📢 We're hiring! We're looking for an experienced Training Manager to join our small team and run our busy training programme. More details 👇 ilpa.org.uk/training-man... ⏰ Applications close Saturday 3 January 2026 ⏰

⚡In our latest blog post, Kaelynn Narita, Research and Policy Manager @the3million.bsky.social, sets out the widespread issues besetting #eVisa holders and calls for urgent action to be taken 🚨 Read more 👇 ilpa.org.uk/the-digital-...

⚡We're among almost 600 individuals and organisations working in UK migration and asylum law to have signed a Statement of Consensus following the Government's recent announcements about changes to UK asylum policy. Read our collective concerns 👇👇 ilpa.org.uk/statement-of...

🚨LAST CALL for applications for ILPA's Legal Project Officer ⏰Apply by midnight tonight⏰ More details 👇 ilpa.org.uk/legal-projec...

All articles from our JIANL Special Issue are now available open access as author manuscript versions here: ilpa.org.uk/journal-of-i... Thanks very much to @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social for allowing us to bring the Special Issue to a wider audience!

📢 We're recruiting! We're looking for a Legal Project Officer to join our team. ⏰Apply by Monday 24 November 2025. More details 👇 ilpa.org.uk/legal-projec... 🙏 Please share widely 🙏

⚡Powerful report from @ramfel.bsky.social published this week showing the reality of life in the UK's asylum hotels. Read more 👇👇

Read our joint briefing on her amendment to the latest immigration bill here: labourexploitation.org/app/uploads/... @lawrsuk.bsky.social, @workrights.bsky.social, @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social, @focusonlabour.bsky.social #LEAG #SecureReporting

⚡Tomorrow is #AntiSlaveryDay. Writing on the ILPA Blog, Avril Sharp of @kalayaan.org.uk renews calls for long overdue changes to fix the broken #OverseasDomesticWorker visa, so domestic workers can leave abusive employment, without risking further harm. Read more 👇 ilpa.org.uk/delays-expec...

⚡To mark #WorldMentalHealthDay Elizabeth Rimmer, Chief Executive of LawCare, reflects on the findings of the #LifeInTheLaw 2025 survey and sets out steps organisations can take to improve workplace #wellbeing. Read her insights 👇 ilpa.org.uk/life-in-the-... #ILPAblog

The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations #ECHR_withdrawal #humanrights #UKimmigration tinyurl.com/4h4zh9jm

⚡ILPA is profoundly saddened by the deaths of four people, including two children, in the Channel over the past 24 hours. These deaths are not inevitable. 🧵1/4

📢 We're recruiting!! We're looking for a part-time Membership Engagement Manager to join our team. ⏰ Apply by Sunday 7 September. More details 👇👇 ilpa.org.uk/membership-e... 🙏 Please share widely 🙏

⚡We are one of over 200 orgs to have signed refugeestogether.bsky.social's open letter to party leaders calling for them to end the divisive politics, racist rhetoric and demonising language of the past. Only then will they bring unity instead of division and cohesion rather than hate.

⚡We’re one of the 53 organisations who've joined @ramfel.bsky.social to sign their letter urging Yvette Cooper to take urgent action to allow family reunion for those affected by the Afghan data breach which put their families at risk from the Taliban. Read more 👇👇

🔊We have issued a public statement to mark the anniversary of the start of the summer 2024 riots. Read it in full 👇 ilpa.org.uk/ilpa-stateme...

❓Did you know that hundreds of thousands of people are forced to wait over 10 years for the right to permanently settle in the place they already call home? And it’s about to get worse. 🧵

🔽Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC @berryadrianc.bsky.social produces briefing on the Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill for ILPA @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social

I am looking for UK immigration law practitioners to fill in a short survey about their engagement with legal academic work. There is also an option to take part in an interview at the end. Please do consider taking part and share with your networks: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/northumbri...

📣 Are you a UK-based asylum/immigration practitioner interested in gender-based claims for asylum? Join our joint training with Women in Refugee Law (WiRL) on 'How to Effectively Prepare Gender-based Violence Asylum Claims' 📅 Thurs 3 July. 3-5 pm. Tickets 👉 www.ticketsource.co.uk/wirl/t-pqjyamg

We're published on the @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social ‬today, exploring the importance of - and barriers to - timely identification of communication differences and difficulties in #immigration matters: http://bit.ly/3IhbJc8 #intermediary

🚨Did you know the government has made it nearly impossible for many refugees to become British citizens? It's based on how they arrived, not who they are as people. This affects our neighbours, colleagues, friends. 📢Your MP needs to hear from you: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

⚡ In advance of Committee Stage of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill in @houseoflords.parliament.uk, we have issued a Joint Briefing with @refugeestogether.bsky.social on the “Good character requirement for citizenship” Amendment 👇 ilpa.org.uk/wp-content/u...

⚡ In May, our legal director ‪‪@zoebantleman.bsky.social‬ gave evidence to the JCHR on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. We welcome the Committee's subsequent report which sets out concerns raised & makes recommendations for improvement 👇 committees.parliament.uk/publications...

@ilpaimmigration.bsky.social looking forward to speaking at our event on the immigration White Paper tonight, alongside my brilliant colleagues!

