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UKBA: Changes to applications from overstayers from 1 October 2012

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Date of publication

04 September 2012

Summary

UKBA press release noting that new rules will apply to applications for further leave under non-family migration routes from 1st October

Commons Public Accounts Committee reports on the student immigration points based system

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Date of publication

04 September 2012

Summary

Report says poorly planned and ill-thought out course of action by UKBA over student visas resulted in chaos and high level of abuse

Asylum Aid: No woman should be missed out

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Date of publication

03 September 2012

Summary

New campain calls on government to ensure that asylum-seeking women are treated fairly in the UK and are protected from violence

Office for National Statistics says estimated net migration down but not statistically significant difference

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Date of publication

31 August 2012

Summary

Estimated net migration was 216,000 in the year to December 2011 - lower, but not a statistically significant difference, from 252,000 in 2010

New Strategic Legal Fund for Refugee Children and Young People bulletin issued

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Date of publication

30 August 2012

Summary

Latest bulletin includes news on the SLF funded third party intervention in the case of MK & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2012] EWHC 1896 (Admin)

UKBA revokes London Metropolitan University's Highly Trusted Status for sponsoring international students

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Date of publication

30 August 2012

Summary

Up to 3,000 non-EU students may have to leave the UK within 60 days as London Met loses its visa licence

UNHCR: Refugees face exploitation, harassment and abuse in Europe

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Date of publication

29 August 2012

Summary

Council of Europe interview with Olivier Beer, UNHCR Representative to the European Institutions in Strasbourg

The Times: London Metropolitan University set to lose its licence to sponsor visas

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Date of publication

28 August 2012

Summary

London Metropolitan University sets up hotline for international students following reports that UKBA is set to revoke the university's Highly Trusted Sponsor status.

UKBA to set up new database to tackle 150,000+ 'migration refusal pool'

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Date of publication

22 August 2012

Summary

Letters to be sent to those in the 'migration refusal pool' warning that they face deportation if they do not leave within 28 days

Athletes seek asylum after Olympics

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Date of publication

15 August 2012

Summary

Four Eritrean athletes claim asylum following London 2012 Olympics, a number of other African athletes reported "missing"

Chief Inspector of Prisons: Dover Immigration Removal Centre - some improvements

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Date of publication

15 August 2012

Summary

Chief Inspector of Prisons report finds poor quality of information provided by UKBA to detainees and lack of adequate support to help detainees prepare for release or…

Rights groups concerned as Greek police round-up thousands of 'irregular migrants'

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Date of publication

08 August 2012

Summary

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch report that thousands of foreigners presumed to be undocumented migrants have been rounded up and detained in Athens

National asylum charity calls for legal aid reform and greater access to justice

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Date of publication

06 August 2012

Summary

Refugee Action says research in SW England found 4 out of 5 asylum seekers refused legal aid were wrongly refused

ILGA-Europe: Statement on pending preliminary rulings by CJEU regarding alleged persecution on the ground of sexual orientation

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Date of publication

02 August 2012

Summary

ILGA-Europe's statement on three requests of preliminary rulings by the European Court of Justice on the interpretation of Directive 2004/83/EC in the case of persecution on the ground…

Next steps for the European Migration Network

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Date of publication

01 August 2012

Summary

European Commission publishes report on possible future developments of the EMN, a network that provides information on migration and asylum in the EU