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A selection of recent media reports

New UK immigration rules lift stateless people from limbo
LONDON (AlertNet) - Britain has changed its immigration rules to enable stateless people to escap
Alert Net - Trust.org (19-Apr-2013)

May resists immigrant number call
The Home Secretary has resisted further pressure to release official estimates on the number of Romanians and Bulgarians ex
Bourne Local (19-Apr-2013)

Qatada: May accused of giving in to Europe
HOME Secretary Theresa May was yesterday accused of 'craven surrender' to European judges over bids to deport hate pr
Express.co.uk (19-Apr-2013)

Abu Qatada: May 'deeply frustrated' at legal obstacles to deportation
Home Secretary Theresa May has said she is "deeply frustrated" at continued legal ob
BBC News - UK Politics (18-Apr-2013)

Three held in immigration raid on Jericho food outlets
THREE workers were arrested during an immigration raid on two food outlets in Oxford yesterday. 
Oxford Times (18-Apr-2013)

New report reveals scale of UK asylum decisions overturned on appeal
The number of decisions overturned on appeal is testament to on-going problems with the asy
Amnesty. org.uk (18-Apr-2013)

New bid to challenge Qatada ruling
The Government has asked permission to take its fight to remove hate preacher Abu Qatada from the UK to the highest court i
Suffolk Free Press (18-Apr-2013)

Questions over credibility of border credibility interviews
Overseas students rejected on 'arbitrary' grounds, UKCISA report suggests
Times Higher Education (18-Apr-2013)

Press Releases

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Comment on Revelations about Migration Observatory
15 April, 2013

Commenting on this weekend’s revelations about the Migration Observatory, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said:

"The Migration Observatory press release avoided the central point, namely their involvement in a programme called ‘Changing Minds’ together with a number of other pro-immigration organisations.

I was astonished to discover that they are part of a coordinated effort by a group of pro-immigration charities which is clearly a propaganda operation designed to change public opinion on the present massive levels of immigration.

The Migration Observatory has declared their three major funders but have not declared the common objective behind the funding."

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Briefing Papers

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Legal Aid in Immigration and Asylum Cases
18 April, 2013

As always with these legal briefing papers it is stressed that they are not published as authoritative legal advice but for general guidance and information for users of the Migration Watch website.

Restrictions on the availability of legal aid are imposed by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. the provisions of which on legal aid were brought into effect in early April 2013. This is a substantial enactment dealing with three major subjects. Of its 154 sections 62 relate to legal aid, which is made the responsibility of the Lord Chancellor (otherwise the Secretary of State for the Justice Department), who is required by section 4 of the Act to appoint a civil servant as Director of Legal Aid Casework. Section 8 defines the general scope of civil legal services, including providing advice and representation in relation to legal proceedings.

To see the full Briefing Paper No 8.70 click here.