Our priority is to promote a fair and non-discriminatory immigration system through policy influencing and litigation.
In recent years high-profile PLP cases have prevented regressive changes and/or improved legal protections across a range of migrants’ rights issues including indefinite detention, the legal aid residence test, and the right of access to the court for migrants facing removal from the UK.
Recent reforms have significantly changed the landscape for migrant groups in the UK, presenting greater risks to access to justice for those subject to immigration control.
Our main goals in this area are:
Read more in our 2022-25 strategy
PLP responds to the recent outbreak of far-right violence
The Government has proposed creating a new Independent Appeals Body (IAB) to hear asylum appeals, as part of wider reforms to speed up decision-making and reduce backlogs in the system. In May 2026, the Public Law Project (PLP) submitted evidence in response, raising serious concerns about the independence of the new body and the assumptions behind them. Read the
A 90-minute webinar looking at how cultural and linguistic understanding/misunderstanding can alter case outcomes in immigration and asylum appeals.