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Ban Ki-moon: Never before in UN history have we had so many refugees and asylum-seekers

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Date of publication

02 October 2014

Summary

UN Secretary-General says a multitude of global crises has caused a record level of displacement and calls on the international community to respond

IOM, Amnesty International document the perils and growing death toll of irregular migration

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Date of publication

30 September 2014

Summary

New reports by the International Organization for Migration and Amnesty International examine the fatal journeys undertaken by migrants and refugees

New Tribunal Procedure Rules for the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) announced

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Date of publication

29 September 2014

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The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 2005 to be replaced as new Rules, published today, come into force on October 20th

UNHCR: Asylum claims in industrialised countries up 24 per cent in the first half of 2014

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Date of publication

29 September 2014

Summary

UNHCR releases latest Asylum Trends report for first six months of 2014, claims up overall but steady in the UK

EIN 16th AGM to be held on October 24th in London

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Date of publication

24 September 2014

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Notice of EIN's next AGM at Garden Court Chambers, London on Friday, October 24th at 5.30pm

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

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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

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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

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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

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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