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UNHCR: Asylum applications in industrialised countries rise eight percent

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Date of publication

21 March 2013

Summary

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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Date of publication

19 March 2013

Summary

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?

Blog post

Date of publication

18 March 2013

Written by

Awale Olad, Migrants' Rights Network

Council of Europe Commissioner: Anti-migrant trends in Europe must be turned around

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Date of publication

15 March 2013

Summary

Nils Muižnieks calls on Europe to welcome migrants and warns against "shameful" anti-migrant rhetoric

Home Office: Changes to immigration rules boost businesses and students

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Date of publication

14 March 2013

Summary

Home Office press release on the lastest changes to the immigration rules

Conservative MP tables amendments to Crime and Courts Bill to ensure easier deportation of foreign criminals

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Date of publication

13 March 2013

Summary

Dominic Raab seeking to ensure that foreign criminals jailed for a year or more can be deported without claiming family and social ties under Article 8

Yvette Cooper outlines Labour's new approach to immigration

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Date of publication

07 March 2013

Summary

Full text of Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's speech on immigration to the IPPR

Best Interest of the Child - Children Applying Under The New Immigration Rules (Post July 2012)

Blog post

Date of publication

07 March 2013

Written by

Manak Solicitors

Britain's top judge concerned by May's attack on immigration judges, cuts to legal aid

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Date of publication

05 March 2013

Summary

Lord Neuberger says Home Secretary's comments were inappropriate and wrong, and says he fears cuts to legal aid could undermine the rule of law

What would happen if the UK withdrew from the European Court of Human Rights?

Blog post

Date of publication

03 March 2013

Written by

Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog

UKBA: Revisions to the codes of practice for skilled migrant workers

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Date of publication

01 March 2013

Summary

UKBA press release on the publication of a new statement of intent to help employers prepare for changes to the points-based system

Stephanie Harrison made QC, concerned by continued attacks on access to the law for refugees and migrants

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Date of publication

01 March 2013

Summary

Garden Court's Harrison says appointment is recognition of the complexity and importance of the law relating to the treatment of refugees and migrants

Office for National Statistics finds significant drop in net migration

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Date of publication

28 February 2013

Summary

Latest ONS figures show net migration drops by a third to 163,000 in the year ending June 2012

UKBA: New immigration fees proposed

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Date of publication

25 February 2013

Summary

UKBA press release on proposed fee increases to take effect from 6 April 2013 for visa applications made overseas and applications made in the UK

Refugee Council: UK Border Agency putting health of mothers and babies at risk

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Date of publication

25 February 2013

Summary

A new report by Maternity Action and Refugee Council says pregnant asylum seekers in the UK are are being separated from the specialist treatment and monitoring they need