Migrant victims of domestic violence fear losing everything because of hostile Home Office policies
While domestic abuse increases during the COVID-19 pandemic, inflexible and poorly applied Home Office policies are keeping migrant women in fear of accessing help and escaping violent and controlling relationships.
New settled status for EU citizens in the UK (somewhat) clarified
A cautious welcome is appropriate to the government’s new documents on #citizensrights of the 3 million EU nationals in the UK. It remains to be seen how the new system will live up to aspirations.
Theresa May loses Brexit legal challenge as High Court rules Parliament must vote on Article 50 trigger
The government just lost one of the most important constitutional cases in living memory. The historic judgment is likely to be a major setback for Theresa May’s plans to trigger Article 50 in March 2017.
EU citizens aren’t “bargaining chips” in Brexit negotiations, warns Home Affairs Select Committee
On 11 July 2016, days after the Brexit vote, the Cabinet Office assured us that EU nationals in the UK […]
Drawbridge or floodgates? Brexit’s effect on the migration of EU nationals to the UK
[This is a guest post by Miriam Carrion Benitez, an immigration barrister at the 36 Group. Miriam is an EU national […]