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EU's European Asylum Support Office (EASO) publishes its first Country of Origin Information (COI) report on Afghanistan

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Date of publication

10 July 2012

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EASO publishes 'Afghanistan: Taliban Strategies - Recruitment', which intends to give an overview of relevant elements of the Taliban's strategies for the recruitment of…

Chief Inspector of the UKBA says 'migration refusal pool' of over 150,000 cases is a "national problem"

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Date of publication

05 July 2012

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Inspector finds UKBA has no "clear strategy" for dealing with a group of more than 150,000 foreign nationals staying on after their visas expire

Free Movement: Immigration judicial reviews to be transferred

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Date of publication

04 July 2012

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Government to amend Crime and Courts Bill to allow transfer of immigration judicial review cases from the High Court to the Upper Tribunal

OHCHR: Imprisoning migrants is not the answer

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Date of publication

04 July 2012

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"Immigration detention should never be mandatory or automatic. It should be a measure of last resort," says UN Special Rapporteur

UN expert calls on Turkey and European Union to prioritize human rights of migrants

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Date of publication

02 July 2012

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Special Rapporteur says pressures on Turkish authorities to control irregular migration should not trump the human rights of migrants

UKBA: Changes to applications from overstayers

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Date of publication

29 June 2012

Summary

UKBA says from October 2012 if you have overstayed your leave by more than 28 days any application for further leave will be refused

Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation releases report on the Terrorism Acts

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Date of publication

26 June 2012

Summary

The Independent Reviewer has published his annual report on the operation of terrorism legislation for the year 2011

IPPR: Ed Miliband outlines Labour's new approach to immigration

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Date of publication

22 June 2012

Summary

Full text of Ed Miliband's June 22nd speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research on his immigration policy

UNHCR: Global Trends Report: 800,000 new refugees in 2011, highest this century

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Date of publication

18 June 2012

Summary

UNHCR says 2011 "saw suffering on an epic scale" and resulted in more people becoming refugees than at any time since 2000

Schengen: MEPs raise concerns over threat to freedom of movement

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Date of publication

14 June 2012

Summary

European Parliament worried that the fundamental freedom of free movement may be under attack following June 7th agreement on border controls

The new immigration rules on family migration and Article 8 ECHR - initial analysis

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Date of publication

13 June 2012

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Ed Mynott

European Commissioner responsible for Home Affairs: "Migration is an opportunity, not a threat"

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Date of publication

11 June 2012

Summary

Speech given by Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner responsible for Home Affairs, at the recent 'Global Hearing on Refugees and Migration'

Home Office: Radical immigration changes to reform family visas

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Date of publication

11 June 2012

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Home Office press release on "major overhaul of family migration": Parliament to set Article 8 guidance for deportations, and a new £18,600 earning requirement to be…

The European Network on Statelessness has been launched

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Date of publication

08 June 2012

Summary

A new civil society alliance committed to addressing statelessness in Europe has been launched

Asylum Aid: Gender-sensitive asylum systems across Europe

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Date of publication

30 May 2012

Summary

New report finds vast and worrying disparities in the way different EU States handle gender-related asylum claims