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UNHCR: The Mediterranean 'migrant' crisis is primarily a refugee crisis

01 July 2015
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says most of those crossing the Mediterranean Sea into Europe are fleeing from war, conflict or persecution

The Guardian: detained asylum seekers will be able to apply for bail

30 June 2015
Failed asylum seekers in immigration detention centres will soon be able to apply to be freed on bail as fast track system found unlawful

Court of Appeal lifts stay on court ruling that fast track asylum appeals system is unlawful

26 June 2015
Lord Justice Sullivan rules stay in Detention Action v First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Ors is lifted "as from now"

Supreme Court dismisses appeals by unaccompanied Afghan minors

24 June 2015
Supreme Court hands down judgment in TN and MA (Afghanistan) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2015] UKSC 40

Tier 2 visa salary requirements means thousands of nurses face deportation

23 June 2015
Royal College of Nursing says non-EEA nurses face deportation under immigration rules requirements

UNHCR calls for tolerance and protection as more people now displaced than at any other time in history

18 June 2015
UNHCR's annual Global Trends Report finds 2014 has seen continuing dramatic growth in mass displacement from wars and conflict

Amnesty International says world failing to deal with refugee crisis

16 June 2015
New report says the response of the international community to the global refugee crisis has been a shameful failure

High Court says asylum Fast Track appeals process is unlawful and must be quashed, but judgment stayed

12 June 2015
Justice Nicol rules Fast Track Rules are structurally unfair and must be quashed, Lord Chancellor and Home Secretary given time to appeal

Migration Advisory Committee to examine Tier 2 visa system as Government seeks to reduce demand for migrant labour

10 June 2015
David Cameron says it has been too easy for businesses to recruit from overseas, asks MAC to advise on what more can be done to lower non-EEA migration

UN human rights report on Eritrea offers challenge to European asylum policy

08 June 2015
UN finds Eritrea responsible for systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations, calls for international protection for those fleeing

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