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Labour manifesto says border controls need strengthening, low-skilled migration needs to come down

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Date of publication

13 April 2015

Summary

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

Blog post

Date of publication

10 April 2015

Written by

Paul Johnson, ECHR Sexual Orientation Blog

'I Am An Immigrant' poster campaign aims to challenge negative political rhetoric on migrants

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Date of publication

09 April 2015

Summary

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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Date of publication

08 April 2015

Summary

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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Date of publication

07 April 2015

Summary

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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Date of publication

06 April 2015

Summary

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

Blog post

Date of publication

02 April 2015

Written by

John Kelly, EIN

Doctors of the World UK says unacceptable inequality leaves pregnant migrants afraid to access health care

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Date of publication

30 March 2015

Summary

New report examines the experiences of pregnant migrant women receiving ante/peri and postnatal care in the UK

Announced 30% reduction in asylum support rates for children revoked

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Date of publication

27 March 2015

Summary

Planned asylum support reduction for under-16s under new "economies of scale" methodology now revoked

House of Commons Library looks back at five years of Coalition immigration and asylum policy

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Date of publication

25 March 2015

Summary

New briefing on the changes made by the Coalition Government of 2010 - 2015 in immigration and asylum

Joint Committee on Human Rights says treatment of child migrants has grown worse during current Parliament

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Date of publication

24 March 2015

Summary

Parliamentary report critical of Government's treatment of migrant children and says legal aid reforms a significant black mark on its human rights record

Asylum claims surge 44% in the EU in 2014

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Date of publication

20 March 2015

Summary

Large increase in asylum applicants in the EU sees numbers top 600,000, but only a modest increase for the UK

The protection of seriously ill migrants and the "unfortunate principle" of N. v. the United Kingdom

Blog post

Date of publication

19 March 2015

Written by

EIN

Home Office confirms change to the further submissions process will go ahead

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Date of publication

19 March 2015

Summary

Following earlier deferral, Home Office says all further submissions will have to be made in person in Liverpool from 30 March 2015

New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules aims to deter Syrian asylum seekers

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Date of publication

16 March 2015

Summary

Government removes the transit without visa exemption in respect of Syrian citizens in order to deter asylum seekers fleeing war zone