Defining statelessness: a Chinese case study
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New House of Commons Library briefing on accommodation and financial support for asylum seekers
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Updated research briefing with a summary of asylum support arrangements and recent scrutiny reports
Foreign nationals who pose a threat to national security may not be deported to Algeria because of human rights – Court of Appeal
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Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog
UNHCR continues to recommend that asylum seekers should not be returned to Greece
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New UNHCR report finds Greece has improved its asylum system but serious problems remain and Governments should refrain from returning asylum seekers
ECJ: Integration obligation on long-term third-country national residents is not contrary to EU law if proportionate
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Advocate General Szpunar rules Council Directive 2003/109 does not prohibit the introduction of integration measures for third-country nationals
Home Office's further submissions changes delayed after Liverpool council legal challenge
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Government delays introduction of new requirement for failed asylum seekers submitting fresh claims to travel to Liverpool
Hard Evidence: how has press coverage of immigration changed?
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Alex Balch, University of Liverpool
Public Accounts Committee calls removals of foreign national offenders "dysfunctional"
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Parliamentary Committee releases highly critical report on the Home Office's handling of the removal of foreign national offenders
Human Rights Watch: Asylum seekers face dire conditions in Calais
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A recent visit to Calais finds asylum seekers and migrants living in destitution and experiencing police harassment and abuse
Case Comment: McCarthy (C-202/13) (Grand Chamber)
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Catherine Taroni, EUtopia Law
Home Office changing the process for making further submissions on asylum and human rights cases
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UKVI announces that from 26 January 2015 all further submissions must be submitted in person in Liverpool
Women for Refugee Women report details the humiliation and dehumanisation of detainees at Yarl's Wood
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New report details the damaging psychological effects of detention at Yarl's Wood immigration detention centre on female asylum seekers
Afghan interpreters granted permission to challenge UK resettlement restrictions
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Court grants permission for Afghans to argue that Government's failure to provide resettlement scheme on par with Iraqi interpreters is discriminatory
UNHCR: Conflicts in the Middle East and Africa push displacement to record high in 2014
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UNHCR's Mid-Year Trends report says 5.5 million people newly displaced and 1.4 million new refugees in first half of 2014
UN Special Rapporteur to officially criticise Government over refusal to allow visit to Yarl's Wood immigration detention centre
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The Guardian says Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women will censure Government for preventing her from inspecting Yarl's Wood