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Slight increase in net migration in 2015 as emigration declines more than immigration

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Date of publication

26 May 2016

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Net migration to UK was 333,000 in 2015, 20,000 more than 2014 as emigration declines by 22,000

Bar Standards Board publishes thematic review into immigration advice and services

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Date of publication

24 May 2016

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BSB review highlights concerns of the Bar over barriers to accessing justice in immigration and asylum law

Refugee Council says newly recognised refugees in England face homelessness and hunger

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23 May 2016

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New report calls on the Government to do more to ensure that refugees who have been granted asylum are given much more help to find accommodation

European Court of Human Rights rules lack of a time-limit for immigration detention is not a human rights breach

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Date of publication

19 May 2016

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Court finds system of immigration detention in the UK does not, in principle, breach Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Convention

UN Special Rapporteur says suffering of migrants in Greece shows Europe's lack of political will

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Date of publication

18 May 2016

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Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants completes 5-day visit to Greece, finds asylum system struggling to cope with demand

Full text of the Immigration Act 2016 now available

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Date of publication

17 May 2016

Summary

Legislation.gov.uk publishes 236-page PDF file of the new the Immigration Act 2016

Immigration Bill receives Royal Assent: the Immigration Act 2016 is here

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Date of publication

13 May 2016

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The Immigration Bill 2015/16 completes its passage through Parliament to become law

Office for National Statistics says short term migrants largely account for National Insurance discrepancy

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Date of publication

12 May 2016

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ONS explains why National Insurance Numbers being registered has been higher than the number of people estimated as migrating to the UK

Notice to EIN members: The Immigration Rules now available on EIN

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Date of publication

11 May 2016

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EIN now hosts a copy of the current Immigration Rules in their entirety, with all parts from the Introduction to Appendix V

British Red Cross says destitution on the rise among refugees and asylum seekers

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Date of publication

10 May 2016

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British Red Cross says numbers using its destitution services up by 10%, warns Immigration Bill will force even more families into poverty and destitution

Doctors of the World UK says vulnerable migrants wrongly refused access to GPs

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Date of publication

06 May 2016

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Charity says asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, victims of torture and trafficking are being turned away from GP surgeries

Children's Society says needs of destitute migrant children are going unmet

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Date of publication

04 May 2016

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New report finds migrant families with no recourse to public funds are at crisis point

Upper Tribunal grants judicial review brought by unaccompanied Calais children

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Date of publication

03 May 2016

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Bhatt Murphy says judgment provides important clarification that authorities do not have a merely passive role

AIRE Centre crowdsources for legal challenge against Operation Nexus

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Date of publication

27 April 2016

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AIRE Centre says people are facing arbitrary deportation without access to a fair trial

Home Secretary supports remaining in EU but wants to leave European Convention on Human Rights

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Date of publication

25 April 2016

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Theresa May calls for UK to leave ECHR to enable reform of human rights laws