High Court quashes guidance on deporting EEA nationals who are sleeping rough
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Government ministers preparing to remove foreign students from the official migration statistics
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Home Office believes it is inevitable that Parliament will get a vote on the matter
Over a million refugees and migrants make crossing to Europe in 2015, forced displacement at record levels
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IOM says 2015 sees the biggest migration flow since World War II
Home Affairs Select Committee says Tier 2 visa cap is not working as intended
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Parliamentary Committee says immigration cap does not fit and may even be counter-productive
Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration releases reports on illegal working and removals
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Chief Inspector publishes 'An Inspection of How the Home Office Tackles Illegal Working' and 'An Inspection of Removals'
International Migrants’ Day – Friday 18 December 2015
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Francois Crepeau and Francisco Carrión Mena, UN OHCHR
European Commission announces plans for a new European Border and Coast Guard
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EC proposes new border force and introduction of border checks for all people entering or exiting Schengen area
The Observer: Legal challenge for refugees in Calais with family members in the UK
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Court hears challenge by four Syrian children seeking to be reunited with their families
Over 400,000 asylum application in the EU in the third quarter of 2015
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Increase of more than 150% compared to corresponding period in 2014, UK applications increase by 32%
Applications for Tier 1 (Investor) visas see sharp drop in 2015
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Investor visa applications decline by 83% in the first nine months of 2015 compared to 2014
Immigration Bill: Government side-steps calls for humanitarian balance
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Alina Müller, Migrants' Rights Network
High Court quashes decision to refuse citizenship to family of Islamist extremist
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Mr Justice Ouseley finds Home Secretary acted irrationally in refusing naturalisation to deter extremism
Telegraph: Chancellor indicates students may be removed from net migration figures
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Osborne says public do not back current definition of students as migrants
British Dental Association says x-rays should not be used to establish age of young asylum seekers
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BDA vigorously opposes using dental X-rays to determine whether asylum seekers are 18
Case Comment: R (Ali) v SSHD; R (Bibi) v SSHD [2015] UKSC 68
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Nick Armstrong, UK Supreme Court Blog