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UK Border Agency to be split up

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Date of publication

26 March 2013

Summary

Theresa May announces that UKBA will be split in two and brought back under ministerial control

PM's speech signals tough new stance on immigration

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Date of publication

25 March 2013

Summary

David Cameron makes major speech on immigration and says Labour created "soft touch" Britain

Backlogs continue to plague the Border Agency as it is found to have misled the Committee over the controlled archives

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Date of publication

25 March 2013

Summary

The Home Affairs Committee says it has been supplied incorrect information by UKBA over the size of its asylum backlog

Clegg delivers major immigration speech

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Date of publication

22 March 2013

Summary

Deputy Prime Minister makes first major speech on immigration and calls for migrants to pay "bail bonds" of at least £1,000

UNHCR: Asylum applications in industrialised countries rise eight percent

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Date of publication

21 March 2013

Summary

UNHCR's Asylum Trends 2012 report finds asylum applications rise to their highest annual total since 2003

Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made

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Date of publication

19 March 2013

Summary

Updated House of Commons Library information note providing an overview of the Government's immigration and asylum policy priorities and its progress in implementing them

What hasn't been making the news from Parliament?

Blog post

Date of publication

18 March 2013

Written by

Awale Olad, Migrants' Rights Network

Council of Europe Commissioner: Anti-migrant trends in Europe must be turned around

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Date of publication

15 March 2013

Summary

Nils Muižnieks calls on Europe to welcome migrants and warns against "shameful" anti-migrant rhetoric

Home Office: Changes to immigration rules boost businesses and students

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Date of publication

14 March 2013

Summary

Home Office press release on the lastest changes to the immigration rules

Conservative MP tables amendments to Crime and Courts Bill to ensure easier deportation of foreign criminals

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Date of publication

13 March 2013

Summary

Dominic Raab seeking to ensure that foreign criminals jailed for a year or more can be deported without claiming family and social ties under Article 8

Yvette Cooper outlines Labour's new approach to immigration

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Date of publication

07 March 2013

Summary

Full text of Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's speech on immigration to the IPPR

Best Interest of the Child - Children Applying Under The New Immigration Rules (Post July 2012)

Blog post

Date of publication

07 March 2013

Written by

Manak Solicitors

Britain's top judge concerned by May's attack on immigration judges, cuts to legal aid

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Date of publication

05 March 2013

Summary

Lord Neuberger says Home Secretary's comments were inappropriate and wrong, and says he fears cuts to legal aid could undermine the rule of law

What would happen if the UK withdrew from the European Court of Human Rights?

Blog post

Date of publication

03 March 2013

Written by

Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog

UKBA: Revisions to the codes of practice for skilled migrant workers

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Date of publication

01 March 2013

Summary

UKBA press release on the publication of a new statement of intent to help employers prepare for changes to the points-based system