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Children seeking safety in UK face damaging culture of doubt

21 September 2012
New Children’s Society report finds many of UKBA’s practices fail to take into account the needs of asylum-seeking children fleeing war, turmoil and violence

Capita wins £40m contract to track down migrants who have overstayed their visas

19 September 2012
Media report that private-sector “bounty hunters” win contract to find more than 170,000 overstayers listed on UKBA's Migrant Refusal Pool

Asylum seekers: no transfers to EU countries unable to cope

19 September 2012
European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee endorses changes to update the "Dublin" regulation

Torture fears as hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamils face removal from the UK

14 September 2012
Media reports UKBA is planning mass removal of Tamils to Sri Lanka next week, as Freedom from Torture releases new briefing with evidence of torture of previous returnees

UKBA issues new guidance on Tier 1 (Exceptional talent) and how to handle cases in the wake of the Alvi judgement

12 September 2012
UKBA has revised its Tier 1 (Exceptional talent) guidance and issued new guidance on on how to handle applications for leave affected by the Supreme Court judgment in Alvi

Asylum policy: MEPs call for fair shares and solidarity

11 September 2012
European Parliament calls for more money for asylum policy, joint processing of asylum applications and a stronger role for EASO

Certain forms of serious interference with the public manifestation of religion may constitute persecution for reasons of religion

05 September 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union press release following the judgment in Germany v Y and Z (Joined Cases C-71/11 and C-99/11) on right to freedom of religion

UKBA: Changes to the Immigration Rules

05 September 2012
UKBA press release on further changes to the Immigration Rules coming in from 6th September, including changes in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Alvi

Commons Public Accounts Committee reports on the student immigration points based system

04 September 2012
Report says poorly planned and ill-thought out course of action by UKBA over student visas resulted in chaos and high level of abuse

UKBA: Changes to applications from overstayers from 1 October 2012

04 September 2012
UKBA press release noting that new rules will apply to applications for further leave under non-family migration routes from 1st October

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