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Chief Inspector releases findings from spot-checks on Home Office

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Date of publication

15 August 2013

Summary

Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration releases report following new initiative to check previously inspected areas of Home Office

New UNHCR Guidelines for asylum seekers from Afghanistan

Blog post

Date of publication

13 August 2013

Written by

John Kelly

No obligation enforceable within the UK to oblige government to comply with Strasbourg

Blog post

Date of publication

12 August 2013

Written by

Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog

Shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant delivers major speech on immigration

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Date of publication

12 August 2013

Summary

Full text of immigration speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research by Labour's Chris Bryant

Home Office agrees to conduct consultations ahead of any further "go home" campaigns

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Date of publication

12 August 2013

Summary

Home Office writes to Deighton Pierce Glynn after threat of legal action over "go home" van campaign, says no more without prior consultations

Sir John Thomas refers immigration law firm to the Solicitors Regulation Authority

Latest news

Date of publication

09 August 2013

Summary

Queen's Bench President refers firm for personal contempt shown by solicitor and for misleading Court over deportation cases

Migration Observatory: Most common word used to describe immigrants in British press is 'illegal'

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Date of publication

08 August 2013

Summary

Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford publishes results of comprehensive analysis of how British press describe immigration and migrants

Switzerland introduces segregation for asylum seekers

Latest news

Date of publication

07 August 2013

Summary

A number of Swiss towns adopt draconian restrictions on the movements of asylum seekers

Liberty urges Home Office to "think again" after high profile immigration campaign

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Date of publication

06 August 2013

Summary

Civil liberties group sending out its own van with message saying "Stirring up tension and division in the UK illegally? Home Office, think again"

Home Office in new controversy over spot-checks for 'illegal immigrants'

Latest news

Date of publication

02 August 2013

Summary

Critics concerned border enforcement officers are using "racial profiling" in latest actions against migrants in the UK with no legal status

Choppy waters for Britain's latest 'bloody foreigners'

Blog post

Date of publication

01 August 2013

Written by

John Kelly

Channel 4 News: A thousand or more asylum seekers may have been wrongly convicted for using false passports

Latest news

Date of publication

30 July 2013

Summary

Court of Appeal quashes criminal convictions of five asylum seekers in case brought by Criminal Cases Review Commission

Government says "go home" van campaign is working despite facing court action and numerous criticisms

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Date of publication

30 July 2013

Summary

Van urging immigrants without legal status to "go home" seen as offensive and racist by some, but Downing Street considering deploying it nationwide

Parliamentary committee says UK migration statistics are "blunt instruments" and not accurate enough

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Date of publication

28 July 2013

Summary

New report by the Commons Public Administration Select Committee criticises a number of aspects of the way migration statistics are calculated

Home Office will appeal High Court ruling on the minimum income threshold for non-EEA spouses

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Date of publication

28 July 2013

Summary

Secretary of State to pursue appeal in MM, which found Immigration Rules' earnings threshold amounted to a disproportionate interference with family life