ILPA
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We are the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association. A charity and membership org seeking to empower members to provide the best possible advice and support for migrants, and collaboratively working to improve law, policy and practice. Hosts of the #SLF
📢 We're recruiting! We're looking for a Legal Project Officer to join our team.
⏰Apply by Monday 24 November 2025.
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⏰Apply by Monday 24 November 2025.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
📢 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 🙏
⏰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 👇👇
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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Asylum Hotels Report
Our new report, Profiting from People: Inside the UK’s Asylum Hotels , exposes the true horrors that refugees face whilst housed for years on end in asylum hotels. We’ve long known this, and now...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
⚡Powerful report from @ramfel.bsky.social published this week showing the reality of life in the UK's asylum hotels.
Read more 👇👇
Read more 👇👇
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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
@lawrsuk.bsky.social, @workrights.bsky.social, @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social, @focusonlabour.bsky.social #LEAG #SecureReporting
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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
@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 👇
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October 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
⚡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...
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
Read her insights 👇
ilpa.org.uk/life-in-the-...
#ILPAblog
October 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
⚡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
Read her insights 👇
ilpa.org.uk/life-in-the-...
#ILPAblog
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The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations
#ECHR_withdrawal #humanrights #UKimmigration
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#ECHR_withdrawal #humanrights #UKimmigration
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The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations
The suggestion that the United Kingdom might withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights for immigration purposes is misconceived. To contend that ECHR withdrawal is a simple act without …
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September 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations
#ECHR_withdrawal #humanrights #UKimmigration
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#ECHR_withdrawal #humanrights #UKimmigration
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⚡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
These deaths are not inevitable. 🧵1/4
September 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
⚡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
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 👇👇
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⏰ Apply by Sunday 7 September.
More details 👇👇
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🙏 Please share widely 🙏
August 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📢 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 🙏
⏰ 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.
Only then will they bring unity instead of division and cohesion rather than hate.
August 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
⚡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.
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 👇👇
53 organisations have joined RAMFEL to demand Yvette Cooper extend family reunion rights to those resettled under Afghan schemes. This is a vital step to fix the harm caused by the data breach, which exposed families to renewed risk from the Taliban. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Britain urged to let hero Afghans bring their families to UK after major data leak
Exclusive: Yvette Cooper is warned that the ‘worst possible consequences of the data leak’ could become a ‘dire reality’ if Afghans cannot bring their loved ones to safety
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August 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
⚡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 👇
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ILPA Statement on the Anniversary of the Summer 2024 Riots - ILPA
Following the tragic events in Southport, last summer saw numerous outbreaks of far-right violence, aggression and intimidation across the UK. The riots did not occur in isolation, but were fuelled […...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🔊We have issued a public statement to mark the anniversary of the start of the summer 2024 riots. Read it in full 👇
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❓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. 🧵
And it’s about to get worse. 🧵
July 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
❓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. 🧵
And it’s about to get worse. 🧵
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🔽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
The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill
- My briefing for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)
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- My briefing for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)
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Briefing for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association: The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill
Briefing of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association: The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill
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June 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🔽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
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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...
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July 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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...
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
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
www.ticketsource.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
📣 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
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
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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
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Below: A torn-looking extract from ILPA blog "Supporting Access to Justive in Immigration Tribunals: Identifying Communication Needs Beyond a Language Barrier". Extract has a photo of two women talking.
Below: Quote from article: "Practical barriers to diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental condition [include] the cost of obtaining a diagnosis or the geographical availability of health services, as well as assessment tools not designed for people outside the ‘Cultural West’”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tnu2virswklmjexq67qpued5/bafkreibxteuuyooxv75m5xlbb4rrtwzbtf5mqiunke54xqxix6ase2urna@jpeg)
June 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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
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🚨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...
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...
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🚨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...
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 👇
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June 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
⚡ 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 👇
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⚡ 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...
We welcome the Committee's subsequent report which sets out concerns raised & makes recommendations for improvement 👇
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
committees.parliament.uk
June 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
⚡ 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...
We welcome the Committee's subsequent report which sets out concerns raised & makes recommendations for improvement 👇
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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@ilpaimmigration.bsky.social looking forward to speaking at our event on the immigration White Paper tonight, alongside my brilliant colleagues!
We are delighted to be hosting a SOLD OUT event this week: 'The Immigration White Paper in Perspective: Economic Migration, Border Control, and Asylum Policy in the Year Ahead' 🔽
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tinyurl.com/5y2b2uwc
June 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
@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 👇👇
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#AccessToJustice
🙏 Please help us smash our fundraising target 👇👇
londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/immigrati...
#AccessToJustice
June 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📣 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
🙏 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
June 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
⚡ 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 👇 👇
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More details 👇 👇
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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
In 2025, we celebrate two anniversaries, the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission. These significantmilestones will b…
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June 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
⏰ 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...
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 👇
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Our legal team has prepared a detailed briefing. Read it in full 👇
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June 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
⚡ 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...
Our legal team has prepared a detailed briefing. Read it in full 👇
ilpa.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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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...
Call for Papers | Centre for European Law and Internationalisation - CELI
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 ...
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April 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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...