Home Office may detain illegal entrant who appears to be over 18
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Date of publication
15 July 2013
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Home Affairs Committee says the Home Office's backlog of immigration cases tops half a million
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Date of publication
15 July 2013
Summary
Home Affairs Committee's latest report on the work of now abolished UKBA says new backlog of 190,000 cases brings total to 502,462
Sir John Thomas issues fresh warning to lawyers over "hopeless" appeals against deportation of asylum seekers
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Date of publication
12 July 2013
Summary
President of the Queen's Bench Division warns lawyers over a number of problems seen by the High Court in asylum deportation cases
Higher Education Better Regulation Group releases comprehensive study on the cost of the student visa regime
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Date of publication
11 July 2013
Summary
HEBRG says UK universities spent £67m in 2012-13 to meet Home Office requirements
Prospective Students to the UK Face a Subjective Interview Process
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Date of publication
09 July 2013
Written by
Sonia Moran, United Kingdom Educational Advisory Service
Attacks from House of Lords and High Court build momentum of family migration campaign
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Date of publication
08 July 2013
Written by
Ruth Grove-White, Migrants' Rights Network
EASO releases Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union
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Date of publication
08 July 2013
Summary
European Asylum Support Office releases comprehensive overview of the situation of asylum in the EU in 2012, reveals asylum applications up 11%
High Court finds family immigration rules are not unlawful but the earnings threshold amounts to a disproportionate interference with family life
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Date of publication
05 July 2013
Summary
High Court hands down judgment in MM & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Abolition of family visitor visa appeal rights
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Date of publication
05 July 2013
Summary
Full text of House of Commons Library report on Section 52 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and the abolition of the full right of appeal in family visitor visa cases
Government unveils proposals to restrict migrants access to health and housing
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Date of publication
04 July 2013
Summary
Consultations on restricting migrants access to the NHS and housing launched ahead of Immigration Bill aimed at making life more difficult for "illegal migrants"
Home Office: Latest changes to the Immigration Rules now in effect; Position of Croatian nationals in the UK
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Date of publication
02 July 2013
Summary
Changes to the Immigration Rules take effect and changes to the position of Croatian nationals following Croatia's accession to the European Union
Health Secretary to tackle foreign nationals use of free NHS services
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Date of publication
01 July 2013
Summary
Jeremy Hunt to announce new plans to stop migrants using NHS to get free treatment, but estimates of cost of "health tourists" varies from £12m to £200m
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Conference 2013 - views from an English lawyer
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Date of publication
28 June 2013
Written by
Gary McIndoe, Latitude Law
New report highlights widespread poverty amongst refugees and asylum seekers
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Date of publication
27 June 2013
Summary
North East Child Poverty Commission and the Regional Refugee Forum North East report says asylum seekers are a "forgotten poor"
Improvements Made in Handling of Legacy Asylum Cases but Further Work Required
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Date of publication
26 June 2013
Summary
Independent Chief Inspector issues new report on the Home Office's progress made on legacy asylum and migration cases