The new immigration rules on family migration and Article 8 ECHR - initial analysis
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European Commissioner responsible for Home Affairs: "Migration is an opportunity, not a threat"
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Speech given by Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner responsible for Home Affairs, at the recent 'Global Hearing on Refugees and Migration'
Home Office: Radical immigration changes to reform family visas
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Home Office press release on "major overhaul of family migration": Parliament to set Article 8 guidance for deportations, and a new £18,600 earning requirement to be…
The European Network on Statelessness has been launched
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A new civil society alliance committed to addressing statelessness in Europe has been launched
Asylum Aid: Gender-sensitive asylum systems across Europe
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New report finds vast and worrying disparities in the way different EU States handle gender-related asylum claims
Women for Refugee Women: The experiences of women denied asylum in the UK
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Women for Refugee Women release new report, Refused, on the experiences of women who have been denied asylum in the UK
Medical Justice report: "The Second Torture": The Immigration Detention of Torture Survivors
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Medical Justice says victims of torture are routinely being held in immigration detention centres in breach of the government's own rules
Criminal offences covered by the concept of "particularly serious crime" may justify deporting an EU citizen
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ECJ press release following the judgment in PI v Oberbürgermeisterin der Stadt Remscheid: a "particularly serious crime" may justify deporting an EU citizen, even if that…
UNHCR publishes a comparative study on the interpretation of "Particular Social Group"
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UNHCR has published a comparative study of how jurisprudence has developed in the last decade in relation to the interpretation of Convention Ground "Particular Social Group"…
Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made
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House of Commons Library report providing an overview of the Government's immigration and asylum policy priorities, and the progress it has made so far in implementing them
Freedom of Religion - A significant new AG opinion?
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Ed Mynott
Removing full right of appeal for family visitors
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A clause in the Crime and Courts Bill, published on 10 May 2012, will remove the full right of appeal for those applying to enter the UK as a family visitor. Subject to Parliamentary…
Getting Tough at Strasbourg?
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166 NGOs call on the EU institutions to respect asylum seekers' right to liberty in EU asylum legislation
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Rights groups appeal as EU begins negotiations on legislation regarding how asylum-seekers are received by Member States
ILPA publishes second edition of guidelines on working with children and subject to immigration control
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The guidelines are aimed principally at immigration practitioners who work with children and young people subject to immigration control and represent their interests.