Tag: Immigration
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 […]
Private life vs public interest: when does integration defeat deportation from the UK?
Theshort but significant Court of Appeal judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department v Kamara [2016] EWCA Civ 813 concerned […]
Home Office guidance on deportation of EEA nationals unlawful
The Home Office guidance (published on 20 October 2014) contained the wrong test. It is unlawful, imposes a higher test […]
How to apply UK Parliament’s new(ish) human rights framework
Even before Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 803, lawyers and Judges have engaged […]
Did Byron Burger unlawfully discriminate against employees in Home Office sting?
Potentially. But much depends on what was said and done, and how. The raid On the morning of 4 July 2016, […]
What do Judges say about Parliament’s new human rights framework on family and private life?
Quite a lot, actually. And to mark two years since it was introduced in immigration appeals, I’ve made a handy table […]
I asked Theresa May to rethink the refugee crisis. Now she might have to.
A letter from the Home Office casts doubt over Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to cut the number of asylum seekers in the UK.
Updated Home Office guidance on detention of pregnant women now available
Updated Home Office guidance (Chapters 46 to 62: of the Enforcement Instructions Guidance) is now available, covering immigration detention and enforcement. […]
Court of Appeal gives fresh guidance for “invalid” ETS fraud cases
After getting busted on BBC Panorama for fraud on an industrial scale, the Home Office’s approved language testing contractor, Educational Testing […]
When is it reasonable to remove a settled child from the UK?
The stream of case law on Parliament’s new statutory human rights framework for Article 8 immigration cases has disgorged another important but unhelpful […]