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ECJ: A right of permanent residence may be acquired only through periods of residence which satisfy the conditions laid down by EU law

22 December 2011
Court of Justice of the European Union press release following the ruling in Joined Cases C-424/10 and C-425/10 on the periods of residence for non-Member State nationals

MPs debate deportation of foreign criminals after Sunday Times leaked report

20 December 2011
Questions asked in the Commons on the situation of foreign criminals awaiting deportation from the UK.

EU may reintroduce visas to stop flow of illegal immigrants

15 December 2011
SETimes reports that the EU may be in a "great hurry" to temporarily suspend the visa-free regime to Western Balkan states

Common rights and single work and residence permit for non-EU workers

13 December 2011
Third country migrants working legally within the EU will enjoy common rights under a new "single permit" law passed by the European Parliament

UKBA: Changes to appeals against immigration and asylum decisions from 19 December 2011

09 December 2011
Appeal fee charges for some asylum and immigration appeals to begin on 19 December 2011

Medecins Sans Frontieres: Sixty years on, governments are still failing refugees

08 December 2011
Too often, national governments circumvent or simply ignore their responsibilities to refugees writes MSF's Christopher Stokes

House of Commons agrees motion to reform extradition laws

06 December 2011
MPs call on ministers to attempt to change the UK-US extradition treaty and the European arrest warrant

UKBA: Biometric residence permits – online checks to simplify the process for employers

06 December 2011
Biometric Residence Permits to be checkable online and to be issued to more foreign nationals, including refugees and those granted permission to settle in the UK

Changes to legal aid delayed

02 December 2011
Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke announces a decision to postpone reforms to legal aid by six months

Asylum qualification directive: better, clearer and more harmonised standards for identifying persons in need of international protection

24 November 2011
Council of the European Union approves amendments to the asylum qualification directive

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