charitable trusts and on donations from people like you. Your donation will help us to help people in their struggles for the right to remain in the UK, and to campaign for migration justice.
Donate todayRight to Remain works with communities, groups and organisations across the UK, providing information, resources, training and assistance to help people to establish their right to remain, and to challenge injustice in the immigration and asylum system. Right to Remain is a registered charity (charity number 1192934).
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