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Amnesty International: Removal of legal aid from immigration cases undermines access to justice
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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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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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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
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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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Harsh new plans to reduce immigration include making firms list foreign workers
Council of Europe's anti-racism body concerned by intolerant anti-migrant discourse by UK politicians and media
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Report finds worrying examples of intolerance and hate speech in UK media, and even among politicians
Theresa May emphasises control of immigration as she sets out timetable for Britain to leave the EU
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PM's conference speech suggests control of immigration will be a red line when exiting the EU
Articles highlight how "deport first, appeal later" and tribunal fee increases will deny justice
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Roots to Return and Garden Court's Jo Wilding say migrants face being denied access to justice
Corbyn says a Labour government will not offer false promises on immigration
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Opposition leader says the Government has demonised migrants and 'fanned the flames of fear'
Detention Action calls for the development of alternatives to immigration detention
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Report calls for the designing, piloting and developing of alternatives to detaining migrants
Immigration detention and access to justice among concerns raised in major BIHR human rights report
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British Institute of Human Rights releases Joint Civil Society Report to the UN Universal Periodic Review of the UK
Barack Obama says the refugee crisis is a ‘test of our humanity’ – is Britain failing it?
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Nando Sigona via The Conversation
REDRESS: Policies of deterrence aimed at refugees and asylum seekers exacerbates their suffering
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New report says vast proportion of refugees experience cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment at all stages of their journey
War Child says refugee children are being denied their basic rights
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Report calls for a Global Action Plan to ensure basic rights for all children forced to flee conflict