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NAO: UK Border Agency and Border Force: Progress in cutting costs and improving performance

17 July 2012
National Audit Office's new report on UKBA finds cost reductions and performance improvements since 2010, but insufficient planning and delayed delivery of key projects have hampered progress

Free Movement: Court of Appeal overturns Country Guidance case on Zimbabwe

16 July 2012
EM and Others (Returnees) Zimbabwe CG [2011] UKUT 98 (IAC) overturned after SSHD agreed that the determination was too legally flawed to stand

EU's European Asylum Support Office (EASO) publishes its first Country of Origin Information (COI) report on Afghanistan

10 July 2012
EASO publishes 'Afghanistan: Taliban Strategies - Recruitment', which intends to give an overview of relevant elements of the Taliban's strategies for the recruitment of armed fighters.

Refugee Council: High Court rules UKBA policy to delay support for asylum seekers is unlawful

10 July 2012
MK & Anor v SSHD [2012] EWHC 1896 (Admin) rules unlawful for UKBA to have a policy that delays offering support to asylum seekers making fresh claims for asylum

Chief Inspector of the UKBA says 'migration refusal pool' of over 150,000 cases is a "national problem"

05 July 2012
Inspector finds UKBA has no "clear strategy" for dealing with a group of more than 150,000 foreign nationals staying on after their visas expire

Free Movement: Immigration judicial reviews to be transferred

04 July 2012
Government to amend Crime and Courts Bill to allow transfer of immigration judicial review cases from the High Court to the Upper Tribunal

OHCHR: Imprisoning migrants is not the answer

04 July 2012
"Immigration detention should never be mandatory or automatic. It should be a measure of last resort," says UN Special Rapporteur

UN expert calls on Turkey and European Union to prioritize human rights of migrants

02 July 2012
Special Rapporteur says pressures on Turkish authorities to control irregular migration should not trump the human rights of migrants

UKBA: Changes to applications from overstayers

29 June 2012
UKBA says from October 2012 if you have overstayed your leave by more than 28 days any application for further leave will be refused

Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation releases report on the Terrorism Acts

26 June 2012
The Independent Reviewer has published his annual report on the operation of terrorism legislation for the year 2011

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