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Migration Observatory looks at laws governing immigration offences in the UK

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Date of publication

28 October 2016

Summary

Updated briefing on immigration offences: trends in legislation and criminal and civil enforcement

Stonewall/UKLGIG report finds LGBT asylum seekers in detention centres face discrimination and violence

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Date of publication

26 October 2016

Summary

Report says detention environment has serious long-term effects on LGBT asylum seekers

Recent reports examine the UK's efforts to tackle human trafficking and slavery

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Date of publication

24 October 2016

Summary

Reports published by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the Council of Europe

Tooth and lies: assessing the age of lone refugee children

Blog post

Date of publication

24 October 2016

Written by

Ben Amunwa, Law mostly

Supreme Court allows appeal against deportation by illegitimate child of British citizen

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Date of publication

19 October 2016

Summary

Court finds denying British citizenship to child born out of wedlock to British father and non-British mother breaches ECHR

JCWI launches crowdfunding appeal for legal challenge against increases in Immigration Tribunal fees

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Date of publication

17 October 2016

Summary

JCWI seeks donations for court challenge to argue fee increases are unlawful and a disproportionate restriction on access to justice

Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration publishes six new reports

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Date of publication

17 October 2016

Summary

Reports on 'hostile environment' and arrests of foreign nationals among six released

ECtHR rules that a delay of 14 years to determine an asylum application is in breach of Article 8 and 13 ECHR.

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Date of publication

13 October 2016

Summary

In the case of B.A.C v Greece (application no. 11981/15), the Court found in particular that the failure by the authorities to determine the applicant’s asylum application for a…

MOJ begins consultation on replacement for unlawful detained fast track appeals process

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Date of publication

12 October 2016

Summary

Government announces proposals for a new fast track system, seeks responses by 22 November

The Historian as Judge

Blog post

Date of publication

11 October 2016

Written by

Lord Sumption

Amnesty International: Removal of legal aid from immigration cases undermines access to justice

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Date of publication

11 October 2016

Summary

Lack of legal representation leaves migrants facing potential removal and separation of their family

Home Secretary says child refugees in Calais could be transferred to the UK within days

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Date of publication

11 October 2016

Summary

Rudd tells Commons that all children with family in the UK should be here by next week

Disabled refugees now eligible for disability benefits without two-year wait

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Date of publication

10 October 2016

Summary

Government won't appeal against tribunal ruling that past presence test unlawfully discriminated against refugees

Concrete Walls and Bureaucratic Barriers to Access to Justice for Migrants

Blog post

Date of publication

06 October 2016

Written by

Justine Stefanelli, UK Human Rights Blog

Home Secretary says her party is committed to reducing net migration to 'sustainable levels' in conference speech

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Date of publication

05 October 2016

Summary

Harsh new plans to reduce immigration include making firms list foreign workers