Immigration News Weekly Roundup - 9th September 2022

We witnessed the ascend of our new Home Secretary, Suella Baverman this week following the appointment of Liz Truss as our new Prime Minister.??Both the government officials are already under pressure from think tanks, activists and lawyers to review and reconsider harsh migration policies particularly those surrounding asylum seekers.?

A short term breath of relief comes as Liz Truss announces the shelving of the new Bill of Rights for the time being.?

Revisions to policies surrounding Asylum seekers continue with the updates to the asylum dispersal grants, updates to the Afghan resettlement Guidance and review report of asylum partnership agreement with Rwanda.?

Check out all such latest??News, Case laws and updates to the Home Office documents from the week in our newsletter below.

NEWS

Suella Braverman appointed as new Home Secretary for the UK - BBC News

For those of us still curious to know about her more, a quick guide to the new home secretary from the BBC News can be found here ?

Suella Braverman: home secretary set to take even harder line on migration – The Guardian

The issue of migration, which dominates the new home secretary’s in-tray, was at the forefront of Suella Braverman’s thoughts when she first arrived in parliament in 2015. To read the full article, click here?

Bill of Rights: Liz Truss shelves plans to reform human rights law – BBC News

Liz Truss's government has shelved plans for a law designed to give ministers the power to ignore human rights rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). To read the full article, click here?

Ditch Rwanda migrant scheme, think tank urges Home Secretary Suella Braverman

Bright Blue, which says it champions liberal conservative reforms supported by evidence rather than ideology, said that the new?Home Secretary?needed to “get a grip over the rising number of?asylum seekers?making dangerous journeys to get to the UK”.??To read the full article, click here?

Rwanda migrant flights plan legally viable, government lawyers say – BBC News?

The government has clear legal powers to send migrants to Rwanda under its controversial relocation scheme, its lawyers have told the High Court. To read the full article, click here?

HOME OFFICE UPDATED DOCUMENTS

• Guidance?:?Ukraine Extension Scheme: caseworker guidance has been updated on 8th?September 2022. To view the updated Guidance, click here?
• Policy paper?National Security Bill: factsheets has been updated on 8th?September 2022. To view the updated Policy, click here?
• Official Statistics?EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics, June 2022 have been updated on 8th??September 2022. To view the latest data, click here?
• Transparency data?Ukraine Visa Schemes: visa data has been updated on 8th?September 2022. To view the updated information, click here?
• Guidance?Asylum Dispersal Grant: funding instruction has been updated on 6th?September 2022. To view the updated Guidance, click here??and here?
• Guidance?Afghan resettlement: information and guidance has been updated on 6th?September 2022. To view the updated Guidance, click here?
• Requirements on?Indefinite leave to remain if you have a Scale-up Worker visa have been published – these can be viewed here?
• Research and analysis?Review of Tier 1 (General) settlement refusals have been carried out on 5th?September 2022.?To view the report, click here?
• Corporate report?EU Settlement Scheme private beta 1 -?The document sets out the key findings of the first test phase of the EUSS has been updated on 5th?September 2022. To view the updated report, click here
• Policy paper?Nationality and Borders Bill: Chagossian nationality factsheet has been updated on 5th?September 2022. To view the updated Policy, click?here?
• Information on the Joint Committee's governance of the asylum partnership arrangement between the UK and Rwandan government has been published on 2nd?September 2022. To view the report, click here?

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