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High Court finds family immigration rules are not unlawful but the earnings threshold amounts to a disproportionate interference with family life

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Date of publication

05 July 2013

Summary

High Court hands down judgment in MM & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Abolition of family visitor visa appeal rights

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Date of publication

05 July 2013

Summary

Full text of House of Commons Library report on Section 52 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and the abolition of the full right of appeal in family visitor visa cases

Government unveils proposals to restrict migrants access to health and housing

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Date of publication

04 July 2013

Summary

Consultations on restricting migrants access to the NHS and housing launched ahead of Immigration Bill aimed at making life more difficult for "illegal migrants"

Home Office: Latest changes to the Immigration Rules now in effect; Position of Croatian nationals in the UK

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Date of publication

02 July 2013

Summary

Changes to the Immigration Rules take effect and changes to the position of Croatian nationals following Croatia's accession to the European Union

Health Secretary to tackle foreign nationals use of free NHS services

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Date of publication

01 July 2013

Summary

Jeremy Hunt to announce new plans to stop migrants using NHS to get free treatment, but estimates of cost of "health tourists" varies from £12m to £200m

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Conference 2013 - views from an English lawyer

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Date of publication

28 June 2013

Written by

Gary McIndoe, Latitude Law

New report highlights widespread poverty amongst refugees and asylum seekers

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Date of publication

27 June 2013

Summary

North East Child Poverty Commission and the Regional Refugee Forum North East report says asylum seekers are a "forgotten poor"

Improvements Made in Handling of Legacy Asylum Cases but Further Work Required

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Date of publication

26 June 2013

Summary

Independent Chief Inspector issues new report on the Home Office's progress made on legacy asylum and migration cases

Home Office to pilot immigration bond scheme... when the Lib Dems agree

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Date of publication

26 June 2013

Summary

Visitors from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Ghana to pay bond from November under Home Office plans but Lib Dems yet to sign off the details

Home Office: Right of appeal for family visit visas abolished

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Date of publication

25 June 2013

Summary

From today, there will be no right of appeal against the refusal of a family visit visa application, unless the appeal is on human rights or race discrimination grounds

MPs debate family migration rules

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Date of publication

20 June 2013

Summary

Commons debate on the new family migration rules hears calls for their urgent review

President of the Supreme Court warns that new legal aid regime will drive out the best lawyers

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Date of publication

19 June 2013

Summary

Full text of Lord Neuberger's speech to the Institute for Government

EC's 4th Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum reveals asylum up 10% in the EU

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Date of publication

17 June 2013

Summary

European Commission's latest annual report on immigration and asylum in the EU finds 2012 saw a nearly 10% increase in the number of asylum applications

Medical Justice: Detaining migrant pregnant women seriously damages their health and puts their babies at risk

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Date of publication

17 June 2013

Summary

New report exposes the "injustice and ineffectiveness of detaining pregnant women for immigration purposes"

In their best interests?

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Date of publication

12 June 2013

Summary

Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes report on the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children in the United Kingdom