The serious lesson hiding behind the Express’s latest rights “outrage”
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European Parliament adopts several measures that form the future Common European Asylum System
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Today's European Parliament vote is a crucial step towards a common system for handling asylum applications in the EU
Home Office announces changes to the Immigration Rules
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A number of minor changes to the Immigration Rules have been published which will come into force on 1 July 2013
ECtHR and EU Fundamental Rights Agency launch Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration
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New publication is a comprehensive guide to European law in the areas of asylum, borders and immigration, taking into account both ECtHR and ECJ case law
All Party Parliamentary Group on Migration publishes report on the impacts of new rules on family migration
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Report follows an inquiry which heard claims that the new rules were "tearing families apart" and had "unintended consequences" for high earning migrants
ECJ: unaccompanied children should not be returned to other EU states
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Court of Justice of the European Union rules in MA and Others that the 'Dublin II' Regulation does not apply to unaccompanied children seeking asylum
ECJ: The essence of the reasons for a decision refusing entry into a Member State must be disclosed to the person concerned
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Court of Justice of the European Union judgment released in the case of ZZ v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Amnesty International: legal aid reforms constitute an unprecedented threat to justice
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Human rights group warns reforms could decimate access to justice for the most vulnerable people
Cameron is relenting to backbenchers on immigration policy
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Awale Olad, Migrants' Rights Network
Children's Society warns refugee and migrant children face being made destitute by legal aid reforms
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Charity says residency tests will mean abandoned migrant and trafficked children will be left destitute
European Commission to take UK to court over discriminatory benefits policy for EU nationals
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EC says UK's so-called "right to reside" benefits test is a breach of EU law
Ninety leading barristers warn further limits on legal aid will "seriously undermine" the rule of law in Britain
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In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, QCs say legal aid cuts will leave many of society's most vulnerable people without access to legal advice and representation
EU border management: "More attention must be given to the human rights of migrants" - UN expert
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Press release by the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on the management of the external borders of the EU and its impact on the human rights of migrants
Chikwamba delivers again
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Sarah Pinder, Free Movement
Office of National Statistics finds net migration has significantly lowered
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Latest ONS data shows net flow of 153,000 migrants, the lowest figures in a decade, according to the Migration Observatory