Burmese Country Guidance case found legally flawed
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Home Secretary backs down in mental health court battle
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Mental health charity Mind says Home Secretary abandons appeal in the case of HA (Nigeria) on inhuman and degrading treatment in immigration detention
Home Secretary accuses immigration judges of ignoring Parliament's wishes in unprecedented attack
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Theresa May says some judges are failing to follow last year's guidance on Article 8 and the deportation of foreign criminals
Immigration minister authorises language analysis for Palestinian, Syrian & Kuwaiti asylum seekers
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Mark Harper authorises UKBA to use linguistic analysis for asylum seekers claiming to be of Palestinian national origin or Syrian or Kuwaiti nationality from 20 February
Ministry of Justice: New legal aid paper forms mandatory from 1 April 2013
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MoJ press release with information on the introduction of the new civil and crime legal aid forms
Cameron: Government is reviewing access to justice and benefits for migrants
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PM says areas of housing, health and benefits are under review to make sure that the UK is not a "soft touch" for migrants and foreign nationals
Asylum Aid call for better legal advice for asylum seekers
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Asylum Aid publish three new reports looking at the state of the asylum system and the lack of high quality legal advice
Home Office: Updated 'Migrant Journey' research report published
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The third report in the 'Migrant Journey' series provides new analysis on migrants granted entry clearance visas in 2005 and 2006 and migrants granted settlement in 2010 and…
Vince Cable: Britain must be more welcoming to foreigners to attract new wealth
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Business secretary says that Britain's future prosperity depends on being open to the investment, ideas, talent and visitors of economic superpowers such as China
Residence rights of durable partners in domestic violence cases
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AIRE Centre publish legal guidance on the residence rights of the former partners of European Economic Area ('EEA') nationals where domestic violence has occurred
Interpreting and translation services and Applied Language Solutions contract
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Commons Justice Commitee releases report on the outsourcing of court interpreting and finds it to be "shambolic", with Capita-ALS failing to deliver on many aspects
Another critique of the new Immigration Rules' codification of Article 8
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Woeful asylum support pushes children and families into destitution
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Children's Society says alarmingly low levels of support are forcing thousands of asylum seekers in the UK into severe poverty
UKBA: Changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route
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UKBA press release on changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route which take effect from 31 January
British culture and history at heart of new Life in the UK test
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Home Office press release on the publication of an updated Life in the UK test handbook ahead of the introduction of a new test in March