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    Home Secretary launches Windrush scheme

    The Home Secretary announced last week that legislation has been introduced to bring into force a package of measures under a Windrush scheme. A call to evidence to enable members of the Windrush generation to share their experiences and help shape a bespoke compensation scheme was also launched earlier this month. This will run until…

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    New data rules ‘threaten immigration status for thousands’

    Last week, MPs voted to exempt the Home Office from data protection rules that previously allowed people to access what information public authorities hold on them. This will make contesting immigration decisions more difficult than it currently is. The Data Protection Act 1998 gave individuals a right to access information held about them through a…

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    Review: SOGICA – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum: A European human rights challenge

    Not known for a progressive outlook on the issue of migration, or indeed LGBT+ matters, Italy was a strange place for a conference on the definition of “vulnerability”. However as the day drew on, the unique blend of national and international academic, activists and representatives from civil society made it precisely the right place to…

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