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UKBA: Tier 1 (Exceptional talent) category to open on 9 August 2011

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20 July 2011

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The Home Office says a special visa scheme for 1,000 exceptionally talented migrants will launch next month

UKBA: Tier 1 changes announced today

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18 July 2011

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The Home Office announces changes to Tier 1 (Post-study work) of the points-based system

Daily Telegraph: Government to end 14-year long residence rule

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18 July 2011

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The Telegraph says ministers plan to close immigration "loophole"

Report published on the use of country of origin information in deciding asylum applications

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15 July 2011

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The Chief Inspector of the Border Agency issues a report on UKBA's use of country of origin information and says a "consistent approach " is needed

House of Lords discusses closure of the Immigration Advisory Service (IAS)

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14 July 2011

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Video footage of questions in the Lords on the IAS

UKBA: Government launches consultation on family migration

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13 July 2011

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The government has today announced proposals to crack down on sham and forced marriages.

Legal Aid Group says IAS may have had 25,000 live cases when it went into administration

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12 July 2011

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LAG reports that it is believed IAS had double the number of cases the RMJ had when it was placed in administration

UNHCR says Somalia is world's worst humanitarian disaster, "crisis" at Kenyan camp

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11 July 2011

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The UNHCR has spoken of a "crisis" at the Dadaab refugee camp and says "extraordinary measures" are needed to help

Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) goes into administration

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11 July 2011

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The Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) announces that it has gone into administration.

Amnesty calls for complete overhaul of enforced removals by private security companies

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07 July 2011

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A new Amnesty International UK briefing says "ill-trained and unaccountable staff" are carrying out enforced removals from the UK

UKBA: Changes to student visa rules are now in force

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04 July 2011

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The Home Office announces that significant changes to the Tier 4 student route of the points-based system have come into effect today

The Sunday Telegraph: Government to examine Article 8

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02 July 2011

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A highly-placed source has told The Telegraph that Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights needs to be re-examined following recent cases

UKBA: Implementing the Student Review – Frequently Asked Questions

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28 June 2011

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Full text of the UKBA document clarifying aspects of the current review of the student immigration stsyem

ECHR rules that returning Somali nationals to Mogadishu violates human rights

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28 June 2011

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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the UK would violate Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights if Somali asylum seekers were sent back to…

Cameron says European plans to suspend Dublin regulation have been rejected

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24 June 2011

Summary

Press Association reports that Prime Minister Cameron has said proposed changes to European asylum laws will not go ahead.