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Migration Observatory briefing examines asylum applications to the UK from 1987 to 2013

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Date of publication

24 July 2014

Summary

New briefing sets out key facts and figures relating to the number of asylum seekers applying to stay in the UK

National Audit Office concerned by backlogs and IT systems at Home Office immigration directorates

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Date of publication

22 July 2014

Summary

New NAO report examines performance of directorates that replaced the former UK Border Agency in March 2013

Minimum income rules for immigrants do not breach human rights – Appeal Court

Blog post

Date of publication

18 July 2014

Written by

Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog

Updated House of Commons Library report on the financial (minimum income) requirement for partner visas

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Date of publication

18 July 2014

Summary

Following High Court judgment allowing Secretary of State's appeal against MM, House of Commons Library updates report on financial requirements for spouse/partner visas

Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration releases three reports on asylum

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Date of publication

16 July 2014

Summary

New reports examine the Home Office's asylum team in Cardiff, the asylum support system and the non-suspensive appeals process for ‘clearly unfounded’ claims

Divisional Court rules legal aid residence test is unlawful, discriminatory and impossible to justify

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Date of publication

15 July 2014

Summary

A specially convened three-judge Divisional Court has today ruled that the legal aid residence test is unlawful

Department of Health: Migrants to be charged 150% of the cost of NHS treatment

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Date of publication

14 July 2014

Summary

Department of Health says non-EEA visitors will be charged for their NHS care plus an extra 50 per cent under a new scheme to begin in spring 2015

Secretary of State's appeal against MM on minimum income requirement for partner visas allowed

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Date of publication

11 July 2014

Summary

Judgment in appeal against MM, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1900 (Admin) handed down today

New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules announced

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Date of publication

10 July 2014

Summary

Changes will implement restrictions on ability of Tier 4 (Student) and Tier 1 (Post Study Work) migrants to make in-country applications for extension as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)

Detention Action: Landmark High Court ruling finds the operation of the Detained Fast Track asylum system is unlawful

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Date of publication

09 July 2014

Summary

High Court rules Detained Fast Track system as operated carries an unacceptably high risk of unfairness after legal challenge by Detention Action

Parliamentary inquiry launched into the use of immigration detention

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Date of publication

08 July 2014

Summary

Inquiry launched to examine the use of detention in the UK immigration and asylum systems as UNHCR calls for such practices to end

Seeking asylum is a human right, not a crime

Blog post

Date of publication

07 July 2014

Written by

Maurice Wren, Refugee Council

European Asylum Support Office releases annual report on asylum in the EU

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Date of publication

07 July 2014

Summary

2013 Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union reveals 435,760 persons applied for international protection in the EU in 2013

Asylum Aid questions use of Internal Protection Alternative in UK asylum cases

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Date of publication

04 July 2014

Summary

New Asylum Aid report examines how, in decision making at all levels, internal protection is applied and its safety and reasonableness assessed

Migration Observatory examines highly skilled migration to the UK

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Date of publication

03 July 2014

Summary

New Migration Observatory report analyses how the migration of highly skilled workers to the UK has changed in the years 2007-2013