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European Court of Justice rules States can exclude "benefit tourists" from claiming certain social assistance

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Date of publication

11 November 2014

Summary

ECJ ruling in Dano v Jobcenter Leipzig, Case C-333/13, says economically inactive EU migrants can be denied benefits

New UN guidelines on the rights of women asylum seekers and refugees

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Date of publication

10 November 2014

Summary

UN issues practical and authoritative guidelines to ensure specific challenges faced by women in situations of displacement and statelessness are addressed

Control and restraint techniques used on people being removed from UK are lawful, says Court of Appeal

Blog post

Date of publication

07 November 2014

Written by

Michael Deacon, UK Human Rights Blog

Academic analysis finds EU immigration has had a positive economic impact

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Date of publication

05 November 2014

Summary

UCL's Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration finds European immigrants contributed more than £20bn to UK public finances between 2001 and 2011

European Court of Human Rights rules returns to Italy under Dublin Regulation may violate Convention

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Date of publication

04 November 2014

Summary

In Tarakhel v. Switzerland (App no. 29217/12), ECtHR rules individual guarantees needed from Italian authorities for asylum seeker returns

German Chancellor warns demands for free movement changes could see the UK's exit from the European Union

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Date of publication

04 November 2014

Summary

Angela Merkel says UK's future in the EU nearing a "point of no return" over the issue of free movement

In memory of Gail Elliman

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Date of publication

30 October 2014

Summary

Gary McIndoe remembers the life and work of Gail Elliman, a former chair of EIN, who sadly passed away on October 19th

Public Accounts Committee report highly critical of the Home Office's management of the immigration system

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Date of publication

29 October 2014

Summary

New Parliamentary report finds asylum backlog increasing and IT failures could cost up to £1 billion

Amnesty International: End of support for refugee rescue operations marks a dark day for UK's moral standing

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Date of publication

28 October 2014

Summary

Government says it will not support any future search and rescue operations of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean

Chief Inspector issues new reports on asylum and sexual orientation, the Intelligence Management System and the Paris Visa Section

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Date of publication

24 October 2014

Summary

The Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration releases three reports on the work of the Home Office

Judges thwart UK Government's attempts to make British second class citizens – Surinder Singh applied to extended family

Blog post

Date of publication

22 October 2014

Written by

Jeremy Chipperfield, UK Visa and Immigration Blog

National Audit Office raises concerns over Home Office removals of foreign criminals

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Date of publication

22 October 2014

Summary

Comprehensive new NAO report on foreign offenders says too little progress has been made in removing them

European Court of Human Rights rules Italy breached rights of asylum seekers returned to Greece

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Date of publication

21 October 2014

Summary

Court rules Italy breached ECHR over indiscriminate collective expulsion of Afghan migrants, who were then deprived of access to asylum procedures in Greece

Gail Elliman: A tribute

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Date of publication

20 October 2014

Summary

A tribute to Gail Elliman, a long-standing Trustee and former Chair of EIN who sadly passed away yesterday

Legal Action Group reports on the 'Surprised Brits' who find they are living with irregular immigration status

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Date of publication

20 October 2014

Summary

LAG examines people who find themselves the unintended victims of the Government's desire to create a 'hostile environment' for irregular migrants