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JCWI: A note on the cap judgment and its implications

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22 Dec 2010: JCWI outlines the the implications of Lord Justice Sullivan's and Justice Burton's ruling that the coalition government's temporary immigration cap on non-EU migrants had…

Immigration and asylum policy: the Coalition Government's plans

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18 Jan 2011: This House of Commons Library paper summarises recent Government statements about its intentions for immigration and asylum policy, and specific changes which it has…

European Court of Human Rights rules returns to Greece violate human rights

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21 Jan 2011: The European Court of Human Rights has held that returning asylum-seekers to Greece under the Dublin II Regulation is a violation of the European Convention on Human…

Supreme Court landmark ruling allows mother to remain in UK

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01 Feb 2011: Supreme Court press summary following the judgment in ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD. The court ruled that an illegal immigrant from Tanzania has the right to stay in the UK because…

UNHCR chief addresses European Court of Human Rights

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31 Jan 2011: UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has warned that Europe's human rights agenda is coming under increasing strain from the pressure of the global economic…

New Immigration Fees and Rules from today

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06 April 2011: New immigration fees in place and Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 863 takes effect today.

UNHCR: Italy, Malta receive first boats from Libya, stretching asylum capacity

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25 March 2011: UNHCR reports on the first boat arrivals into Europe directly from Libya since the outbreak of conflict. Over 2,000 non-Libyans are said to have arrived in Italy and…

CHRISTOPHER EDGE MA LLB (1965-2007); Obituary

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A conscientious student of human rights law, generous supporter of human rights organisations and exceptional voluntary editorial assistant to EIN. Died tragically, June 8th 2007.

UK Anti-trafficking measures 'not fit for purpose' and breach international law

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16 June 2010: A major new report by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group finds that the UK’s new anti-trafficking measures are “not fit for purpose” and the government is breaching…

Supreme Court rules in favour of gay asylum seekers

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07 July 2010: The Supreme Court of the United Kingom has unanimously ruled that two gay men from Iran and Cameroon have the right to asylum in Britain.

Fast-track deportation of foreign nationals declared unlawful

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26 July 2010: The fast-track deportation of foreign nationals refused permission to remain in the UK has been declared unlawful by the High Court. A judge ruled that the Home Office…

Medical Justice: 'State Sponsored Cruelty': Children in immigration detention

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09 Sept 2010: Medical Justice has published its report "State Sponsored Cruelty: Children in immigration detention", presenting the key findings from the UK's first large scale…

Damian Green: The Real Immigration Question

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07 Sept 2010: Full transcript of the speech by Immigration Minister Damian Green at the Royal Commonwealth Society.

CoE Human Rights Commissioner: Dublin Regulation undermines refugee rights

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22 Sept 2010: The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner writes that "the gravely dysfunctional asylum procedures in Greece have brought the Dublin system to a genuine collapse…

UNHCR calls upon states to recognize the needs of people persecuted over sexual orientation or gender identity

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01 Oct 2010: The UNHCR has today called upon states to recognize the needs of people persecuted over sexuality. UNHCR also says that it is revising its policies.