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Home Secretary uses Conservative Party conference speech to warn UK needs to have an immigration limit

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Date of publication

06 October 2015

Summary

Theresa May warns that current levels of net migration are unsustainable, announces new plan for the UK's asylum system

UK asylum applications hit six-year high in July

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Date of publication

01 October 2015

Summary

Over 4,300 aslylum claims lodged in July, highest since 2009, but figures remain modest compared to highest in EU

Revealed: asylum seeker children face welfare lottery on arrival in Britain

Blog post

Date of publication

28 September 2015

Written by

Joanna Wilding, University of Brighton via The Conversation

Brighton University report says asylum process is contrary to the best interests of unaccompanied children

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Date of publication

28 September 2015

Summary

New report examines the best interests of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK through their own experiences

House of Commons Library publishes updated briefing on duty of landlords to carry out immigration checks

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Date of publication

24 September 2015

Summary

Updated briefing on Immigration Act 2014's 'Right to Rent' scheme as Immigration Bill 2015-2016 proposes new criminal sanctions

Eurostat: EU sees 85% increase in asylum seekers in second quarter of 2015 over 2014

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Date of publication

22 September 2015

Summary

213,200 first time asylum seekers apply for protection in the EU in April to June, 85% more than in 2014, UK sees around 7% increase

Right to reside – Carry on as before?

Blog post

Date of publication

21 September 2015

Written by

Nearly Legal

Notice to EIN Members: New sorting functionality added for bundles

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Date of publication

21 September 2015

Summary

Brief overview of new feature that allows you to sort bundles by date or by type (with, for example, case law first)

Immigration Bill 2015-2016 published; New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules

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Date of publication

17 September 2015

Summary

Parliament publishes the Immigration Bill, Home Office publishes 17-page statement of changes to the Immigration Rules (HC437)

ECJ rules EU Member States may exclude jobseekers from certain non-contributory benefits

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Date of publication

15 September 2015

Summary

European Court of Justice allows Germany to deny benefits to EU jobseekers

EU Member States agree to relocate 40,000 refugees, but UK won't participate

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Date of publication

15 September 2015

Summary

Extraordinary Council meeting of EU ministers agrees initial relocation of 40,000 refugees, with a further 120,000 proposed

Children's Commissioner: Family Migration Rules separate 15,000 children from a parent

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Date of publication

11 September 2015

Summary

New report says Immigration Rules leave up to 15,000 children able to communicate with one parent only via Skype

JCWI says Right to Rent scheme encourages discrimination against all migrants and ethnic minorities

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Date of publication

09 September 2015

Summary

JCWI's evaluation of the Immigration Act's Right to Rent scheme finds worrying direct and indirect impacts on tenants and landlords

Inconsistency in asylum appeal adjudication

Blog post

Date of publication

08 September 2015

Written by

Nick Gill, Rebecca Rotter, Andrew Burridge, Melanie Griffiths and Jennifer Allsopp

Cameron says Britain will take in thousands of Syrian refugees

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Date of publication

07 September 2015

Summary

PM says Britain will resettle thousands more refugees under existing schemes, UNHCR issues key guidelines for Europe