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

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Date of publication

22 May 2012

Summary

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

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

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Date of publication

22 May 2012

Summary

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…

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

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Date of publication

15 May 2012

Summary

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"…

Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made

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Date of publication

11 May 2012

Summary

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

Freedom of Religion - A significant new AG opinion?

Blog post

Date of publication

10 May 2012

Written by

Ed Mynott

Removing full right of appeal for family visitors

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Date of publication

10 May 2012

Summary

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…

Getting Tough at Strasbourg?

Blog post

Date of publication

08 May 2012

Written by

Richard

166 NGOs call on the EU institutions to respect asylum seekers' right to liberty in EU asylum legislation

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Date of publication

07 May 2012

Summary

Rights groups appeal as EU begins negotiations on legislation regarding how asylum-seekers are received by Member States

ILPA publishes second edition of guidelines on working with children and subject to immigration control

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Date of publication

02 May 2012

Summary

The guidelines are aimed principally at immigration practitioners who work with children and young people subject to immigration control and represent their interests.

Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 given Royal Assent

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Date of publication

01 May 2012

Summary

MOJ announces that the new Legal Aid Act has today been given Royal Assent

Free movement: Commission asks the UK to uphold EU citizens' rights

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Date of publication

26 April 2012

Summary

EC has given the UK two months to comply with rules on free movement of EU citizens or face a court case

Stricter searching: a slight change to the EIN search

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Date of publication

25 April 2012

Summary

A slightly stricter search should help you get fewer and more relevant results when you search on EIN

ECJ: EU law precludes legislation which treats third-country, long-term residents differently with regard to housing benefit

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Date of publication

24 April 2012

Summary

Press release following the ruling in Kamberaj v IPES (Italy) on the rights of third-country nationals to housing benefits in the EU

Still Human Still Here publish commentary on Jamaica OGN

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Date of publication

20 April 2012

Summary

The commentary identifies the main inconsistencies and omissions in the latest Home Office Operational Guidance Note for Jamaica

Commission publishes research on European Court of Human Rights judgments relating to UK government

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Date of publication

19 April 2012

Summary

Equality and Human Rights Commission research report shows that just a tiny minority of European Court of Human Rights rulings are against the UK government and only three per cent…