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MPs debate deportation of foreign criminals after Sunday Times leaked report

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20 December 2011

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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

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15 December 2011

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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

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13 December 2011

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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

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09 December 2011

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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

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08 December 2011

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

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

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06 December 2011

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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

House of Commons agrees motion to reform extradition laws

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06 December 2011

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

Changes to legal aid delayed

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02 December 2011

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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

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24 November 2011

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Council of the European Union approves amendments to the asylum qualification directive

UKBA: Extension of employment restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals

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23 November 2011

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Immigration minister announces that controls to restrict Bulgarian and Romanian workers will be extended until the end of 2013

CoE: The right to leave one's country should be applied without discrimination

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22 November 2011

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Human rights comment from the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights: "the right of the individual to leave his or her country is an established human right…

Migration Advisory Committee publishes report on the family migration route

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16 November 2011

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New Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report recommends an increase in the minimum income threshold for sponsoring spouses/partners

UKBA: Changes to the shortage occupation list come into effect

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14 November 2011

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Home Office announces changes to the Tier 2 shortage occupation list

Lord Walker: The Indefinite Article 8

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09 November 2011

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Full text of Justice of The Supreme Court Lord Walker's Thomas More Lecture on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

UKBA: New policy guidance on the marriage visa age of 21

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07 November 2011

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Changes to the Immigration Rules have been laid in Parliament today to reinstate a minimum marriage visa age of 18