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UKBA: Government 'rolls out the red carpet' for entrepreneurs and investors

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16 March 2011: The Home Office announces that foreign entrepreneurs and investors are being given an extra incentive to come to the UK today by new visa rules, which will reward those…

European court demands halt to forcible return of Iraqi asylum seekers

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05 Nov 2010: The Guardian reports that the European Court of Human Rights has demanded a halt to the forcible return of Iraqi asylum seekers.

Government sets first annual limit for non-European workers

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23 Nov 2010: The Home Secretary announces new measures that will strictly control the numbers that can come to the UK and work from outside Europe.

JCWI: A note on the cap judgment and its implications

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22 Dec 2010: JCWI outlines the the implications of Lord Justice Sullivan's and Justice Burton's ruling that the coalition government's temporary immigration cap on non-EU migrants had…

Immigration and asylum policy: the Coalition Government's plans

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18 Jan 2011: This House of Commons Library paper summarises recent Government statements about its intentions for immigration and asylum policy, and specific changes which it has…

European Court of Human Rights rules returns to Greece violate human rights

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21 Jan 2011: The European Court of Human Rights has held that returning asylum-seekers to Greece under the Dublin II Regulation is a violation of the European Convention on Human…

Supreme Court landmark ruling allows mother to remain in UK

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01 Feb 2011: Supreme Court press summary following the judgment in ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD. The court ruled that an illegal immigrant from Tanzania has the right to stay in the UK because…

UNHCR chief addresses European Court of Human Rights

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31 Jan 2011: UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has warned that Europe's human rights agenda is coming under increasing strain from the pressure of the global economic…

UKBA: Government outlines overhaul of student visas

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22 March 2012: Tougher entrance criteria, limits on work entitlements and the closure of the post-study work route are among the changes to the student visa system announced today by…

Written Ministerial Statement: Appeals Fee Charging (Immigration and Asylum Appeals)

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22 Oct 2010: The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice announced yesterday the launching of a consultation on the mechanisms for introducing fees to the immigration and…

UNHCR chief addresses the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University

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14 Oct 2010: The full text of the recent speech by António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Univeristy, focusing on the challenges…

UN experts criticize treatment of migrants after deportee dies while in custody of a UK private security company

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21 Oct 2010: The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants expresses deep concern over reports of the death of an Angolan national being deported from the United Kingdom on…

OHCHR: UN expert on torture warns detention facilities in Greece in crisis

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20 Oct 2010: The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, has warned that "Greek prisons are overcrowded and law enforcement officials are overwhelmed" under the pressure of a…

To Mark Jennings - A Tribute

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"Mark Jennings, who has died aged 49, will be remembered as a passionate civil and human rights campaigner and researcher, who fought for the freedom of UK residents imprisoned without…

MICHAEL O'DONNELL: A Tribute

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Michael O'Donnell: Born 6th October 1967, Hammersmith, London. Died 17th December 2005, Palolem, Goa. A recognition of his loss, by Lee Jackson, Mitre House Chambers and details of…