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Residence rights of durable partners in domestic violence cases

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Date of publication

08 February 2013

Summary

AIRE Centre publish legal guidance on the residence rights of the former partners of European Economic Area ('EEA') nationals where domestic violence has occurred

Interpreting and translation services and Applied Language Solutions contract

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Date of publication

06 February 2013

Summary

Commons Justice Commitee releases report on the outsourcing of court interpreting and finds it to be "shambolic", with Capita-ALS failing to deliver on many aspects

Another critique of the new Immigration Rules' codification of Article 8

Blog post

Date of publication

05 February 2013

Written by

Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog

Woeful asylum support pushes children and families into destitution

Latest news

Date of publication

30 January 2013

Summary

Children's Society says alarmingly low levels of support are forcing thousands of asylum seekers in the UK into severe poverty

UKBA: Changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route

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Date of publication

30 January 2013

Summary

UKBA press release on changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route which take effect from 31 January

British culture and history at heart of new Life in the UK test

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Date of publication

27 January 2013

Summary

Home Office press release on the publication of an updated Life in the UK test handbook ahead of the introduction of a new test in March

Decisions in Marriage Applications are Reasonable but Chief Inspector Raises Concerns About Backlogs and a Lack of Consideration of the Best Interests of Children

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Date of publication

24 January 2013

Summary

A new report by the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has found UKBA backlogs of over 16,000 cases

PACE says Europe must help Turkey and Greece tackle irregular migration 'storm'

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Date of publication

23 January 2013

Summary

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) report calls for drastic rethink of Europe's approach to sharing responsibility for irregular migrants

David Cameron pledges referendum on Britain's future in the European Union

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Date of publication

23 January 2013

Summary

Prime Minister says the British people must "have their say" on Europe and pledges referendum by the end of 2017

Following visit to Greece, PACE delegation urges greater European solidarity in handling flows of irregular migrants

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Date of publication

17 January 2013

Summary

Jean-Claude Mignon urges greater European solidarity to help Greece deal with large numbers of irregular migrants and asylum seekers entering the country

Court of Appeal grapples with Zambrano

Blog post

Date of publication

17 January 2013

Written by

Colin Yeo, Free Movement

Governments should act in the best interest of stateless children

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Date of publication

15 January 2013

Summary

Human rights comment by the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights

Asylum: Financial support for asylum seekers

Latest news

Date of publication

09 January 2013

Summary

Full text of a new information note on financial support for asylum seekers by the House of Commons Library

UKBA: Changes in the assessment of good character in citizenship applications

Latest news

Date of publication

09 January 2013

Summary

UKBA press release outlining changes made to the Nationality Instructions that affect anyone applying for citizenship after 13 December 2012

Deport first, appeal second

Blog post

Date of publication

06 January 2013

Written by

Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog