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New OISC Code of Standards goes live on 1 April

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Date of publication

21 March 2016

Summary

OISC fundamentally revises Commissioner's Standards in content, scope and approach

European Court of Justice rules on returns to safe third country under Dublin III

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Date of publication

17 March 2016

Summary

Court rules Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 allows returns irrespective of whether Member State is responsible for asylum application

Refugee Council calls on the UK to reject EU deal to return refugees to Turkey

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Date of publication

17 March 2016

Summary

EU leaders meet in Brussels today to agree plan with Turkey to take back refugees and migrants

Making Judgments on Human Rights Issues

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15 March 2016

Written by

Sir Rabinder Singh

Institute of Race Relations report argues Immigration Bill part of a policy of social restructuring

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15 March 2016

Summary

IRR says legislation will see multicultural neighbourhoods increasingly broken up and displaced

2016's first Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules published

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11 March 2016

Summary

Home Secretary releases new statement of changes, taking effect from 6 April 2016

Home Affairs Committee outlines concerns over asylum support services contract

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10 March 2016

Summary

Parliamentary committee publishes latest report on the work of the Immigration Directorates

Home Secretary wins significant legal battle to resume returns to Afghanistan

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07 March 2016

Summary

Court of Appeal overturns injunction preventing the Home Office carrying out deportations to Afghanistan

Crisis or opportunity? How European countries use refugees for political gain

Blog post

Date of publication

07 March 2016

Written by

Heaven Crawley via The Conversation

UNHCR warns of humanitarian crisis in over-stretched Greece

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Date of publication

03 March 2016

Summary

Over 120,000 refugees and migrants arrive in Greece in first two months of 2016

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has "substantial concerns" following inspection of Harmondsworth

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Date of publication

01 March 2016

Summary

Inspection report of Harmondsworth immigration removal centre finds unacceptable decline in conditions

Latest net migration figures show minor decrease, but total still over 300,000

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Date of publication

29 February 2016

Summary

ONS finds first fall in net migration since the second quarter of 2013

Mr Justice McCloskey and Judge Clements review the year in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber

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Date of publication

24 February 2016

Summary

Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2016 published, includes review of year in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber

New ICJ practitioners' guide on refugee claims based on sexual orientation and gender identity

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Date of publication

24 February 2016

Summary

International Commission of Jurists' guide "essential reading for all refugee law practitioners"

Supreme Court hears appeal against the Immigration Rules' minimum income requirement

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Date of publication

22 February 2016

Summary

Three-day appeal in the case of MM (Lebanon) and Others begins in the Supreme Court