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Demos: Almost half of ethnic minority population now live in majority non-white areas
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Grayling announces judicial review changes
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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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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
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Human Rights Committee publishes report on Legislative Scrutiny update
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Joint Committee on Human Rights is critical of the lack of time for human rights scrutiny of Government legislation and calls for changes to improve the system
Foreign and Commonwealth Office releases 2012 human rights report
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FCO's 2012 Report on Human Rights and Democracy released, 26 countries of concern from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe highlighted
Home Office: Statement of intent outlines new requirements for settlement and naturalisation
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Home Office publishes a new statement of intent outlining planned changes to requirements for those applying to settle in the UK or become naturalised as British citizens