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Barry joins Sonia again this month to look back at what happened in August. We cover the latest statistics on asylum, immigration and trafficking. There are a couple of cases relating to asylum family reunion, as well as a policy change for those separated during Operation Pitting. Other cases covered included deprivation of citizenship, an unsuccessful challenge to legal aid provision for young people and a successful challenge by Bail for Immigration Detainees in a freedom of information challenge. We also discuss updates on a couple of reports from the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the latest on what is happening with Tech Nation. The 43 minute podcast follows the running order below:   Asylum (00:55) Latest statistics show little movement on the asylum backlog, drop in students and health and care workers Positive decisions by immigration authority remain very low in latest trafficking statistics Unsuccessful challenge to lack of legal aid for asylum interviews Appeal against grant of limited b