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Conservative MP tables amendments to Crime and Courts Bill to ensure easier deportation of foreign criminals

13 March 2013
Dominic Raab seeking to ensure that foreign criminals jailed for a year or more can be deported without claiming family and social ties under Article 8

Yvette Cooper outlines Labour's new approach to immigration

07 March 2013
Full text of Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's speech on immigration to the IPPR

Britain's top judge concerned by May's attack on immigration judges, cuts to legal aid

05 March 2013
Lord Neuberger says Home Secretary's comments were inappropriate and wrong, and says he fears cuts to legal aid could undermine the rule of law

Stephanie Harrison made QC, concerned by continued attacks on access to the law for refugees and migrants

01 March 2013
Garden Court's Harrison says appointment is recognition of the complexity and importance of the law relating to the treatment of refugees and migrants

UKBA: Revisions to the codes of practice for skilled migrant workers

01 March 2013
UKBA press release on the publication of a new statement of intent to help employers prepare for changes to the points-based system

Office for National Statistics finds significant drop in net migration

28 February 2013
Latest ONS figures show net migration drops by a third to 163,000 in the year ending June 2012

Refugee Council: UK Border Agency putting health of mothers and babies at risk

25 February 2013
A new report by Maternity Action and Refugee Council says pregnant asylum seekers in the UK are are being separated from the specialist treatment and monitoring they need

UKBA: New immigration fees proposed

25 February 2013
UKBA press release on proposed fee increases to take effect from 6 April 2013 for visa applications made overseas and applications made in the UK

Lord Neuberger: Tomorrow's Lawyers Today – Today's Lawyers Tomorrow

21 February 2013
President of the Supreme Court speaks on change in the legal profession and its future

ECJ opinion says state with most recent asylum application responsible for unaccompanied minors

21 February 2013
Full text of Court of Justice of the European Union press release

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