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High Court finds detained fast track system breaches the rights of potential victims of trafficking

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Date of publication

21 July 2015

Summary

Home Office concedes that it was acting incompatibly with its legal duties when subjecting individuals with clear indicators of trafficking to the fast track process

Home Offices announces changes to Tier 1 Investor and Entrepreneur visa application requirements to target foreign criminals

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Date of publication

20 July 2015

Summary

Tier 1 visa applicants to be required to produce overseas criminal record certificate for every country they have lived in for the past 10 years

House of Commons Library updates briefing on the financial (minimum income) requirement for partner visas

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Date of publication

20 July 2015

Summary

Updated briefing on Immigration Rules' income threshold as Supreme Court set to hear the appeal in MM and Others in early 2016

Asylum support payments for families set to be reduced

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Date of publication

16 July 2015

Summary

All asylum seekers, whether adults or children, will receive a payment of £36.95 from 10 August

High Court finds the Exceptional Case Funding scheme is operating unlawfully

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Date of publication

15 July 2015

Summary

Mr Justice Collins says Legal Aid Agency's Exceptional Case Funding scheme is unlawful and causing suffering in a way that Parliament cannot have intended

Theresa May announces new measures to make Calais more secure

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Date of publication

15 July 2015

Summary

Government to build "secure zone" in Calais for British-bound lorries in response to the increasing numbers of migrants

Supreme Court: 'Ravichandran is Sound'

Blog post

Date of publication

14 July 2015

Written by

Asad Ali Khan, United Kingdom Immigration Law Blog

New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules to tackle abuse in Tier 4 student visa system

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Date of publication

13 July 2015

Summary

Students wishing to stay on in Britain and work will be required to first leave the country, students at publicly funded colleges will be prevented from working

British Red Cross calls for legal aid to be made available in refugee family reunion

Latest news

Date of publication

09 July 2015

Summary

New report says family reunion is not a straightforward process and the lack of legal aid is keeping loved ones apart

European Asylum Support Office releases annual report on asylum in the EU

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Date of publication

08 July 2015

Summary

EASO says 2014 saw more than 660,000 applications for international protection in the EU, the highest since data collection began

Garden Court: Yet another court ruling finds the detained fast track process unlawful

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Date of publication

03 July 2015

Summary

High Court rules Home Office acted unlawfully by failing to identify vulnerable asylum seekers not suitable for the fast track process

Government temporarily suspends the detained fast track asylum process

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Date of publication

02 July 2015

Summary

James Brokenshire announces fast track system will be suspended until risk of unfairness is minimised

UNHCR: The Mediterranean 'migrant' crisis is primarily a refugee crisis

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Date of publication

01 July 2015

Summary

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says most of those crossing the Mediterranean Sea into Europe are fleeing from war, conflict or persecution

The Guardian: detained asylum seekers will be able to apply for bail

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Date of publication

30 June 2015

Summary

Failed asylum seekers in immigration detention centres will soon be able to apply to be freed on bail as fast track system found unlawful

Asylum is a high hurdle. Can aspirants for UK try the Convention on Human Trafficking instead?

Blog post

Date of publication

26 June 2015

Written by

Hannah Noyce, UK Human Rights Blog