Immigration news

Kent County Council is suing the Home Office over an escalating UK immigration crisis in the region. Council bosses are set to launch a judicial review amid a rising number of unaccompanied child asylum seekers being dumped in Kent, warning that the local authority in the county is at ‘breaking point’.

 

UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, is urging social media platforms to ban posts that she thinks ‘glamourise’ Channel crossings made by migrants. However, her calls have sparked a huge backlash from critics who have accused Patel of ‘deflecting blame for the UK government’s failure to assist refugees’.

 

The US Supreme Court has blocked immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from accessing US green cards. The ruling applies to TPS immigrants living legally in the US, but may have initially entered the country without legal permission. The news comes as a blow to thousands of immigrants who rely on TPS and are looking to secure US permanent residence.

 

According to a report published by The Guardian, the Biden administration has tasked six humanitarian groups with making recommendations on which migrants should be allowed to remain in the US. The move comes in a bid to reduce the rapid expulsion of people from the US under federal pandemic-related powers that prevent people from seeking asylum.  

It’s understood that the groups will determine who is the most vulnerable, on the Mexican side of the border, but the criteria on which their choices will be based have not been made public. 

UK immigration rules introduced by Home Secretary, Priti Patel, could see two-thirds of female and child refugees turned away from Britain, according to campaigners. Patel’s controversial ‘New Plan for UK Immigration’ has been met with scathing criticism, and campaigners are now warning that women and child refugees could be refused sanctuary.

 

Bipartisan legislation to remove the per-country cap on US employment-based green cards has been introduced in the US House of Representatives. The bill has been tabled by US Congresswoman, Zoe Lofgren, and Congressman, John Curtis. If passed, the bill is likely to benefit Indian IT professionals who have waited decades to secure a green card.