Locked up and shipped out: Fast track asylum
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Date of publication
24 July 2014
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National Audit Office concerned by backlogs and IT systems at Home Office immigration directorates
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Date of publication
22 July 2014
Summary
New NAO report examines performance of directorates that replaced the former UK Border Agency in March 2013
Minimum income rules for immigrants do not breach human rights – Appeal Court
Blog post
Date of publication
18 July 2014
Written by
Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog
Updated House of Commons Library report on the financial (minimum income) requirement for partner visas
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Date of publication
18 July 2014
Summary
Following High Court judgment allowing Secretary of State's appeal against MM, House of Commons Library updates report on financial requirements for spouse/partner visas
Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration releases three reports on asylum
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Date of publication
16 July 2014
Summary
New reports examine the Home Office's asylum team in Cardiff, the asylum support system and the non-suspensive appeals process for ‘clearly unfounded’ claims
Divisional Court rules legal aid residence test is unlawful, discriminatory and impossible to justify
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Date of publication
15 July 2014
Summary
A specially convened three-judge Divisional Court has today ruled that the legal aid residence test is unlawful
Department of Health: Migrants to be charged 150% of the cost of NHS treatment
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Date of publication
14 July 2014
Summary
Department of Health says non-EEA visitors will be charged for their NHS care plus an extra 50 per cent under a new scheme to begin in spring 2015
Secretary of State's appeal against MM on minimum income requirement for partner visas allowed
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Date of publication
11 July 2014
Summary
Judgment in appeal against MM, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1900 (Admin) handed down today
New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules announced
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Date of publication
10 July 2014
Summary
Changes will implement restrictions on ability of Tier 4 (Student) and Tier 1 (Post Study Work) migrants to make in-country applications for extension as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)
Detention Action: Landmark High Court ruling finds the operation of the Detained Fast Track asylum system is unlawful
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Date of publication
09 July 2014
Summary
High Court rules Detained Fast Track system as operated carries an unacceptably high risk of unfairness after legal challenge by Detention Action
Parliamentary inquiry launched into the use of immigration detention
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Date of publication
08 July 2014
Summary
Inquiry launched to examine the use of detention in the UK immigration and asylum systems as UNHCR calls for such practices to end
Seeking asylum is a human right, not a crime
Blog post
Date of publication
07 July 2014
Written by
Maurice Wren, Refugee Council
European Asylum Support Office releases annual report on asylum in the EU
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Date of publication
07 July 2014
Summary
2013 Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union reveals 435,760 persons applied for international protection in the EU in 2013
Asylum Aid questions use of Internal Protection Alternative in UK asylum cases
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Date of publication
04 July 2014
Summary
New Asylum Aid report examines how, in decision making at all levels, internal protection is applied and its safety and reasonableness assessed
Migration Observatory examines highly skilled migration to the UK
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Date of publication
03 July 2014
Summary
New Migration Observatory report analyses how the migration of highly skilled workers to the UK has changed in the years 2007-2013