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Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made

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Date of publication

09 May 2013

Summary

House of Commons Library information note providing an overview of the Government's immigration and asylum policy priorities and its progress in implementing them

Another Home Office policy concerning children found to be unlawful

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Date of publication

08 May 2013

Summary

Coram Children's Legal Centre welcomes a new High Court judgment upholding the rights of children affected by immigration decisions

Tougher immigration rules announced in Queen's Speech

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Date of publication

08 May 2013

Summary

Today's Queen's Speech announces a new parliamentary bill on immigration

UKIP has an advantage that is not based on concrete policy proposals

Blog post

Date of publication

07 May 2013

Written by

Awale Olad, Migrants' Rights Network

Demos: Almost half of ethnic minority population now live in majority non-white areas

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Date of publication

05 May 2013

Summary

New findings from an ongoing Demos project looking at the extent of ethnic and cultural integration in Britain

CoE: Anti-torture Committee calls on Spain to improve centres of detention for irregular migrants

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Date of publication

03 May 2013

Summary

Council of Europe calls on Spain to improve the prison-like conditions of administrative detention of irregular migrants

Cameron promises new measures to limit immigrants' access to benefits and health services

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Date of publication

02 May 2013

Summary

PM says government to introduce rules within coming weeks to limit access to benefits and the health service

Home Office: Change to family visitor appeals

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Date of publication

26 April 2013

Summary

Home Office removing the full right of appeal for applicants refused leave to enter the UK as a family visitor

European Commission proposes to improve application of workers' rights to free movement

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Date of publication

26 April 2013

Summary

EC proposes measures to ensure the better application of EU law on people's right to work in another Member State

Refugee Council submits evidence to Parliamentary inquiry into asylum

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Date of publication

24 April 2013

Summary

Refugee Council highlights issues regularly faced by its clients for the Home Affairs Select Committee's inquiry into the asylum system

Government considering withdrawing from the European Convention of Human Rights to deport Abu Qatada

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Date of publication

24 April 2013

Summary

Media says Prime Minister discussing option to leave ECHR in face of Qatada's "intolerable" continued presence in the UK

Government pressing ahead with (most of) its proposals to restrict access to judicial review

Blog post

Date of publication

23 April 2013

Written by

Mark Elliott, UK Human Rights Blog

Grayling announces judicial review changes

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Date of publication

23 April 2013

Summary

Justice Secretary announces quadrupling of some legal fees and tighter restrictions on time limits for judicial reviews

New Amnesty International report critical of UK asylum decision-making process

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Date of publication

19 April 2013

Summary

Amnesty International and the Still Human Still Here coalition question why so many initial decisions to refuse asylum are being overturned by Immigration Judges

Survivors of torture respond to Asylum Inquiry

Blog post

Date of publication

18 April 2013

Written by

Freedom from Torture