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UK Policy Archives

UK Borders Bill
UK Borders Bill (PDF) >>

 

Our response to proposals to change the funding of immigration cases
Read more (PDF) >>

Our evidence to the JCHR on asylum seekers' human rights
Read more (PDF) >>

 

Immigration Fees Campaign

IND launches public consultation to present proposals for new fees for certain non-asylum immigration applications. More information available on the Home Office website >>

JCWI response to the Home Office Consultation Paper (PDF - 109 KB) >>

Read JCWI's press release commenting on the proposed immigration fee increases >>

Home Office document on the Working Holidaymaker Scheme (PDF - 117 KB) >>

 

Immigration policy in perspective
A new report assesses Government successes and failure (PDF 4.91 MB) >>

 

Equality for Irregular Migrants
Our evidence to the JCHR on asylum seekers'human rights (PDF) >>
JCWI’s response to the Equalities Review (PDF 86 KB) >>

 

Recognise Rights, Realise Benefits
Our press statement on the points system >>
Rights of trafficked persons (PDF 179 KB) >>
Our view on regularisation - 31 March 2006 >>
Press release for JCWI's report - 8 June 2005>>

 

Asylum support withdrawal
A Joint statement on the withdrawal of asylum support for in-country applicants by the Refugee Council, Oxfam, Shelter, Liberty, Crisis, JCWI, Refugee Action, Refugee Legal Centre, ILPA and Migrant Helpline >>

 

EU refugees benefits battle
Court backs EU refugees' benefits battle - article by Angus Howarth >>

 

Accession country workers
JCWI calls for government to keep its promises to accession country workers (23 February 2004) >>

 

New IPPR Asylum & Migration Working Paper Series
For further information about the series, go to www.ippr.org.uk

 

Migration, public health & compulsory screening for TB and HIV
Asylum and Migration Working Paper 1 (PDF - 399 KB) >>

 

Best Practice Guide for asylum screening
Download screening guide (PDF - 178 KB) >>

 

Asylum policy
IPPR sets out 10 things you need to know about asylum policy, but probably don't - 11 August 2004 (PDF - 27KB) >>

 

Detention, removal & Prisons

Inspector of Prisons report critical of detention of children at Dungavel removal centre - 14 August 2003 (PDF - 12 KB) >>

HM Inspectorate of Prisons Report October 2003 (PDF - 385 KB) >>

Update on educational provision at Dungavel removal centre - August 2003 (PDF - 445 KB) >>

JCWI analysis and commentary on Inspectorate of Prisons report on immigration removal centres - April 2003 (PDF - 39KB) >>

Home Office response to Inspectorate of Prisons report - 8 April 2003 (PDF - 5KB) >>

Full extent of Chief Inspector of Prison's report on UK immigration detention estate (PDF - 16KB) >>

Government must end the use of indefinite and arbitrary immigration detention - BID press release (PDF - 5KB) >>

 

Section 55 asylum support law denounced by judge as uncivilised
Report by National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC) - 4 August 2003) >>

Section 55 decisions - Hansard (PDF - 5KB) >>

 

Migrant workers rights
Speech by Patrick A. Taran to UNA-UK conference on the importance of the UN Convention on Migrant Workers Rights (PDF - 58KB) >>

Home Office announce new 'sector-based scheme' in place for manual skill migrants (PDF - 5 KB) >>

 

Visas
Home Office announces transit visas for 16 new countries (PDF - 4 KB) >>

 

Working holidaymakers
Scheme updated (PDF- 6 KB) >>

 

White List
Home Office adds 7 more countries to white list (PDF - 7KB) >>

 

IND transfers all business cases to WPUK
Letter from Home Office to ILPA (PDF - 212 KB) >>

 

Marriage
Age raised to 18 from 1 April - Times article 14 May 2003 (PDF - 5KB) >>

 

Nationality, Immigration & Asylum Act 2002
British Overseas Citizens, British Subjects and British Protected Persons now have the right to register as full British Citizens from 30 April 2003 >>

 

Immigration Rules
Important changes from 1 April 2003 - JCWI's summary (PDF - 7KB) >>

 

Humanitarian Protection
Ministerial Statement in Commons Hansard 1 April 2003 on humanitarian protection (PDF - 5KB) >>

 

Exceptional Leave to Remain
Home Office statement (PDF - 38KB) >>

 

Regional processing proposals
NGOs express concerns to UNHCR (PDF - 9KB) >>

 

Immigration courts changes from 1 April 2003
ILPA announcement (PDF - 30KB) >>

 

Illegal immigration
Lords report November 2002 (PDF - 463KB) >>

 

Nationality Immigration & Asylum Act 2002

JCWI response to the proposal to monitor marriages - June 2004 (PDF 140KB) >>

British Overseas Citizens, British Protected Persons and British Subjects - right to register under the new Act (PDF - 9KB) >>

Parliamentary briefing (PDF - 49KB) >>

The White Paper - Secure borders, safe haven: integration with diversity in modern Britain (PDF 39KB) >>

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