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Medecins Sans Frontieres: Sixty years on, governments are still failing refugees

08 December 2011
Too often, national governments circumvent or simply ignore their responsibilities to refugees writes MSF's Christopher Stokes

UKBA: Biometric residence permits – online checks to simplify the process for employers

06 December 2011
Biometric Residence Permits to be checkable online and to be issued to more foreign nationals, including refugees and those granted permission to settle in the UK

House of Commons agrees motion to reform extradition laws

06 December 2011
MPs call on ministers to attempt to change the UK-US extradition treaty and the European arrest warrant

Changes to legal aid delayed

02 December 2011
Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke announces a decision to postpone reforms to legal aid by six months

Asylum qualification directive: better, clearer and more harmonised standards for identifying persons in need of international protection

24 November 2011
Council of the European Union approves amendments to the asylum qualification directive

UKBA: Extension of employment restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals

23 November 2011
Immigration minister announces that controls to restrict Bulgarian and Romanian workers will be extended until the end of 2013

CoE: The right to leave one's country should be applied without discrimination

22 November 2011
Human rights comment from the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights: "the right of the individual to leave his or her country is an established human right"

Migration Advisory Committee publishes report on the family migration route

16 November 2011
New Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report recommends an increase in the minimum income threshold for sponsoring spouses/partners

UKBA: Changes to the shortage occupation list come into effect

14 November 2011
Home Office announces changes to the Tier 2 shortage occupation list

Lord Walker: The Indefinite Article 8

09 November 2011
Full text of Justice of The Supreme Court Lord Walker's Thomas More Lecture on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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