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British Red Cross destitution services help over 8,000 asylum seekers in 2017, UNHCR calls on UK to resettle more refugees

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07 August 2017

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Red Cross supports thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in first half of the year

Court of Appeal gives guidance on the fair determination of asylum claims by children

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02 August 2017

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Court of Appeal recognises core principle that "a child is foremost a child before he or she is a refugee"

Downing Street spokesperson confirms freedom of movement will end in March 2019

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01 August 2017

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Prime Minister's office seeks to clear up last week's confusion over Government's position

5 things to understand about the August 2017 changes to the Immigration Rules: families, income and the MM case

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31 July 2017

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Latitude Law

Justice McCloskey and Judge Clements review the year in the immigration tribunals

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30 July 2017

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Senior President of Tribunals, Sir Ernest Ryder, releases his 2017 annual report

Government attempts to clarify post-Brexit immigration system fail to clear confusion

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28 July 2017

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Immigration minister says freedom of movement ends March 2019, Home Secretary says transitional period first

Supreme Court: Burden of proving 'marriage of convenience' falls on Home Office

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26 July 2017

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Judgment handed down in Sadovska and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 54

JCWI: Changes to Immigration Rules on minimum income requirement are a step forward, but serious concerns remain

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25 July 2017

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New rules "unnecessarily complex and place a lot of discretion in hands of Home Office staff"

House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee calls current migration calculations 'wholly inadequate'

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21 July 2017

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Report says data used to calculate net migration is inaccurate

New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules to give effect to MM (Lebanon)

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20 July 2017

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Immigration minister Brandon Lewis announces Statement of Changes as Parliament breaks for summer recess

Migration Observatory: 150,000 people naturalised as British citizens in 2016

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20 July 2017

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Updated briefing on trends in naturalisation as a British citizen, numbers up from 2015 but down from 2009-2013 peak

UNHCR calls for action to improve the situation of unaccompanied refugee children in Europe

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18 July 2017

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UNHCR, UNICEF and IRC publish roadmap for action

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration releases ten new reports

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Date of publication

14 July 2017

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Country of origin information, citizenship character requirement for young persons among report topics

Foreign criminals' deportation scheme ruled unlawful

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Date of publication

13 July 2017

Written by

Jonathan Metzer, UK Human Rights Blog

Refugee Action says Government is failing to provide necessary asylum support

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11 July 2017

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Report finds asylum seekers wrongly denied assistance or facing long delays