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Joint Committee on Human Rights says treatment of child migrants has grown worse during current Parliament

24 March 2015
Parliamentary report critical of Government's treatment of migrant children and says legal aid reforms a significant black mark on its human rights record

Asylum claims surge 44% in the EU in 2014

20 March 2015
Large increase in asylum applicants in the EU sees numbers top 600,000, but only a modest increase for the UK

Home Office confirms change to the further submissions process will go ahead

19 March 2015
Following earlier deferral, Home Office says all further submissions will have to be made in person in Liverpool from 30 March 2015

New House of Commons Library briefing on measures to limit migrants' access to benefits

16 March 2015
New briefing as Social Security Advisory Committee warns withdrawal of Universal Credit from EEA nationals could lead to a significant number of families suffering hardship

New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules aims to deter Syrian asylum seekers

16 March 2015
Government removes the transit without visa exemption in respect of Syrian citizens in order to deter asylum seekers fleeing war zone

Justice Committee says Government's civil legal aid reforms have failed in three of their four objectives

12 March 2015
Parliamentary committee says legal aid cuts have harmed access to justice for some litigants and have not delivered better value for money

House of Lords Committee says UK may not be meeting its human rights obligations in extradition process

10 March 2015
New report raises concerns over the system of accepting assurances to offset the risk of extradition leading to human rights abuse

Supreme Court dismisses Secretary of State's appeal on designated state status of Jamaica and risk to homosexuals

04 March 2015
Court hands down judgment in R (on the application of Jamar Brown (Jamaica)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] UKSC 8

Parliamentary report says immigration detention used too frequently and calls for 28 day limit

03 March 2015
All Party Parliamentary Groups on refugees and migration release report following inquiry into the use of immigration detention

Channel 4 News investigation raises fresh concerns over Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre

02 March 2015
Undercover investigation reveals racist, sexist and violent attitudes by guards at notorious immigration removal centre

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