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Parliament passes bill declaring Rwanda safe – but can it really be called a law at all?

By Joshua Jowitt, Newcastle University, via The Conversation, 24 April 2024
After months of deadlock, the House of Lords withdrew its opposition to the safety of Rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill, meaning that it will become law upon receiving royal assent. This legislation declares in UK law that Rwanda is a safe country for the UK to send asylum seekers.…

New Long Residence Guidance

By Adam Pipe, 23 April 2024
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Following on from an earlier video on the new Long Residence rules, Adam Pipe goes through the updated version 20 of the Home Office's Long Residence guidance, which was updated on the 11th of April 2024 when the new Immigration Rules came into force

Woman resident in the UK for 39 years loses deportation battle

By Asad Ali Khan, 22 April 2024
Khadija Akhtar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 354 (16 April 2024) The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Mrs Akhtar who had been resident in the UK for 39 years (since 1985). Elisabeth Laing, Phillips and Males LJJ held that the Upper Tribunal had…

Court of Appeal disapproves of Tribunal's decision in Capparelli

By Asad Ali Khan, 10 April 2024
R (Roehrig) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 240 (12 March 2024) The Court of Appeal has held that a child born to a French national mother who was ordinarily resident in the UK while she was exercising her right of free movement as a worker had not…

The Strange Case of the Seven Year Child

By Gary McIndoe, Latitude Law, 09 April 2024
The Private Life immigration route was introduced along with many other changes to the rules in July 2012 to implement the government's view of its obligations under Article 8 ECHR. These rules have been amended several times since then, often in response to judicial findings and…

Refoulement As A Crime: Insights from the Asso28 Push-Back Case

By Stefano Zirulia, University of Milan, via Verfassungsblog, 08 April 2024
Last month, the Italian Court of Cassation upheld the (suspended) sentence of one year's imprisonment of the shipmaster of the Italian ship Asso28. He was convicted of two offences of abandonment for returning and handing around 100 migrants over to the personnel of a Libyan patrol boat,…

Unveiling Diplomatic Bias: The Case of Pakistani Visa Applicants in Europe

By Bilal Zahoor, 02 April 2024
In the labyrinth of international diplomacy, the treatment of visa applicants often reflects the intricate web of relationships between nations. A stark example of this complexity emerges when comparing the visa acceptance rates of individuals from different countries seeking entry into…

Rwanda asylum deportation plan faces more delays – how did we get here?

By Natalie Hodgson, University of Nottingham, via The Conversation, 22 March 2024
The government's goal to send a flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda this spring is looking less and less likely. The plan has been in the works, blocked by a number of legal rulings, for nearly two years. All now hinges on the passage of a bill declaring Rwanda to be a "safe" country to…
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