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UNHCR: Asylum applications jump to their highest levels since 2001

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Date of publication

21 March 2014

Summary

Asylum Trends 2013 report shows asylum applications in 2013 were up 28 per cent over 2012, with Syria now the main country of origin

Report finds immigrant detainees face disproportionate force and restraint while being deported

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Date of publication

20 March 2014

Summary

Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons releases report on 'Monitoring places of detention'

Getting the Facts for Migrants and the Courts

Blog post

Date of publication

18 March 2014

Written by

Geoffrey Care

New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules brings changes to Points-Based System

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Date of publication

13 March 2014

Summary

Minister for immigration announces package of changes to Points-Based System work routes

New report on minimum income requirement for partner visas as court hears Home Office appeal

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Date of publication

12 March 2014

Summary

Updated House of Commons Library Standard Note on the financial (minimum income) requirement for partner visas, Court of Appeal hears appeal in MM

Court of Justice of the European Union clarifies rules on residence rights of non-EU family members of EU citizens

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Date of publication

12 March 2014

Summary

New ECJ cases on Article 21 TFEU and Directive 2004/38 on residence rights of third-country nationals who are family members of an EU citizen

Supreme Court rules on EU conditions for asylum seekers

Blog post

Date of publication

10 March 2014

Written by

Dominic Ruck Keene, UK Human Rights Blog

New Immigration Minster delivers first speech

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Date of publication

06 March 2014

Summary

Full text of James Brokenshire's first speech on immigration

Cross-Government report on impact of migration on UK native employment published

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Date of publication

06 March 2014

Summary

Government report at centre of recent controversy published, finds "relatively little evidence" that migration has caused significant displacement of UK natives from jobs

Government accused of withholding report on immigration's impact on UK jobs

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Date of publication

05 March 2014

Summary

BBC's Newsnight says a new cross-governmental report found the number of UK workers unemployed as a consequence of immigration is lower than previously claimed

Joint Committee on Human Rights concerned by Immigration Bill's powers to make British citizens stateless

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Date of publication

03 March 2014

Summary

Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights issues its second report on the Immigration Bill, expresses significant concerns over new powers contained in Clause 60

Latest migration statistics show a significant increase in net migration

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Date of publication

27 February 2014

Summary

ONS figures show net migration was 212,000 in the year ending September 2013, up from 154,000 the previous year

UKBA website archived today as move to GOV.UK is completed

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Date of publication

26 February 2014

Summary

Home Office says all content from the former UK Border Agency (UKBA) website has now been successfully moved across to GOV.UK

Home Office issues new visa fees table to correct earlier errors

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Date of publication

26 February 2014

Summary

Minister for Immigration announces new visa fees table to correct errors in February 3rd written ministerial statement

Migration Advisory Committee examines the Tier 1 (Investor) route and is sceptical of the benefits

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Date of publication

25 February 2014

Summary

MAC publishes new report on Tier 1 (Investor) visas and expresses "healthy scepticism concerning the benefits normally asserted"