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Health Secretary to tackle foreign nationals use of free NHS services

01 July 2013
Jeremy Hunt to announce new plans to stop migrants using NHS to get free treatment, but estimates of cost of "health tourists" varies from £12m to £200m

New report highlights widespread poverty amongst refugees and asylum seekers

27 June 2013
North East Child Poverty Commission and the Regional Refugee Forum North East report says asylum seekers are a "forgotten poor"

Home Office to pilot immigration bond scheme... when the Lib Dems agree

26 June 2013
Visitors from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Ghana to pay bond from November under Home Office plans but Lib Dems yet to sign off the details

Improvements Made in Handling of Legacy Asylum Cases but Further Work Required

26 June 2013
Independent Chief Inspector issues new report on the Home Office's progress made on legacy asylum and migration cases

Home Office: Right of appeal for family visit visas abolished

25 June 2013
From today, there will be no right of appeal against the refusal of a family visit visa application, unless the appeal is on human rights or race discrimination grounds

MPs debate family migration rules

20 June 2013
Commons debate on the new family migration rules hears calls for their urgent review

President of the Supreme Court warns that new legal aid regime will drive out the best lawyers

19 June 2013
Full text of Lord Neuberger's speech to the Institute for Government

Medical Justice: Detaining migrant pregnant women seriously damages their health and puts their babies at risk

17 June 2013
New report exposes the "injustice and ineffectiveness of detaining pregnant women for immigration purposes"

EC's 4th Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum reveals asylum up 10% in the EU

17 June 2013
European Commission's latest annual report on immigration and asylum in the EU finds 2012 saw a nearly 10% increase in the number of asylum applications

European Parliament adopts several measures that form the future Common European Asylum System

12 June 2013
Today's European Parliament vote is a crucial step towards a common system for handling asylum applications in the EU

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