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Government temporarily suspends the detained fast track asylum process

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Date of publication

02 July 2015

Summary

James Brokenshire announces fast track system will be suspended until risk of unfairness is minimised

UNHCR: The Mediterranean 'migrant' crisis is primarily a refugee crisis

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Date of publication

01 July 2015

Summary

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says most of those crossing the Mediterranean Sea into Europe are fleeing from war, conflict or persecution

The Guardian: detained asylum seekers will be able to apply for bail

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Date of publication

30 June 2015

Summary

Failed asylum seekers in immigration detention centres will soon be able to apply to be freed on bail as fast track system found unlawful

Asylum is a high hurdle. Can aspirants for UK try the Convention on Human Trafficking instead?

Blog post

Date of publication

26 June 2015

Written by

Hannah Noyce, UK Human Rights Blog

Court of Appeal lifts stay on court ruling that fast track asylum appeals system is unlawful

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Date of publication

26 June 2015

Summary

Lord Justice Sullivan rules stay in Detention Action v First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Ors is lifted "as from now"

Supreme Court dismisses appeals by unaccompanied Afghan minors

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Date of publication

24 June 2015

Summary

Supreme Court hands down judgment in TN and MA (Afghanistan) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2015] UKSC 40

Tier 2 visa salary requirements means thousands of nurses face deportation

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Date of publication

23 June 2015

Summary

Royal College of Nursing says non-EEA nurses face deportation under immigration rules requirements

UNHCR calls for tolerance and protection as more people now displaced than at any other time in history

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Date of publication

18 June 2015

Summary

UNHCR's annual Global Trends Report finds 2014 has seen continuing dramatic growth in mass displacement from wars and conflict

The misuse of psychological arguments in the immigration debate

Blog post

Date of publication

16 June 2015

Written by

Amena Amer

Amnesty International says world failing to deal with refugee crisis

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Date of publication

16 June 2015

Summary

New report says the response of the international community to the global refugee crisis has been a shameful failure

High Court says asylum Fast Track appeals process is unlawful and must be quashed, but judgment stayed

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Date of publication

12 June 2015

Summary

Justice Nicol rules Fast Track Rules are structurally unfair and must be quashed, Lord Chancellor and Home Secretary given time to appeal

Migration Advisory Committee to examine Tier 2 visa system as Government seeks to reduce demand for migrant labour

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Date of publication

10 June 2015

Summary

David Cameron says it has been too easy for businesses to recruit from overseas, asks MAC to advise on what more can be done to lower non-EEA migration

UN human rights report on Eritrea offers challenge to European asylum policy

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Date of publication

08 June 2015

Summary

UN finds Eritrea responsible for systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations, calls for international protection for those fleeing

European Court of Justice opinion says EU migrants can be excluded from benefits during first three months

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Date of publication

05 June 2015

Summary

Advocate General Wathelet says Germany's exclusion of benefits to migrants is compatible with EU law

Report finds legal aid cuts affect three quarters of immigration detainees and leads to stress, worry and powerlessness

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Date of publication

03 June 2015

Summary

Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group examines impacts of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act for people in immigration detention