The Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026: What we know so far
In this blog, we explain some of the changes the government wants to make in the latest Immigration and Asylum Bill 30 June 2026.
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What are the Immigration Rules?
On 24 July 2024, the House of Commons library published an accessible overview of the immigration rules. This short blog explains the key points made in the House of Commons overview on the immigration rules.
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Huge increases to immigration fees
On 13 July 2023, the government announced it is massively increasing immigration fees, as well as the Immigration Health Surcharge. This will have hugely detrimental effects on many people, and we must stand against it.
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Neglect Emergency – Solidarity with disabled people seeking asylum abandoned by the Home Office
A local grassroots group, RAMA (Refugee, Asylum Seeker and Migrant Action) in Colchester has been standing in solidarity with people seeking asylum with severe disabilities, abandoned by the Home Office. It’s time that we show solidarity with them.
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‘A nightmare’ which causes ‘irreparable hardship’: report on the 10 year route to settlement
A new report outlines the damage caused by the 10 year route to settlement, and outlines a number of key recommendations
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‘A celebration of solidarity’: Liverpool welcomes These Walls Must Fall annual gathering
Last weekend, on Saturday 29th October, Right to Remain crew attended These Walls Must Fall end-of-year network gathering in Liverpool.
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Border Nation by Leah Cowan
Leah Cowan’s Border Nation (published by Pluto Press) is a short, sharp, incisive analysis of the colonial origins of borders, the violence of immigration control and the profit motive driving so much of immigration policy and practice.
There are quotable lines on every page of this short book, which manages to dig deep into the issues and link up weighty ideas while still being very accessible.
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Guide to right to rent checks from Law for Life
The organisation Law for Life have produced an information guide about right to rent. The guide includes information about who has a right to rent, when you need to prove this right and when you don’t, how to prove a right to rent, changes as a result of Brexit and Covid-19, what you can do if you are discriminated against in this process and more.
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2020: what a year
Yes, well. It’s been quite a year.
Aside from, well, everything we’ve had a busy year recruiting new members of our Management Committee, appointing new roles within the Committee AND we’ve had three fab new staff members join us. That’s been a lot of zoom calls.
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Our 2019: a year in review
Tempting as it is to not look back at this year, it’s important to remember the small successes, and how we’ve survived this year to fight for a better one.
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Bureaucratic barriers to rights
As anyone attempting to make an online immigration application in recent weeks will know, the system is in a mess. A right royal mess.
In recent months, many applications have been made online only and the process has been outsourced to a company called Sopra Steria.
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Fast changing, complex and with devastating consequences: immigration law
“The government’s position is that obtaining legal advice is not necessary in making an immigration application and that no advantage in the application process should accrue to people who choose to access, are able to afford legal advice, over those who cannot.”
Really?
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