Category: ILPA documents

The Immigration Act 2016 will introduce a new mechanism for local authorities to provide support to destitute families with children who do not qualify for mainstream welfare provision or for […]

This information sheet describes changes that the Immigration Act 2016 will make to the provision of local authority support for young people leaving care and to local authority duties to […]

This information sheet outlines the scheme established by the Immigration Act 2016 under which responsibility for caring for unaccompanied children arriving in the UK may be transferred from one local […]

ILPA European Update September 2016

This information sheet outlines the provisions in the Immigration Act 2016 on immigration bail.  The Act introduces new provisions on immigration bail and reenacts existing provisions on bail, in some […]

The Immigration Act 2016 makes provision for an Immigration Skills Charge to be levied on employers when recruiting workers from outside the European Economic Area. This briefing explains the charge, […]

This paper discusses provisions of the Immigration Act 2016 of particular relevance to the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities including issues of devolution.