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Shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant delivers major speech on immigration
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Full text of immigration speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research by Labour's Chris Bryant
Home Office agrees to conduct consultations ahead of any further "go home" campaigns
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Home Office writes to Deighton Pierce Glynn after threat of legal action over "go home" van campaign, says no more without prior consultations
Sir John Thomas refers immigration law firm to the Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Queen's Bench President refers firm for personal contempt shown by solicitor and for misleading Court over deportation cases
Migration Observatory: Most common word used to describe immigrants in British press is 'illegal'
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Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford publishes results of comprehensive analysis of how British press describe immigration and migrants
Switzerland introduces segregation for asylum seekers
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A number of Swiss towns adopt draconian restrictions on the movements of asylum seekers
Liberty urges Home Office to "think again" after high profile immigration campaign
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Civil liberties group sending out its own van with message saying "Stirring up tension and division in the UK illegally? Home Office, think again"
Home Office in new controversy over spot-checks for 'illegal immigrants'
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Critics concerned border enforcement officers are using "racial profiling" in latest actions against migrants in the UK with no legal status
Choppy waters for Britain's latest 'bloody foreigners'
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Channel 4 News: A thousand or more asylum seekers may have been wrongly convicted for using false passports
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Court of Appeal quashes criminal convictions of five asylum seekers in case brought by Criminal Cases Review Commission
Government says "go home" van campaign is working despite facing court action and numerous criticisms
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Van urging immigrants without legal status to "go home" seen as offensive and racist by some, but Downing Street considering deploying it nationwide
Parliamentary committee says UK migration statistics are "blunt instruments" and not accurate enough
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New report by the Commons Public Administration Select Committee criticises a number of aspects of the way migration statistics are calculated
Home Office will appeal High Court ruling on the minimum income threshold for non-EEA spouses
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Secretary of State to pursue appeal in MM, which found Immigration Rules' earnings threshold amounted to a disproportionate interference with family life
Britain may need more immigrants but government still sending out its "tougher approach" message to voters
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Cameron "basically agrees" that immigration is a "constant drain" despite Office for Budget Responsibility saying UK needs immigrants to offset ageing population
Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture examines deportation of foreign nationals from the UK
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CPT releases report on the UK's handling of the return of foreign nationals to Sri Lanka on a charter flight from Stansted