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Home Secretary backs down in mental health court battle

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Date of publication

18 February 2013

Summary

Mental health charity Mind says Home Secretary abandons appeal in the case of HA (Nigeria) on inhuman and degrading treatment in immigration detention

Home Secretary accuses immigration judges of ignoring Parliament's wishes in unprecedented attack

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Date of publication

18 February 2013

Summary

Theresa May says some judges are failing to follow last year's guidance on Article 8 and the deportation of foreign criminals

Immigration minister authorises language analysis for Palestinian, Syrian & Kuwaiti asylum seekers

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Date of publication

15 February 2013

Summary

Mark Harper authorises UKBA to use linguistic analysis for asylum seekers claiming to be of Palestinian national origin or Syrian or Kuwaiti nationality from 20 February

Ministry of Justice: New legal aid paper forms mandatory from 1 April 2013

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Date of publication

14 February 2013

Summary

MoJ press release with information on the introduction of the new civil and crime legal aid forms

Cameron: Government is reviewing access to justice and benefits for migrants

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Date of publication

14 February 2013

Summary

PM says areas of housing, health and benefits are under review to make sure that the UK is not a "soft touch" for migrants and foreign nationals

Asylum Aid call for better legal advice for asylum seekers

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Date of publication

13 February 2013

Summary

Asylum Aid publish three new reports looking at the state of the asylum system and the lack of high quality legal advice

Home Office: Updated 'Migrant Journey' research report published

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Date of publication

12 February 2013

Summary

The third report in the 'Migrant Journey' series provides new analysis on migrants granted entry clearance visas in 2005 and 2006 and migrants granted settlement in 2010 and…

Vince Cable: Britain must be more welcoming to foreigners to attract new wealth

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Date of publication

11 February 2013

Summary

Business secretary says that Britain's future prosperity depends on being open to the investment, ideas, talent and visitors of economic superpowers such as China

Residence rights of durable partners in domestic violence cases

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Date of publication

08 February 2013

Summary

AIRE Centre publish legal guidance on the residence rights of the former partners of European Economic Area ('EEA') nationals where domestic violence has occurred

Interpreting and translation services and Applied Language Solutions contract

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Date of publication

06 February 2013

Summary

Commons Justice Commitee releases report on the outsourcing of court interpreting and finds it to be "shambolic", with Capita-ALS failing to deliver on many aspects

Another critique of the new Immigration Rules' codification of Article 8

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Date of publication

05 February 2013

Written by

Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog

Woeful asylum support pushes children and families into destitution

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Date of publication

30 January 2013

Summary

Children's Society says alarmingly low levels of support are forcing thousands of asylum seekers in the UK into severe poverty

UKBA: Changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route

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Date of publication

30 January 2013

Summary

UKBA press release on changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route which take effect from 31 January

British culture and history at heart of new Life in the UK test

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Date of publication

27 January 2013

Summary

Home Office press release on the publication of an updated Life in the UK test handbook ahead of the introduction of a new test in March

Decisions in Marriage Applications are Reasonable but Chief Inspector Raises Concerns About Backlogs and a Lack of Consideration of the Best Interests of Children

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Date of publication

24 January 2013

Summary

A new report by the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has found UKBA backlogs of over 16,000 cases