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James Brokenshire: "Loophole" allowing non-British EU citizens to bring in a spouse needs to be addressed

11 February 2015
Immigration Minister says the fact EU citizens are not required to show minimum earnings for spouse visa is not acceptable and needs raising with EU

Government announces wide-ranging review of immigration detention

09 February 2015
Home Office says review will seek to identify whether improvements can be made to safeguard the health and wellbeing of detainees

The Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals newly updated and re-published for 2015

06 February 2015
The Best Practice Guide by Mark Henderson and Alison Pickup of Doughty Street Chambers updated for the Immigration Act 2014 era

New House of Commons Library briefing on accommodation and financial support for asylum seekers

04 February 2015
Updated research briefing with a summary of asylum support arrangements and recent scrutiny reports

UNHCR continues to recommend that asylum seekers should not be returned to Greece

02 February 2015
New UNHCR report finds Greece has improved its asylum system but serious problems remain and Governments should refrain from returning asylum seekers

ECJ: Integration obligation on long-term third-country national residents is not contrary to EU law if proportionate

28 January 2015
Advocate General Szpunar rules Council Directive 2003/109 does not prohibit the introduction of integration measures for third-country nationals

Home Office's further submissions changes delayed after Liverpool council legal challenge

26 January 2015
Government delays introduction of new requirement for failed asylum seekers submitting fresh claims to travel to Liverpool

Human Rights Watch: Asylum seekers face dire conditions in Calais

20 January 2015
A recent visit to Calais finds asylum seekers and migrants living in destitution and experiencing police harassment and abuse

Public Accounts Committee calls removals of foreign national offenders "dysfunctional"

20 January 2015
Parliamentary Committee releases highly critical report on the Home Office's handling of the removal of foreign national offenders

Home Office changing the process for making further submissions on asylum and human rights cases

15 January 2015
UKVI announces that from 26 January 2015 all further submissions must be submitted in person in Liverpool

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