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ECtHR and EU Fundamental Rights Agency launch Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration

11 June 2013
New publication is a comprehensive guide to European law in the areas of asylum, borders and immigration, taking into account both ECtHR and ECJ case law

All Party Parliamentary Group on Migration publishes report on the impacts of new rules on family migration

10 June 2013
Report follows an inquiry which heard claims that the new rules were "tearing families apart" and had "unintended consequences" for high earning migrants

ECJ: unaccompanied children should not be returned to other EU states

06 June 2013
Court of Justice of the European Union rules in MA and Others that the 'Dublin II' Regulation does not apply to unaccompanied children seeking asylum

ECJ: The essence of the reasons for a decision refusing entry into a Member State must be disclosed to the person concerned

05 June 2013
Court of Justice of the European Union judgment released in the case of ZZ v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Amnesty International: legal aid reforms constitute an unprecedented threat to justice

04 June 2013
Human rights group warns reforms could decimate access to justice for the most vulnerable people

Children's Society warns refugee and migrant children face being made destitute by legal aid reforms

03 June 2013
Charity says residency tests will mean abandoned migrant and trafficked children will be left destitute

European Commission to take UK to court over discriminatory benefits policy for EU nationals

30 May 2013
EC says UK's so-called "right to reside" benefits test is a breach of EU law

Ninety leading barristers warn further limits on legal aid will "seriously undermine" the rule of law in Britain

29 May 2013
In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, QCs say legal aid cuts will leave many of society's most vulnerable people without access to legal advice and representation

EU border management: "More attention must be given to the human rights of migrants" - UN expert

28 May 2013
Press release by the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on the management of the external borders of the EU and its impact on the human rights of migrants

Office of National Statistics finds net migration has significantly lowered

23 May 2013
Latest ONS data shows net flow of 153,000 migrants, the lowest figures in a decade, according to the Migration Observatory

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