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Home Office in new controversy over spot-checks for 'illegal immigrants'

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Date of publication

02 August 2013

Summary

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'

Blog post

Date of publication

01 August 2013

Written by

John Kelly

Channel 4 News: A thousand or more asylum seekers may have been wrongly convicted for using false passports

Latest news

Date of publication

30 July 2013

Summary

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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Date of publication

30 July 2013

Summary

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

Latest news

Date of publication

28 July 2013

Summary

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

Latest news

Date of publication

28 July 2013

Summary

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

Latest news

Date of publication

24 July 2013

Summary

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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Date of publication

23 July 2013

Summary

CPT releases report on the UK's handling of the return of foreign nationals to Sri Lanka on a charter flight from Stansted

Bar Standards Board publishes study on immigration barristers

Latest news

Date of publication

22 July 2013

Summary

New research report examines clients' experiences of immigration barristers

Dublin III Regulation enters into force today

Latest news

Date of publication

19 July 2013

Summary

European Union's Regulation No 604/2013 or 'Dublin III' enters into force and brings in the Common European Asylum System

Supreme Court dismisses colleges' appeals and rules Tier 4 sponsorship is lawful

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Date of publication

17 July 2013

Summary

Supreme Court delivers judgment in R, New London College Limited and West London Vocational Training College v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Mr Justice McCloskey appointed as new President of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber

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Date of publication

17 July 2013

Summary

Honourable Mr Justice McCloskey has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to be Tribunal President with effect from 1 October 2013

Brent MP Sarah Teather speaks out against government's hostile attitude to immigration

Latest news

Date of publication

16 July 2013

Summary

Lib Dem MP Teather tells the Guardian of her anger that there are no "alternative voices" on immigration

Home Office may detain illegal entrant who appears to be over 18

Blog post

Date of publication

15 July 2013

Written by

Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog

Home Affairs Committee says the Home Office's backlog of immigration cases tops half a million

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Date of publication

15 July 2013

Summary

Home Affairs Committee's latest report on the work of now abolished UKBA says new backlog of 190,000 cases brings total to 502,462