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Health Secretary to tackle foreign nationals use of free NHS services

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Date of publication

01 July 2013

Summary

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

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Date of publication

27 June 2013

Summary

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

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

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Date of publication

26 June 2013

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

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

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Date of publication

26 June 2013

Summary

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

Home Office: Right of appeal for family visit visas abolished

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Date of publication

25 June 2013

Summary

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

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Date of publication

20 June 2013

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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

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Date of publication

19 June 2013

Summary

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

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

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Date of publication

17 June 2013

Summary

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

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

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Date of publication

17 June 2013

Summary

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

In their best interests?

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Date of publication

12 June 2013

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Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes report on the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children in the United Kingdom

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

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Date of publication

12 June 2013

Summary

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

Home Office announces changes to the Immigration Rules

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Date of publication

11 June 2013

Summary

A number of minor changes to the Immigration Rules have been published which will come into force on 1 July 2013

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

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Date of publication

11 June 2013

Summary

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

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Date of publication

10 June 2013

Summary

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

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Date of publication

06 June 2013

Summary

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