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Conservatives' British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities will break formal link between British courts and ECtHR

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03 October 2014

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Conservative Party announces proposals to repeal Human Rights Act and end pre-eminence of ECtHR judgments

Ban Ki-moon: Never before in UN history have we had so many refugees and asylum-seekers

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02 October 2014

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UN Secretary-General says a multitude of global crises has caused a record level of displacement and calls on the international community to respond

IOM, Amnesty International document the perils and growing death toll of irregular migration

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30 September 2014

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New reports by the International Organization for Migration and Amnesty International examine the fatal journeys undertaken by migrants and refugees

New Tribunal Procedure Rules for the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) announced

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29 September 2014

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The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 2005 to be replaced as new Rules, published today, come into force on October 20th

UNHCR: Asylum claims in industrialised countries up 24 per cent in the first half of 2014

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29 September 2014

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UNHCR releases latest Asylum Trends report for first six months of 2014, claims up overall but steady in the UK

EIN 16th AGM to be held on October 24th in London

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24 September 2014

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Notice of EIN's next AGM at Garden Court Chambers, London on Friday, October 24th at 5.30pm

Yvette Cooper says Labour would scrap net migration target, Miliband forgets section of speech on immigration

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24 September 2014

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Shadow Home Secretary says net migration target has completely distorted Government immigration policy and Labour would scrap it

UK and France agree to joint measures to tackle migrants seeking to cross the Channel from Calais

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22 September 2014

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Britain to contribute £12m to improve security at Calais to reduce irregular migration

UNHCR, IOM raise alarm over the growing numbers of migrants dying in the Mediterranean

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17 September 2014

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IOM's Director General says the numbers dying off Europe's coasts are shocking and unacceptable, UNHCR calls it an escalating crisis

Bail for Immigration Detainees report examines the hidden use of prisons for immigration detention

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Date of publication

15 September 2014

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BID says over 1,000 are held in prison for the purposes of immigration detention and are entirely absent from published Home Office statistics

Asylum Information Database (AIDA) publishes annual report on asylum in the EU

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Date of publication

12 September 2014

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AIDA's annual report says there is an urgent need to make it possible for refugees to reach Europe in a safe and legal manner

Changes to immigration and nationality fees

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Date of publication

10 September 2014

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Immigration Minister announces some changes to immigration fees, including the introduction of a new £80 'administrative review' fee

BID publishes latest Home Office guidance on travel document timescales

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08 September 2014

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Home Office guidance on country travel document requirements released following Bail for Immigration Detainees freedom of information request

Trial for landlords to check immigration status of tenants to begin in West Midlands in December

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Date of publication

03 September 2014

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James Brokenshire announces trial scheme to begin in the areas of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell

Net migration to the UK up 39% in year ending March 2014

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Date of publication

03 September 2014

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Latest ONS migration statistics report shows net migration to the UK was 243,000 for year to March 2014, up from 175,000