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Net migration to the UK reaches record high

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Date of publication

27 August 2015

Summary

Latest ONS report shows net migration in the year ending March 2015 reached an all-time high of 330,000

Illegal working punishable by up to six months in prison and an unlimited fine under new Immigration Bill

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Date of publication

26 August 2015

Summary

Immigration Bill to set tough penalties for illegal workers and employers, Migrants' Rights Network warns prison is "grossly disproportionate"

Germany suspends Dublin Regulation procedures for asylum seekers from Syria

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Date of publication

25 August 2015

Summary

German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees issues internal instructions suspending Dublin procedures for Syrians

Court of Appeal grants permission to appeal in Naziri and Others on returns to Afghanistan

Latest news

Date of publication

24 August 2015

Summary

Lord Justice Clarke grants permission to appeal and interim relief staying the removal of 30 appellants in Naziri & Ors

Without papers but not without rights: the basic social rights of irregular migrants

Blog post

Date of publication

20 August 2015

Written by

Nils Muižnieks

Are lousy conditions in UK detention centres just another part of the 'hostile environment strategy'?

Blog post

Date of publication

19 August 2015

Written by

Awale Olad, Migrants' Rights Network

Germany could raise asylum seeker forecast to 750,000 as numbers arriving in Europe increase dramatically

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Date of publication

19 August 2015

Summary

German government expected to formally raise estimate to a range of 650,000-750,000

Scottish government wants control of immigration courts as number of hearings cut by MoJ

Latest news

Date of publication

17 August 2015

Summary

The number of courts sitting at Scotland's only asylum and immigration court reduced from five or six a day to only two

Migration Advisory Committee publishes initial results of Tier 2 review

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Date of publication

14 August 2015

Summary

MAC urges government caution over any early decision to raise the minimum salary requirements for skilled migrant workers

HM Inspectorate of Prisons says Yarl's Wood removal centre continues to fail vulnerable women

Latest news

Date of publication

12 August 2015

Summary

New inspection report says conditions are deteriorating and action is needed to ensure women are only detained as a last resort

Companies employing immigrants working illegally are the latest target of a government crackdown

Latest news

Date of publication

10 August 2015

Summary

James Brokenshire says businesses employing workers illegally will be hit with "the full force of government machinery"

Supreme Court: a right to a student loan?

Blog post

Date of publication

10 August 2015

Written by

David Hart QC, UK Human Rights Blog

Refugee Council: Government proposals would leave failed asylum seeking families destitute

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Date of publication

05 August 2015

Summary

Government publishes consultation on 'Reforming support for failed asylum seekers and other illegal migrants'

New legislation in England will target rogue landlords who rent to immigrants with no right to remain

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Date of publication

04 August 2015

Summary

Landlords to face up to 5 years in prison and evictions to be made without a court order as government cracks down on rental sector

Government to send message Britain is "not a soft touch on asylum" as concerns over Calais migrants grow

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Date of publication

03 August 2015

Summary

Immigration Minister proposes removing benefits from failed asylum-seekers as more migrants try to cross to the UK via Calais