Clayton: Textbook on Immigration & Asylum Law 3e 
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Section 1
Chapter 1: History and sources of immigration law
It is important to become familiar with the website of what is now the UK Border Agency: www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/
For access to the immigration rules, click on Policy and Law, then Immigration Law, then Immigration Rules. New rules are added as they are laid before Parliament, and recent changes are set in italic in the body of the rules. From time to time they are consolidated. Frequent reference to the rules will give you the most ready access to and understanding of the requirements of immigration law, and is essential to understanding and knowledge. Take time to become familiar with them.
To find Departmental instructions to immigration officers in carrying out their work, from the Policy and Law page, follow Guidance and Instructions.
The Parliament website www.parliament.uk is another extremely useful source. You can obtain access to parliamentary debates including those in standing committee and the proceedings of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights.
The Electronic Immigration Network is an excellent source of legal materials and information. www.ein.org.uk. Their list of resources and bibliography is probably the most extensive and useful available.
Chapter 2: Policy, politics and media
The websites of organizations involved in advocacy, debate and law reform will give a wide range of information and flavour of current debates and policy issues. It is good to keep up to date with one or two of them on a regular basis.
Here are some options:
JCWI is 'an independent national voluntary organisation, campaigning for justice and combating racism in immigration and asylum law and policy': www.jcwi.org.uk.
Migrant Rights Network works for ‘a rights-based approach to migration, with migrants as full partners in developing the policies and procedures which affect life in the UK’. www.migrantsrights.org.uk/
The Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees is an independent information and research organisation based in the School of Social Science at City University, London. www.icar.org.uk/
The Refugee Council is the largest refugee agency in the UK, providing advice to refugees and asylum seekers and organisations working in that field. www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/
All of these organizations give updates on some legal issues and information on campaigns relating to law and policy
Websites of national and international policy bodies will also be useful in getting acquainted with the wider policy field. This is only a selection:
The report of the Global Commission on International Migration can be seen at www.gcim.org/en/.
The International Organisation on Migration is an intergovernmental body committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits society: www.iom.int.
The Institute of Public Policy Research often produces interesting material related to immigration: www.ippr.org.uk.
Chapter 3 Nationality and right of abode
Lord Goldsmith’s Citizenship review is at www.justice.gov.uk/reviews/citizenship.htm.
Chapter 4 Immigration law and Human Rights
The case law of the European Court of Human Rights can be read on its website: www.echr.coe.int. The site has a searchable case law database, HUDOC. To research or pursue human rights issues related to immigration and asylum law it is probably more effective on the whole to read websites focused on related issues such as race, asylum, the development of the European Union. See also for instance the website and newsletters issued by Doughty Street Chambers: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/.
The Minority Rights Group www.minorityrights.org/ is an international human rights organisation working to secure rights for ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous people around the world.
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