Court of Session examines interplay between Article 8 and the Immigration Rules
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UN Human Rights Commissioner calls on UK to curb tabloid hate speech against migrants and refugees
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UN rights chief issues statement against "inflammatory and unacceptable" language after Katie Hopkins column in The Sun calls migrants "cockroaches"
The Independent: Landmark Upper Tribunal decision orders Home Office to arrange the return of deported family
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Mr Justice Cranston rules mother and five-year-old son deported to Nigeria in January must be located and returned to UK
European Commission issues ten point action plan on migration in response to the crisis in the Mediterranean
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EC agrees immediate action plan as Europe faces up to the dire situation in the Mediterranean Sea
EC says new European Migration Strategy being prepared as death toll of migrants in the Mediterranean rises
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European Commission says new strategy to be adopted in May in response to over 1,000 migrant deaths in the Mediterranean in recent days
Upper Tribunal to hear important judicial review on whether it is safe to return people to Afghanistan
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Duncan Lewis legal challenge will argue escalation of violence means no return to Afghanistan can be considered safe
Important Changes To Appeal Procedures in Extradition Law
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Conservative manifesto repeats pledge on cutting net migration, says 'deport first, appeal later' will extend to all undocumented migrants
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Conservatives pledge to extend the 'deport first, appeal later' rule to all non-asylum immigration appeals and judicial reviews by illegal immigrants
Labour manifesto says border controls need strengthening, low-skilled migration needs to come down
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Labour Party manifesto sets out the party's pledges on immigration ahead of election, including ending indefinite immigration detention
Grand Chamber of ECtHR 'dodges' ruling on the merits of gay asylum complaint in M.E. v Sweden
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Paul Johnson, ECHR Sexual Orientation Blog
'I Am An Immigrant' poster campaign aims to challenge negative political rhetoric on migrants
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JCWI/Movement Against Xenophobia posters to appear at stations across the UK with the message that it is time to celebrate, not vilify migrants
Inderpal Rahal Memorial Trust award for 2015
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Applications open for award of £2,000 toward legal study costs for women from an immigrant or refugee background
High Court dismisses appeal against deportation by Nigerian LGBT rights campaigner Aderonke Apata
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Court says high-profile Nigerian lesbian can be deported, agreeing with earlier Tribunal finding that her sexuality was fabricated, but case to now go to Court of Appeal
NHS charges for migrants being introduced from today
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Nationals from outside the EEA coming to the UK for longer than six months will need to pay a health surcharge from today
A judicial analysis of Article 15(c) of the Qualification Directive and international protection issues
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John Kelly, EIN