UK
Calls to relax UK immigration law because of Covid-19
A lack of access to public funds and strict immigration requirements are creating dangerous and inhumane living conditions for persons in the UK with insecure immigration status.
European cities offer to shelter migrant children
A number of municipal governments around Europe have pledged to accept unaccompanied minors from Greek refugee camps in the face of worsening conditions and coronavirus fears.
Home Office wins Right to Rent case
The UK government has won an appeal against last year’s High Court decision that its Right to Rent policy is unlawful.
NHS immigration checks put many at risk
MPs in the UK have written to the government to request the suspension of NHS charges and immigration checks during the coronavirus crisis.
Calls for frontline health workers in the UK to be given ILR
Members of parliament have called for frontline healthcare workers in the UK who are also foreign nationals to be granted indefinite leave to remain in that country.
Children in overcrowded camps abandoned in the face of Covid-19
The UK’s home Secretary has not responded to requests from charities and other organisations to increase the number of migrant children brought into the UK from migrant camps in the EU in light of a potential outbreak of coronavirus
