Insight
No-deal Brexit, free movement and right to work checks
The Home Office has published new guidance on right to work checks for EU citizens and their family members post Brexit. This Insight explains what that means.
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Insight
Post-Brexit EU immigration policy in the event of a no-deal
The Home Office has published new plans for EU immigration to the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit. In this Insight we explain the key points of this new plan.
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Debate Pack
Artist Visas
There will be a debate in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 4 September 2019 on ‘artist visas’ sponsored by Deidre Brock of the SNP.
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Debate Pack
EU Settlement Scheme and looked-after children and care leavers
A Westminster Hall debate on the “EU settlement scheme in relation to looked after children and care leavers” has been scheduled for Tuesday 3 September 2019 at 11:30. The debate was nominated by the Backbench Business Committee and Steve McCabe MP, Tim Loughton MP and Stuart C McDonald MP.
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Insight
Ending free movement: How will EU citizens prove their right to work in the UK?
The Government is rethinking plans to have a temporary transition period for new EU citizens coming to the UK.
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Insight
Will free movement end from 31 October 2019?
What needs to happen before free movement can end in the UK and what does this mean for EU citizens living in the UK before Brexit?
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Research Briefing
Right to Rent: private landlords’ duty to carry out immigration status checks
This briefing paper provides an overview of Right to Rent checks which must be carried out by private landlords/agents in England. The checks were introduced by the Immigration Act 2014. Breaches may, in some circumstances, amount to a criminal offence after changes introduced by the Immigration Act 2016 on 1 December 2016. The checks are controversial and have been subject to legal challenge.
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Insight
Using British passports in the EU after Brexit
How will Brexit impact the use of British passports in the EU and the introduction of new ones?
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Research Briefing
The United Nations Global Compact for Migration
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was formally adopted by 164 Member States of the United Nations, including the UK, in December 2018. This briefing explains what's in the Compact and its implications for Member States.
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Insight
‘Good character’ removed for some citizenship applications to remedy discrimination
Some children born overseas to British parents were not automatically classed as British citizens by descent, due to discriminatory provisions in the law.
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Research Briefing
EU preparations for a no-deal Brexit
The EU and the other 27 Member States have been preparing for a possible no-deal, or 'disorderly', Brexit. The European Commission has had a no-deal preparedness plan which is now complete, and the EU27 have also been implementing their own preparations which will take effect if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement at the end of October 2019. This paper looks at the EU preparedness programme and at some of the EU27 measures, particularly in the area of citizens' rights.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: Owning a Second Home in the EU27
This paper compiles responses to a variety of frequently asked questions by MPs on behalf of their constituents who own property in another Member State but do not live there full-time, and wish to know what will change for them after Brexit.
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Research Briefing
The UK’s EU Withdrawal Agreement
This briefing looks in detail at the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the EU and UK and finalised on 14 November 2018. It was endorsed by EU Member State leaders at a special European Council summit on 25 November and the UK Prime Minister promoted it in the UK Parliament and around the country. The Agreement was debated at length in Parliament on several occasions and has been voted on three times. But the House of Commons has not endorsed it. A second extension of Article 50 took exit day to 31 October 2019, but once again the UK is faced with the possibility of leaving the EU without an agreement if this agreement or another one is not ratified by the UK and the EU.
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Debate Pack
Immigration detention of survivors of trafficking and modern slavery
A Westminster Hall debate on "Immigration detention of survivors of trafficking and modern slavery" is scheduled for Tuesday 9 July 2019 at 2.30pm. The Member leading the debate is Jess Phillips MP.
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Debate Pack
General debate on changes to Tier 5 Religious Worker Visas
General debate on changes to Tier 5 Religious Worker Visas
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