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    News and guides

    More news items and new guides – Summer issue 2025

    30 July 202531 July 2025

    Here is the housing rights miscellany of news items and new guides and publications. New government legislation reaches report stage The second reading of the…

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  • Group having a conversation
    Evisas

    The error-prone eVisa and other issues with new technology

    30 July 202531 July 2025

    Problems continue as eVisas are rolled out and there is good and bad news on other issues to do with use of new technology. Updated…

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  • Boy sat alone on a bed
    Asylum accommodation

    Asylum accommodation – latest on hotels and barracks

    30 July 202531 July 2025

    The costs of asylum accommodation stay high while the government promises cost savings and less use of hotels. At the same time, it plans to…

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  • Mother and child
    Refugee crises

    Refugee homelessness and the UK response to world crises

    30 July 202531 July 2025

    As well as the latest news on the 56-day move-on period for refugees with successful claims, there is new funding to help local authorities to…

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  • Newspapers
    Guest articles

    Summer articles on topical issues

    30 July 202531 July 2025

    Also, during Refugee Week, CIH published three articles on issues relating to migrants’ rights. What happens to benefit entitlement following family reunion? CIH’s Sam Lister,…

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  • Child looking said by a wall
    Immigration policy

    Ongoing reaction to the government’s immigration plans

    30 July 202531 July 2025

    Are the government’s immigration plans, announced in May, “untethered from reality” (Jonathan Portes, in The Guardian)? Or is it that “Keir Starmer loves a crackdown”…

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  • Government immigration policy toughens up
    Immigration policy

    Government immigration policy toughens up

    6 May 202531 July 2025

    So far this year there have been several indications that government immigration policy – especially in relation to “small boat” arrivals, is toughening up. Among…

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  • Specialist supported housing: A safety net for separated migrant children
    Asylum accommodation

    Specialist supported housing: A safety net for separated migrant children

    5 May 202531 July 2025

    Spiros Georgiou, head of care and supported housing (homelessness and mental health) at Hightown Housing Association, explains why dedicated, specialist supported housing services can be…

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  • Asylum accommodation and local connection: it’s complicated!
    Asylum accommodation

    Asylum accommodation and local connection: it’s complicated!

    4 May 202531 July 2025

    In response to recent queries about establishing a “local connection” for those leaving asylum accommodation, Housing Rights contributor Sue Lukes offers this guidance, with input…

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    Asylum claims

    The asylum claims backlog and prospects for clearing it

    3 May 202531 July 2025

    Another increase in new asylum claims Asylum statistics published at the end of February included the number of claims, number of grants, and number of…

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  • Bibby Stockholm
    Asylum accommodation

    Latest news on barracks and similar accommodation

    2 May 202531 July 2025

    Napier barracks to close, Wethersfield stays open Napier barracks, one of the first mass accommodation sites opened to house asylum seekers, is to be closed…

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  • New refugees need help to find secure housing
    Asylum accommodation

    New refugees need help to find secure housing

    1 May 202531 July 2025

    Anna Yassin, Migrant Services and Advocacy Manager at the Glass Door Homeless Charity, writes about refugee homelessness and how to tackle it. Glass Door Homeless…

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