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Immigration Update 15 January 2020


Sheraaz Hingora is a Barrister specialising in Immigration and Asylum law, Public law, Family law and false imprisonment claims at Clarendon Park Chambers.
15 Jan 2020

A summary of the latest developments in Immigration law between 8 January 2020 to 15 January 2020.

Guidance:

Country Guidance:

  1. Nigeria – country policy and information notes. Medical and healthcare issues, Nigeria, January 2020.

Policy:

  1. Registration as a British citizen: children.
  2. Asylum policy guidance on family reunion applications. Updated information on biometric enrolment for in-country applications.
  3. Apply for a Marriage Visitor visa: step by step.

Law Commission Report:

  1. Simplifying the immigration rules

News:

  1. We simply can’t turn our backs on vulnerable refugee children.
  2. New report by Amnesty UK, Refugee Council and Save the Children finds UK policy on refugee family reunion is damaging the lives of children
  3. For so many undocumented young people, Britain is home – and a legal limbo
  4. Government urged to reunite child refugees with families
  5. EU settlement scheme delays leave people ‘unable to get jobs or housing’
  6. MPs give final backing to Withdrawal Agreement Bill. The Commons voted 330 to 231 in favour of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill and it will now pass to the House of Lords for further scrutiny next week.
  7. UK immigration rules are unworkable, says Law Commission
  8. Seriously ill people released from immigration detention without crucial medication, senior doctors warn
  9. 10 years on, David Cameron’s toxic net migration pledge still haunts the UK

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