Joanna Bell: The Immigration and Asylum Bill (Part 1): a proposal to rewire the relationship between asylum appeals and the Home Office – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted August 26th, 2026 in news by michael

‘The system which handles appeals against the Home Office’s asylum and immigration decisions looks set, once again, to be overhauled. If enacted, Part 1 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill would replace the existing First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum chamber) (FTIAC) with a new body known as the Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (IIAA) (clause 1). The existing jurisdictions of the FTIAC would be transferred to the IIAA meaning that, among other things, it would decide appeals against protection and human rights decisions (here, asylum appeals), immigration bail applications, challenges to citizenship deprivation and cases concerned with the application of the EU Citizen Resettlement schemes (clause 1(2)).’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 26th August 2026

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org