Immigration Procedures

Documents to download

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: HL Bill 101 of 2024–25

The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 13 May 2025. It is scheduled to receive its second reading on 2 June 2025.
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Modern Slavery Act 2015: Lords committee post-legislative scrutiny

In October 2024, a House of Lords committee published a post-legislative review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The committee argued that the legislation was no longer world-leading. It suggested developments worldwide had led to the UK falling behind internationally and that recent immigration legislation had limited the act’s support infrastructure for victims. It called on government policy to recognise the difference between migrants coming to the UK willingly and victims of trafficking.
Community cohesion: The role of integration

Integration and community cohesion have both been identified as important factors to enable people from different communities to live and work together. Like the previous Conservative government, the current Labour government has committed to policies intended to support integration in order to improve community cohesion. This briefing summarises how integration and community cohesion are conceptualised and measured and discusses the debate on effective integration strategies.