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European Commissioner responsible for Home Affairs: "Migration is an opportunity, not a threat"

11 June 2012
Speech given by Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner responsible for Home Affairs, at the recent 'Global Hearing on Refugees and Migration'

Home Office: Radical immigration changes to reform family visas

11 June 2012
Home Office press release on "major overhaul of family migration": Parliament to set Article 8 guidance for deportations, and a new £18,600 earning requirement to be able to bring in a foreign spouse or partner

The European Network on Statelessness has been launched

08 June 2012
A new civil society alliance committed to addressing statelessness in Europe has been launched

Asylum Aid: Gender-sensitive asylum systems across Europe

30 May 2012
New report finds vast and worrying disparities in the way different EU States handle gender-related asylum claims

Women for Refugee Women: The experiences of women denied asylum in the UK

28 May 2012
Women for Refugee Women release new report, Refused, on the experiences of women who have been denied asylum in the UK

Criminal offences covered by the concept of "particularly serious crime" may justify deporting an EU citizen

22 May 2012
ECJ press release following the judgment in PI v Oberbürgermeisterin der Stadt Remscheid: a "particularly serious crime" may justify deporting an EU citizen, even if that person has lived for more than ten years in the host Member State

Medical Justice report: "The Second Torture": The Immigration Detention of Torture Survivors

22 May 2012
Medical Justice says victims of torture are routinely being held in immigration detention centres in breach of the government's own rules

UNHCR publishes a comparative study on the interpretation of "Particular Social Group"

15 May 2012
UNHCR has published a comparative study of how jurisprudence has developed in the last decade in relation to the interpretation of Convention Ground "Particular Social Group": The 'Ground with the Least Clarity': A Comparative Study of Jurisprudential Developments relating to 'Membership of a Particular Social Group' and is available on the UNHCR website.

Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made

11 May 2012
House of Commons Library report providing an overview of the Government's immigration and asylum policy priorities, and the progress it has made so far in implementing them

Removing full right of appeal for family visitors

10 May 2012
A clause in the Crime and Courts Bill, published on 10 May 2012, will remove the full right of appeal for those applying to enter the UK as a family visitor. Subject to Parliamentary approval and Royal Assent, this change is expected to come into force by 2014. Refused applicants will still be able to appeal on limited grounds of human rights or race discrimination.

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