Daily Archives: September 21, 2018

The government has announced a new form of leave for children transferred to the UK to reunite with their families during the Calais camp clearance in 2016. The unique situation in Calais in 2016 led to the government taking decisive action to remove vulnerable children from a dangerous situation where they were at risk of … Continue reading New form of leave for children transferred during Calais clearance to join family →

Environment Secretary: We have listened to powerful arguments from farmers. A nationwide pilot to bring migrant workers to UK farms has been announced by the Home Secretary and Environment Secretary today (Thursday 6 September). The pilot will mean fruit and vegetable farmers are able to employ migrant workers for seasonal work for up to 6 … Continue reading New pilot scheme to bring 2,500 seasonal workers to UK farms →

Home Secretary Sajid Javid says all technology companies must step up their efforts to tackle online child sexual exploitation. Today (Monday 3 September), the Home Secretary set out the scale of online child sexual exploitation (CSE), with a 700% increase in child abuse images being referred to the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the last … Continue reading Tackling child sexual exploitation online →

Innovative reforms to immigration detention in the UK were announced by the Home Secretary Sajid Javid today, Tuesday 24 July. The announcement comes in response to Stephen Shaw’s second review of the government’s approach to vulnerable people in immigration detention which looks at progress the government has made since his first report in 2016. The … Continue reading New commitments to tackling vulnerability in immigration detention announced →

NHS workers, university staff and students in the North West of England will be taking part in a private pilot of the new application process for the EU Settlement Scheme. In a managed live trial, EU citizens working at 12 NHS Trusts, and students and staff from 3 Liverpool universities, will be invited to make … Continue reading NHS workers and students to trial EU Settlement Scheme →

The ‘UKRI Science, Research and Academia’ scheme allows non-EEA researchers, scientists and academics to come to the UK for up to 2 years. The new ‘UKRI Science, Research and Academia’ scheme, which allows non-EEA researchers, scientists and academics to come to the UK for up to 2 years, opens today (Friday 6 July), the Immigration Minister … Continue reading New scheme for overseas researchers to come to the UK →