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The Times: London Metropolitan University set to lose its licence to sponsor visas

28 August 2012
London Metropolitan University sets up hotline for international students following reports that UKBA is set to revoke the university's Highly Trusted Sponsor status.

UKBA to set up new database to tackle 150,000+ 'migration refusal pool'

22 August 2012
Letters to be sent to those in the 'migration refusal pool' warning that they face deportation if they do not leave within 28 days

Athletes seek asylum after Olympics

15 August 2012
Four Eritrean athletes claim asylum following London 2012 Olympics, a number of other African athletes reported "missing"

Chief Inspector of Prisons: Dover Immigration Removal Centre - some improvements

15 August 2012
Chief Inspector of Prisons report finds poor quality of information provided by UKBA to detainees and lack of adequate support to help detainees prepare for release or removal

Rights groups concerned as Greek police round-up thousands of 'irregular migrants'

08 August 2012
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch report that thousands of foreigners presumed to be undocumented migrants have been rounded up and detained in Athens

National asylum charity calls for legal aid reform and greater access to justice

06 August 2012
Refugee Action says research in SW England found 4 out of 5 asylum seekers refused legal aid were wrongly refused

ILGA-Europe: Statement on pending preliminary rulings by CJEU regarding alleged persecution on the ground of sexual orientation

02 August 2012
ILGA-Europe's statement on three requests of preliminary rulings by the European Court of Justice on the interpretation of Directive 2004/83/EC in the case of persecution on the ground of sexual orientation.

Next steps for the European Migration Network

01 August 2012
European Commission publishes report on possible future developments of the EMN, a network that provides information on migration and asylum in the EU

Press summary: Supreme Court judgment in case of RT (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 38

25 July 2012
Supreme Court rules that HJ (Iran) principle applies to applicants who claim asylum on the grounds of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of lack of political belief

Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made

24 July 2012
Full text of the latest House of Commons Library report on the government's immigration policy

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