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British Red Cross says destitution on the rise among refugees and asylum seekers

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Date of publication

10 May 2016

Summary

British Red Cross says numbers using its destitution services up by 10%, warns Immigration Bill will force even more families into poverty and destitution

Doctors of the World UK says vulnerable migrants wrongly refused access to GPs

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Date of publication

06 May 2016

Summary

Charity says asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, victims of torture and trafficking are being turned away from GP surgeries

What's 'unduly harsh' on the children and partners of 'foreign criminals' in Article 8 deportation appeals?

Blog post

Date of publication

06 May 2016

Written by

Ben Amunwa, Law mostly

Judgment: R (O) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 19

Blog post

Date of publication

05 May 2016

Written by

Matrix Legal Support Service, UK Supreme Court Blog

Children's Society says needs of destitute migrant children are going unmet

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Date of publication

04 May 2016

Summary

New report finds migrant families with no recourse to public funds are at crisis point

Upper Tribunal grants judicial review brought by unaccompanied Calais children

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Date of publication

03 May 2016

Summary

Bhatt Murphy says judgment provides important clarification that authorities do not have a merely passive role

AIRE Centre crowdsources for legal challenge against Operation Nexus

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Date of publication

27 April 2016

Summary

AIRE Centre says people are facing arbitrary deportation without access to a fair trial

A Journey to the Immigration Tribunal

Blog post

Date of publication

25 April 2016

Written by

Sheila Hayman, Freedom from Torture

Home Secretary supports remaining in EU but wants to leave European Convention on Human Rights

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Date of publication

25 April 2016

Summary

Theresa May calls for UK to leave ECHR to enable reform of human rights laws

Ministry of Justice consultation proposes major fee increases for immigration Tribunal cases

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Date of publication

21 April 2016

Summary

Government proposes up to sixfold increase in fees for First-tier and Upper Tribunals, Immigration and Asylum Chamber

Supreme Court rules power to detain prior to deportation under EEA Regulations is lawful

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Date of publication

20 April 2016

Summary

Court dismisses appeal by EEA national who contended detention pending removal was unlawful

The Tripoli papers and the failure of our justice system to hold government to account

Blog post

Date of publication

20 April 2016

Written by

Ben Amunwa via The Justice Gap

Government defeated in Supreme Court over Legal Aid residence test

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Date of publication

18 April 2016

Summary

Public Law Project appeal against the Legal Aid residence test allowed in Supreme Court

Home Secretary announces 72-hour time limit on the detention of pregnant women

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Date of publication

18 April 2016

Summary

Theresa May says amendment to Immigration Bill will limit detention of pregnant women for immigration purposes

Aid agencies say UK isn't doing enough to protect vulnerable refugees and migrants

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Date of publication

15 April 2016

Summary

Oxfam and others call on the UK to commit to resettle a fair and proportionate share of the world's most vulnerable refugees