Survivors of torture respond to Asylum Inquiry
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Human Rights Committee publishes report on Legislative Scrutiny update
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Joint Committee on Human Rights is critical of the lack of time for human rights scrutiny of Government legislation and calls for changes to improve the system
Foreign and Commonwealth Office releases 2012 human rights report
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FCO's 2012 Report on Human Rights and Democracy released, 26 countries of concern from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe highlighted
Home Office: Statement of intent outlines new requirements for settlement and naturalisation
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Home Office publishes a new statement of intent outlining planned changes to requirements for those applying to settle in the UK or become naturalised as British citizens
Asylum Aid: Statelessness and a change to immigration rules
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New Asylum Aid briefing published following the introduction of the Statelessness Determination Procedure
Inderpal Rahal Memorial Trust 2013
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Details of the trust's award for 2013 for women who are from an immigrant or refugee background and who intend to practice or teach law in the UK
More changes to the Immigration Rules
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Iain Palmer, Free Movement
Legal aid changes come into effect
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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act comes into force and removes public funding from numerous areas of law, including immigration
UK Border Agency to be split up
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Theresa May announces that UKBA will be split in two and brought back under ministerial control
PM's speech signals tough new stance on immigration
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David Cameron makes major speech on immigration and says Labour created "soft touch" Britain
Backlogs continue to plague the Border Agency as it is found to have misled the Committee over the controlled archives
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The Home Affairs Committee says it has been supplied incorrect information by UKBA over the size of its asylum backlog
Clegg delivers major immigration speech
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Deputy Prime Minister makes first major speech on immigration and calls for migrants to pay "bail bonds" of at least £1,000
UNHCR: Asylum applications in industrialised countries rise eight percent
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UNHCR's Asylum Trends 2012 report finds asylum applications rise to their highest annual total since 2003
Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made
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Updated House of Commons Library information note providing an overview of the Government's immigration and asylum policy priorities and its progress in implementing them
What hasn't been making the news from Parliament?
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Awale Olad, Migrants' Rights Network