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Report Counters Claim of EU Trade Advantage
January 22, 2016
As debate continues in the UK over whether the people of the country should vote to leave the EU in an upcoming referendum, a new report from UK think tank Civitas seeks to refute the argument that Britain receives an advantage in negotiating trade deals with other countries through its EU membership.
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Tribunal Orders UK to Process Syrians' Asylum Claims
January 21, 2016
After hearing arguments regarding the harsh conditions of a Calais migrant camp and the fact that a European regulation on the protocol for registering and accepting refugees is "broken," the British Immigration and Asylum Tribunal has ordered that four Syrian migrants immediately be brought to the UK and that the country's Home Office process their claims.
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EU Orders Belgium to Recover "State Aid" from Steel Companies
January 21, 2016
Finding that the Walloon Government in southern Belgium gave public aid to steel companies in financial difficulties in violation of EU state aid rules, the European Commission has ordered the Belgian Government to recover €211 million of this aid from these steel companies.
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UK Court: Detention of Reporter Violated ECHR
January 20, 2016
The Court of Appeals of England and Wales has held that the application of a UK law to provide for the detention and questioning of a reporter holding information from Edward Snowden by UK law enforcement officers violated a provision of the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") relating to freedom of the press.
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EU Considers Proposed Refugee Rules Changes
January 20, 2016
The Telegraph reports that EU rules changes under consideration by the European Commission that would end the ability of countries to return asylum seekers to their country of original entry into the EU could upend UK Prime Minister David Cameron's negotiations over the return of powers over cross-border flows to national governments.
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