Today the Home Office (the former UK Border Agency) have made some more amendments to the list of approved English language tests for applications made under Tiers 1, 2 and 4 of the points-based system and for spouse or partner applications. This new version further changes the amendments made to Appendix O of the Immigration […]

New manual to improve the assessment of credibility in EU asylum procedures ECRE member Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) has published a training manual on ‘Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures’ designed to meet the needs of asylum decision-makers and other asylum professionals. The manual aims at offering a creative and multidisciplinary learning method on credibility assessment. […]

UK Government’s new ‘hostile’ Immigration Bill presented as Parliamentary Committee publishes critical report on the UK asylum system The new Immigration Bill, designed to create a ‘hostile environment for illegal migrants’, as described by the Home Secretary, will require private landlords and banks to carry out checks on immigration status and gives more search and […]

Today we received confirmation from the Home Office that the Secretary of State proposes the introduction of a new immigration Bill into Parliament which will further erode the rights of applicants and immigrants. The new Bill arrives on the day that a recent YouGov survey reports that the public do not actually want tougher immigration […]