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Unaccompanied Minors’ Asylum Applications
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Members of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee have said that EU asylum applications for unaccompanied minors should be processed in the EU country where the child is present, even if this...

 is not where the child first applied. The committee were discussing amendments to the Dublin Regulation, which determines which member state should examine asylum applications. It says that processing...

European Agenda on Migration
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Work has begun in the European Commission on developing a comprehensive European Agenda on Migration, with a first orientation debate taking place on key actions to step up the EU’s efforts to implement the...

 existing tools and cooperation in managing migration flows from third countries. The debate has set out the four main areas where actions is required in the European Agenda on Migration to implement the...

Report into Migrants’ Immigration Journeys Published
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The Home Office has recently published the fifth in a series of reports that explore migrants’ journeys through the UK’s immigration system. It explains that understanding the processes that migrants go through...

 when they decide to stay in the UK or switch their status helps to inform Parliament and the public on the impact of changes to the Immigration Rules. The report’s findings are based on data collected...

Independent Review of Welfare in Detention
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An independent review of policies and procedures affecting the welfare of those held in immigration removal centres has been announced by the Home Secretary. The purpose of the review is to identify whether improvements...

 can be made to safeguard the health and wellbeing of detainees, and those being escorted in the UK. It will be led by Stephen Shaw CBE, a former Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and...

Low Levels of Asylum Support Push Children into Poverty
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Over 10,000 children seeking safety from war, violence and persecution with their families are being pushed into poverty by alarmingly low-levels of support, according to The Children’s Society. Financial support...

 for families seeking asylum in the UK has been frozen since April 2011. As a result, asylum seekers have faced a 7.5% cut in real terms as a result of rising costs for food, clothing, and other basic...

New Maintenance Requirements for Points Based System Migrants and their Dependants
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On 13 March 2014 the Home Office announced new minimum maintenance requirements for Points Based System (PBS) applications. The new requirements apply to all new applications made by Points Based System migrants...

 and their dependants submitted on or after 1 July 2014, with the exception of Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) migrants, Tier 1 (Investor) migrants and their dependants (as they are not required to meet any...

Richmond Chambers welcomes four new members to our Immigration Team
By Richmond Chambers -

We are delighted to announce that four new immigration practitioners have joined the immigration team at Richmond Chambers.

 We are delighted to announce that four new immigration practitioners have joined the immigration team at Richmond Chambers.

Children left in limbo by asylum system
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Children who arrive alone in the UK seeking asylum face a struggle to get their voices heard in a system designed to deal with adults, according to a recent report by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner. Children...

 and young people who claim asylum are placed in the care system until they turn 18 but if their claims fail they are then required to leave the UK. This interrupts their education and disrupts...

Calls for revised immigration policy on international STEM students
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An ‘unwelcoming’ UK has led to an unprecedented fall in international Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) student numbers, according to a recent House of Lords Science and Technology Committee...

 report. The Lords’ inquiry looked specifically at the numbers of international students in STEM subjects, and whether the UK’s immigration policy has had any impact. The Lords’ report calls on...

Immigration Bill laid in Parliament
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The Home Office has introduced new legislation that will bring about significant changes to the UK immigration system. According to the Home Office, the Immigration Bill will stop migrants using public...

 services where they are not entitled to do so, reduce the pull factors which encourage people to come to the UK and make it easier to remove people who should not be here. The Bill includes provisions that will: cut...

Review of migrant employment in low-skilled work
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The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has launched a call for evidence in relation to a commission it has received from the Government. The commission asks the MAC to advise on the reasons behind the growth of...

 migration into low-skilled jobs, how this migration has evolved and the labour market, economic and social impacts of this migration on the UK and specifically on British workers. This commission will focus...

Landlords seek revisions to immigration proposals
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Responding to a government consultation on tackling illegal immigration via rented homes, the British Property Federation (BPF) has warned that the proposals, which could see landlords prosecuted for...

 failing to recognise complex immigration documents, were disproportionate in their current form, and could prove ineffective in efforts to identify illegal immigrants. Home Office proposals will force landlords to...
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