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Inderpal Rahal Memorial Trust 2013

08 April 2013
Details of the trust's award for 2013 for women who are from an immigrant or refugee background and who intend to practice or teach law in the UK

Legal aid changes come into effect

02 April 2013
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act comes into force and removes public funding from numerous areas of law, including immigration

UK Border Agency to be split up

26 March 2013
Theresa May announces that UKBA will be split in two and brought back under ministerial control

PM's speech signals tough new stance on immigration

25 March 2013
David Cameron makes major speech on immigration and says Labour created "soft touch" Britain

Backlogs continue to plague the Border Agency as it is found to have misled the Committee over the controlled archives

25 March 2013
The Home Affairs Committee says it has been supplied incorrect information by UKBA over the size of its asylum backlog

Clegg delivers major immigration speech

22 March 2013
Deputy Prime Minister makes first major speech on immigration and calls for migrants to pay "bail bonds" of at least £1,000

UNHCR: Asylum applications in industrialised countries rise eight percent

21 March 2013
UNHCR's Asylum Trends 2012 report finds asylum applications rise to their highest annual total since 2003

Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made

19 March 2013
Updated House of Commons Library information note providing an overview of the Government's immigration and asylum policy priorities and its progress in implementing them

Council of Europe Commissioner: Anti-migrant trends in Europe must be turned around

15 March 2013
Nils Muižnieks calls on Europe to welcome migrants and warns against "shameful" anti-migrant rhetoric

Home Office: Changes to immigration rules boost businesses and students

14 March 2013
Home Office press release on the lastest changes to the immigration rules

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