📣 Tomorrow, 17/06, our team of walkers 🚶‍♀️🚶🚶‍♀️ is joining with 1000s of others in central London to take on 10K for justice ⚖️ in @londonlegal.bsky.social's annual #LondonLegalWalk ☀️ 🙏 Please help us smash our fundraising target 👇👇 londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/immigrati... #AccessToJustice

⚡ It's Refugee Week 2025 🧡 We join with friends around the world celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and all those seeking sanctuary 🧡 #RefugeeWeek #CommunityAsASuperpower

⏰ Closing tomorrow ⏰ Call for Papers: The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience – The ECHR at 75 and the Venice Commission at 35. More details 👇 👇 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/02/c...

⚡ The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has its Second Reading in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk today. Our legal team has prepared a detailed briefing. Read it in full 👇 ilpa.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission) might be for you. www.linkedin.com/posts/centre...

In its Immigration White Paper, the Govt heralded a pilot of ‘new intelligent technologies that facilitate contactless travel through eGates’. 📣 New on the ILPA blog, Elspeth Guild & Catriona Barclay consider the implications of passport-free travel. Read in full 👇 ilpa.org.uk/about-face-t...

⚡ We are proud to be among the hundreds of signatories to this open letter coordinated by @asylummatters.bsky.social Together we stand against the politics of division. "We are and will remain an island of solidarity, not strangers."

📣 Could you be our new Chief Executive? Applications close on Monday at 9am ⏰ Full details in our recruitment pack 👇 ilpa.org.uk/chief-execut... Pls share widely 🙏

⚡ We signed @workrights.bsky.social's letter to the Home Secretary calling on the Govt to tackle the issue of sponsored migrant worker exploitation in the UK. Read more 👇 👇

Recently immigration practitioners and judges have been singled out on social media, including their personal details. We strongly condemn this external pressure that potentially compromises their independence and work. Read our full statement here: tinyurl.com/yc3udmrn #Legal #Immigration #Law

🚨Calling caseworkers supporting EUSS scheme late-applicants Our very own @lukepiper.bsky.social will be hosting training with @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social to help advisers understand how late applicants can qualify for the EU Settlement Scheme, challenges & remedies. ilpa.org.uk/event/web-30...

⚡ Huge congratulations to ILPA Patron @berryadrianc.bsky.social for his richly deserved appointment 👏👏👏

Pleased to represent @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social at the meeting with the UN Human Rights Commissioner in London today. The Commissioner was in listening mode as regards human rights problems in the UK and stressed the need for solidarity

🚨 In-person bookings for our #StudentSponsors Conference on 27 March are closing soon! Book now at ilpa.org.uk/event/web-30... ⚡ Discounted rates for ILPA members. #ILPAtraining

Tribunal stats out this morning highlight the continued and growing asylum appeals backlog. At end of 2024 there were 41,987 appeals outstanding, up from 19,489 at end of 2023 and 7,173 at end of 2022. 36,552 appeals lodged in 2024, up from 21,339 in 2023 (71% increase). www.gov.uk/government/s...

📣 Work in immigration, asylum, housing or debt #LegalAid in England, Wales or Northern Ireland? We want to hear from you! Pls complete our joint survey on MoJ proposals to increase legal aid fees 👇 www.surveymonkey.com/r/VZKDNPZ ⏰ Survey closes 5pm, Friday 14 March ⏰ One submission per org pls 🙏

🔥 New sessions alert! 🔥 #StandUpSpeakOut is back with over 20 info packed sessions to build migrant solidarity. From narrative change to housing justice - join over 20 online sessions from march- June 2025. Full info and sign up ➡️ actionnetwork.org/event_campai... @socialworkerswb.bsky.social

📣 Important survey from #LawCare 👇 asking for views on working hours, job pressure, burnout, #mentalhealth at work, bullying, harassment, discrimination, #wellbeing support and more. If you work in the UK legal sector, please consider taking part.

Excellent @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social conference today on current issues in immigration law & family view underlines the importance of family courts for adults & children under immigration control. Calls for special courts for migrant children underestimate risks of separate & unequal provision.

Thanks to @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social for giving us the opportunity at yesterday's conference to talk about the challenges migrant victims of domestic abuse face in accessing justice and share ideas on how to improve protections for migrant women affected by domestic abuse.

Some analysis for @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social of the Home Office's recent 'clarification' of its guidance on good character & naturalisation. I focus on trafficking and violence against women, but also consider discrimination and penalisation. ilpa.org.uk/a-dangerous-...

⚡ In our monthly blog post @catbriddick.bsky.social considers how the Home Office’s latest guidance on assessing the good character requirement in nationality applications disadvantages women. Read in full 👇 ilpa.org.uk/a-dangerous-... #InternationalWomensDay

Superb line-up of speakers at the @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social conference today including Nicole Masri from our immigration and asylum law team. This conference brings together experts from the worlds of immigration law and family law to discuss intersecting issues involving both sectors.

We're looking forward to hearing from our fantastic line up of speakers at tomorrow's conference on current issues in immigration and family law. Online tickets are still available - book now 👇 ilpa.org.uk/event/web-30... ⚡ Special rates for ILPA members

📄 We, along with Together with Migrant Children (@twmcuk.bsky.social) and Public Law Project (@publiclawproject.bsky.social), were pleased to launch the report 'Experiences of Accessing Education in Asylum Accommodation', following a six-month research project funded by ILPA’s Strategic Legal Fund.