Tag: Human rights
No duty on Secretary of State to keep making deportation orders after revocation
The law on automatic removal of “foreign criminals” from the UK imposes no duty on Secretary of State to keep making deportation orders after a revocation decision.
Allegations of deception made against immigration detainees must be carefully considered
The Home Office accuses detainees of deception frequently.
Resolving these disputes is not easy and, according to the Court of Appeal, requires careful analysis.
Ordinary family ties won’t stop deportation of “foreign criminals”, finds Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has asserted the relevance of the Immigration Rules in Article 8 appeals against deportation orders, taking a fine tooth-comb to Tribunal decisions that don’t attach sufficient weight to the Rules.
UK Supreme Court rules on Article 8 in deportation appeals
Whether deportation of a “foreign criminal” infringes a person’s right to family and private life in the UK cannot be assessed only through the prism of the Immigration Rules. However, Judges must give considerable weight to the Rules, according to the Supreme Court cases of Ali and Makhlouf.
Could Brexit become the UK’s largest ever violation of human rights?
A ‘hard’ Brexit potentially threatens the rights of millions of EU nationals to live, work, study and retire in the UK.
Event: Migration in ‘hostile environments’ – a 36 Immigration Forum
As the prospect of a ‘hard’ Brexit looms, join barristers from 36 Immigration to discuss the coming changes to immigration enforcement, the rights of EEA nationals and EU refugee policy.
New Home Office guidance on adults ‘at risk’ in immigration detention
New Home Office guidance on the detention of vulnerable adults comes into force today. [1] Read it here.
How should Judges weigh the public interest in applications to revoke a deportation order?
Non-UK nationals who commit serious criminal offences are subject to automatic deportation. The Secretary of State must make a deportation order […]
Asylum seekers don’t ‘play the system’: the system has crashed.
Immigration is a gift to every jaded journalist in post-factual Brexit Britain. Take some meaningless Home Office statistics from 2004 to […]
On the frontline of the EU-Turkey Deal
This time next month, I will be on the Greek Island of Chios to assist with refugee work partnered with the solicitor’s firm Reed […]