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IPPR: Ed Miliband outlines Labour's new approach to immigration

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Date of publication

22 June 2012

Summary

Full text of Ed Miliband's June 22nd speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research on his immigration policy

UNHCR: Global Trends Report: 800,000 new refugees in 2011, highest this century

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Date of publication

18 June 2012

Summary

UNHCR says 2011 "saw suffering on an epic scale" and resulted in more people becoming refugees than at any time since 2000

Schengen: MEPs raise concerns over threat to freedom of movement

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Date of publication

14 June 2012

Summary

European Parliament worried that the fundamental freedom of free movement may be under attack following June 7th agreement on border controls

The new immigration rules on family migration and Article 8 ECHR - initial analysis

Blog post

Date of publication

13 June 2012

Written by

Ed Mynott

European Commissioner responsible for Home Affairs: "Migration is an opportunity, not a threat"

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Date of publication

11 June 2012

Summary

Speech given by Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner responsible for Home Affairs, at the recent 'Global Hearing on Refugees and Migration'

Home Office: Radical immigration changes to reform family visas

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Date of publication

11 June 2012

Summary

Home Office press release on "major overhaul of family migration": Parliament to set Article 8 guidance for deportations, and a new £18,600 earning requirement to be…

The European Network on Statelessness has been launched

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Date of publication

08 June 2012

Summary

A new civil society alliance committed to addressing statelessness in Europe has been launched

Asylum Aid: Gender-sensitive asylum systems across Europe

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Date of publication

30 May 2012

Summary

New report finds vast and worrying disparities in the way different EU States handle gender-related asylum claims

Women for Refugee Women: The experiences of women denied asylum in the UK

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Date of publication

28 May 2012

Summary

Women for Refugee Women release new report, Refused, on the experiences of women who have been denied asylum in the UK

Medical Justice report: "The Second Torture": The Immigration Detention of Torture Survivors

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Date of publication

22 May 2012

Summary

Medical Justice says victims of torture are routinely being held in immigration detention centres in breach of the government's own rules

Criminal offences covered by the concept of "particularly serious crime" may justify deporting an EU citizen

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Date of publication

22 May 2012

Summary

ECJ press release following the judgment in PI v Oberbürgermeisterin der Stadt Remscheid: a "particularly serious crime" may justify deporting an EU citizen, even if that…

UNHCR publishes a comparative study on the interpretation of "Particular Social Group"

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Date of publication

15 May 2012

Summary

UNHCR has published a comparative study of how jurisprudence has developed in the last decade in relation to the interpretation of Convention Ground "Particular Social Group"…

Immigration and asylum policy: Government plans and progress made

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Date of publication

11 May 2012

Summary

House of Commons Library report providing an overview of the Government's immigration and asylum policy priorities, and the progress it has made so far in implementing them

Freedom of Religion - A significant new AG opinion?

Blog post

Date of publication

10 May 2012

Written by

Ed Mynott

Removing full right of appeal for family visitors

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Date of publication

10 May 2012

Summary

A clause in the Crime and Courts Bill, published on 10 May 2012, will remove the full right of appeal for those applying to enter the UK as a family visitor. Subject to Parliamentary…