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New Amnesty International report critical of UK asylum decision-making process

19 April 2013
Amnesty International and the Still Human Still Here coalition question why so many initial decisions to refuse asylum are being overturned by Immigration Judges

Foreign and Commonwealth Office releases 2012 human rights report

15 April 2013
FCO's 2012 Report on Human Rights and Democracy released, 26 countries of concern from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe highlighted

Human Rights Committee publishes report on Legislative Scrutiny update

15 April 2013
Joint Committee on Human Rights is critical of the lack of time for human rights scrutiny of Government legislation and calls for changes to improve the system

Home Office: Statement of intent outlines new requirements for settlement and naturalisation

09 April 2013
Home Office publishes a new statement of intent outlining planned changes to requirements for those applying to settle in the UK or become naturalised as British citizens

Asylum Aid: Statelessness and a change to immigration rules

08 April 2013
New Asylum Aid briefing published following the introduction of the Statelessness Determination Procedure

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

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