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Recommendation 11
11
LASPO reforms significantly reduced immigration legal aid, creating a supply crisis
Recommendation
The LASPO reforms significantly reduced the types of immigration cases that are eligible for legal aid. The reforms removed funding for all immigration cases except for asylum cases and a limited number of non-asylum cases, such as immigration detention and applications for leave to remain where the individual is a victim of trafficking or domestic violence.28 Several organisations provided evidence of particular capacity issues within the legal aid immigration market and the impact on people unable to get help. For example, the Immigration Law Practitioners Association described a “supply crisis”, with those eligible for support unable to find providers with capacity to take their case.29
Government Response
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