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Yvette Cooper says Labour would scrap net migration target, Miliband forgets section of speech on immigration

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Date of publication

24 September 2014

Summary

Shadow Home Secretary says net migration target has completely distorted Government immigration policy and Labour would scrap it

UK and France agree to joint measures to tackle migrants seeking to cross the Channel from Calais

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Date of publication

22 September 2014

Summary

Britain to contribute £12m to improve security at Calais to reduce irregular migration

UNHCR, IOM raise alarm over the growing numbers of migrants dying in the Mediterranean

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Date of publication

17 September 2014

Summary

IOM's Director General says the numbers dying off Europe's coasts are shocking and unacceptable, UNHCR calls it an escalating crisis

UKSC Blog interviews Lord Neuberger

Blog post

Date of publication

16 September 2014

Written by

UK Supreme Court Blog

Bail for Immigration Detainees report examines the hidden use of prisons for immigration detention

Latest news

Date of publication

15 September 2014

Summary

BID says over 1,000 are held in prison for the purposes of immigration detention and are entirely absent from published Home Office statistics

Immigration policy after the Scottish referendum

Blog post

Date of publication

12 September 2014

Written by

Ruth Grove-White, Migrants' Rights Network

Asylum Information Database (AIDA) publishes annual report on asylum in the EU

Latest news

Date of publication

12 September 2014

Summary

AIDA's annual report says there is an urgent need to make it possible for refugees to reach Europe in a safe and legal manner

Changes to immigration and nationality fees

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Date of publication

10 September 2014

Summary

Immigration Minister announces some changes to immigration fees, including the introduction of a new £80 'administrative review' fee

BID publishes latest Home Office guidance on travel document timescales

Latest news

Date of publication

08 September 2014

Summary

Home Office guidance on country travel document requirements released following Bail for Immigration Detainees freedom of information request

On Immigration, Goats, and Scapegoats

Blog post

Date of publication

03 September 2014

Written by

Nadine Khan, transitnational

Trial for landlords to check immigration status of tenants to begin in West Midlands in December

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Date of publication

03 September 2014

Summary

James Brokenshire announces trial scheme to begin in the areas of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell

Net migration to the UK up 39% in year ending March 2014

Latest news

Date of publication

03 September 2014

Summary

Latest ONS migration statistics report shows net migration to the UK was 243,000 for year to March 2014, up from 175,000

House of Commons Library publishes report on measures to limit migrants' access to benefits

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Date of publication

01 September 2014

Summary

House of Commons Library examines measures introduced by the Government to restrict benefits to EEA nationals

British Red Cross: Refugees face destitution when moving from asylum to mainstream support

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Date of publication

28 August 2014

Summary

British Red Cross report finds new refugees are falling destitute as they are not given enough time or support to sort out vital paperwork

Medical Justice concerned by "biased and unjust" complaints process for immigration detainees

Latest news

Date of publication

27 August 2014

Summary

New report says complaints procedure in UK immigration detention centres is unjust and calls for increased transparency and scrutiny