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Lady Hale: What's the point of human rights?

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Date of publication

04 December 2013

Summary

Full text of Supreme Court Deputy President Lady Hale's Warwick Law Lecture on human rights and the law

Home Office publishes new forms for applicants in the UK

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Date of publication

03 December 2013

Summary

Home Office announces a number of new application forms to be used by applicants in the UK from December 1st

International Organization for Migration says it is seriously concerned by deaths of migrants in search of better lives

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Date of publication

29 November 2013

Summary

IOM calls for the international community to act to prevent migrants dying following recent tragedies at sea and on land

Net migration increases as emigration at its lowest level for more than 10 years

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Date of publication

29 November 2013

Summary

Latest Office for National Statistics migration report finds immigration declines but net migration rises due to sharp drop in emigration

Refugee Action publishes report on asylum seekers' access to justice

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Date of publication

27 November 2013

Summary

Refugee Action's Access to Justice project finds 64% of the asylum seekers it saw had been wrongly refused a legal aid lawyer for their asylum appeal

Supreme Court dismisses best interests of the child appeal

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Date of publication

27 November 2013

Summary

Court unanimously dismisses the appeal in Zoumbas v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 74

Campaign groups highlight how legal aid changes will impact asylum seekers and refugees

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Date of publication

26 November 2013

Summary

Justice Alliance UK submits over 100 testimonials to Lib Dems on impact of legal aid reforms, many from organisations working with asylum seekers and refugees

Stephanie Harrison named Human Rights Lawyer of the Year

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Date of publication

26 November 2013

Summary

Garden Court's Stephanie Harrison QC wins Liberty award for her commitment to progressing the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers

Judicial review proceedings may not be terminated by the government – Court of Appeal

Blog post

Date of publication

22 November 2013

Written by

Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog

Detention Action to take legal action against detention of asylum seekers

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Date of publication

20 November 2013

Summary

Campaign group takes legal action as court rules failed asylum seeker on hunger strike at Harmondsworth must remain in detention despite being close to death

Supreme Court dismisses leave to remain appeals

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Date of publication

20 November 2013

Summary

Court unanimously dismisses appeals in Patel and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 72

Court of Justice of the European Union: Judgment released in 'Dublin II' Regulation case

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Date of publication

14 November 2013

Summary

Judgment released in Bundesrepublik Deutschland v Kaveh Puid, Case C 4/11, on Regulation (EC) No 343/2003

Home Office: New advice services for asylum seekers from April 2014

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Date of publication

13 November 2013

Summary

Refugee Council and Migrant Helpline receive grant funding to operate new advisory services for asylum seekers from April next year

New report examines the difficulties faced by undocumented migrant children in the UK

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Date of publication

11 November 2013

Summary

Undocumented migrant children in the UK face a 'hostile environment' and problems obtaining essential legal advice and regularising their status

Case Comment: X, Y, Z v Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel

Blog post

Date of publication

08 November 2013

Written by

S Chelvan, No5 Chambers