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Home Office: Right of appeal for family visit visas abolished

25 June 2013
From today, there will be no right of appeal against the refusal of a family visit visa application, unless the appeal is on human rights or race discrimination grounds

MPs debate family migration rules

20 June 2013
Commons debate on the new family migration rules hears calls for their urgent review

President of the Supreme Court warns that new legal aid regime will drive out the best lawyers

19 June 2013
Full text of Lord Neuberger's speech to the Institute for Government

Medical Justice: Detaining migrant pregnant women seriously damages their health and puts their babies at risk

17 June 2013
New report exposes the "injustice and ineffectiveness of detaining pregnant women for immigration purposes"

EC's 4th Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum reveals asylum up 10% in the EU

17 June 2013
European Commission's latest annual report on immigration and asylum in the EU finds 2012 saw a nearly 10% increase in the number of asylum applications

European Parliament adopts several measures that form the future Common European Asylum System

12 June 2013
Today's European Parliament vote is a crucial step towards a common system for handling asylum applications in the EU

In their best interests?

12 June 2013
Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes report on the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children in the United Kingdom

Home Office announces changes to the Immigration Rules

11 June 2013
A number of minor changes to the Immigration Rules have been published which will come into force on 1 July 2013

ECtHR and EU Fundamental Rights Agency launch Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration

11 June 2013
New publication is a comprehensive guide to European law in the areas of asylum, borders and immigration, taking into account both ECtHR and ECJ case law

All Party Parliamentary Group on Migration publishes report on the impacts of new rules on family migration

10 June 2013
Report follows an inquiry which heard claims that the new rules were "tearing families apart" and had "unintended consequences" for high earning migrants

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