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EC says new European Migration Strategy being prepared as death toll of migrants in the Mediterranean rises

20 April 2015
European Commission says new strategy to be adopted in May in response to over 1,000 migrant deaths in the Mediterranean in recent days

Upper Tribunal to hear important judicial review on whether it is safe to return people to Afghanistan

16 April 2015
Duncan Lewis legal challenge will argue escalation of violence means no return to Afghanistan can be considered safe

Conservative manifesto repeats pledge on cutting net migration, says 'deport first, appeal later' will extend to all undocumented migrants

14 April 2015
Conservatives pledge to extend the 'deport first, appeal later' rule to all non-asylum immigration appeals and judicial reviews by illegal immigrants

Labour manifesto says border controls need strengthening, low-skilled migration needs to come down

13 April 2015
Labour Party manifesto sets out the party's pledges on immigration ahead of election, including ending indefinite immigration detention

'I Am An Immigrant' poster campaign aims to challenge negative political rhetoric on migrants

09 April 2015
JCWI/Movement Against Xenophobia posters to appear at stations across the UK with the message that it is time to celebrate, not vilify migrants

Inderpal Rahal Memorial Trust award for 2015

08 April 2015
Applications open for award of £2,000 toward legal study costs for women from an immigrant or refugee background

High Court dismisses appeal against deportation by Nigerian LGBT rights campaigner Aderonke Apata

07 April 2015
Court says high-profile Nigerian lesbian can be deported, agreeing with earlier Tribunal finding that her sexuality was fabricated, but case to now go to Court of Appeal

NHS charges for migrants being introduced from today

06 April 2015
Nationals from outside the EEA coming to the UK for longer than six months will need to pay a health surcharge from today

Doctors of the World UK says unacceptable inequality leaves pregnant migrants afraid to access health care

30 March 2015
New report examines the experiences of pregnant migrant women receiving ante/peri and postnatal care in the UK

Announced 30% reduction in asylum support rates for children revoked

27 March 2015
Planned asylum support reduction for under-16s under new "economies of scale" methodology now revoked

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