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UKBA to set up new database to tackle 150,000+ 'migration refusal pool'
22 August 2012: Letters to be sent to those in the 'migration refusal pool' warning that they face deportation if they do not leave within 28 days
Athletes seek asylum after Olympics
15 August 2012: Four Eritrean athletes claim asylum following London 2012 Olympics, a number of other African athletes reported "missing"
Chief Inspector of Prisons: Dover Immigration Removal Centre - some improvements
15 August 2012: Chief Inspector of Prisons  report finds poor quality of information provided by UKBA to detainees and lack of adequate support to help detainees prepare for release or removal
Rights groups concerned as Greek police round-up thousands of 'irregular migrants'
8 August 2012: Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch report that thousands of foreigners presumed to be undocumented migrants have been rounded up and detained in Athens
National asylum charity calls for legal aid reform and greater access to justice
6 August 2012: Refugee Action says research in SW England found 4 out of 5 asylum seekers refused legal aid were wrongly refused 
ILGA-Europe: Statement on pending preliminary rulings by CJEU regarding alleged persecution on the ground of sexual orientation
2 August 2012: ILGA-Europe's statement on three requests of preliminary rulings by the European Court of Justice on the interpretation of Directive 2004/83/EC in the case of persecution on the ground of sexual orientation.
Next steps for the European Migration Network
1 August 2012: European Commission publishes report on possible future developments of the EMN, a network that provides information on migration and asylum in the EU
Press summary: Supreme Court judgment in case of RT (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 38
25 July 2012: Supreme Court rules that HJ (Iran) principle applies to applicants who claim asylum on the grounds of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of lack of political belief
Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made
24 July 2012: Full text of the latest House of Commons Library report on the government's immigration policy
Home Affairs Committee publishes report on the work of the UK Border Agency
23 July 2012: Latest Home Affairs Commitee report on UKBA raises concerns over backlog of outstanding cases in various areas
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