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Former High Court judge warns legal aid reforms will be "absolutely devastating" for Britain's legal system

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Date of publication

21 May 2013

Summary

Sir Anthony Hooper tells the Express that legal aid cuts will be "costly and potentially disastrous" and will lead to miscarriages of justice

Detention of torture survivors ruled unlawful

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Date of publication

17 May 2013

Summary

Leigh Day press release following today's judgment in EO & Ors, R v SSHD which ruled that the detention of torture survivors in immigration centres was unlawful

Home Office releases evaluation report of the Early Legal Advice Project for asylum cases

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Date of publication

17 May 2013

Summary

Home Office release report on the discontinued ELAP project, as Asylum Aid calls for continuing reforms of the asylum system

Home Office announces new visa services for Indian and Chinese business travellers

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Date of publication

15 May 2013

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Same day visa service launched in India and VIP mobile visa service introduced for Chinese travellers

Garden Court North Chambers: proposed legal aid changes "would cause serious damage to the justice system"

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Date of publication

14 May 2013

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Garden Court North Chambers publishes new briefing on proposed changes to legal aid for civil cases

Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made

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Date of publication

09 May 2013

Summary

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

Another Home Office policy concerning children found to be unlawful

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Date of publication

08 May 2013

Summary

Coram Children's Legal Centre welcomes a new High Court judgment upholding the rights of children affected by immigration decisions

Tougher immigration rules announced in Queen's Speech

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Date of publication

08 May 2013

Summary

Today's Queen's Speech announces a new parliamentary bill on immigration

Demos: Almost half of ethnic minority population now live in majority non-white areas

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Date of publication

05 May 2013

Summary

New findings from an ongoing Demos project looking at the extent of ethnic and cultural integration in Britain

CoE: Anti-torture Committee calls on Spain to improve centres of detention for irregular migrants

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Date of publication

03 May 2013

Summary

Council of Europe calls on Spain to improve the prison-like conditions of administrative detention of irregular migrants

Cameron promises new measures to limit immigrants' access to benefits and health services

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Date of publication

02 May 2013

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PM says government to introduce rules within coming weeks to limit access to benefits and the health service

Home Office: Change to family visitor appeals

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Date of publication

26 April 2013

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Home Office removing the full right of appeal for applicants refused leave to enter the UK as a family visitor

European Commission proposes to improve application of workers' rights to free movement

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Date of publication

26 April 2013

Summary

EC proposes measures to ensure the better application of EU law on people's right to work in another Member State

Refugee Council submits evidence to Parliamentary inquiry into asylum

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Date of publication

24 April 2013

Summary

Refugee Council highlights issues regularly faced by its clients for the Home Affairs Select Committee's inquiry into the asylum system

Government considering withdrawing from the European Convention of Human Rights to deport Abu Qatada

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Date of publication

24 April 2013

Summary

Media says Prime Minister discussing option to leave ECHR in face of Qatada's "intolerable" continued presence in the UK