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You’ve Gotta Roll With It: An Autumn Immigration Law Update

By Adam Pipe,
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If you weren't one of the hundreds of people who watched it live, join barrister Adam Pipe for this informative and comprehensive hour-long update on the latest developments in immigration and asylum law. Adam covers changes to the Immigration Rules, new case law, and the new First-tier Tribunal (IAC) Practice Direction

Small Boats, Border Incredulity, and the Hostile Environment in Britain, 1967–1978

By Rob Waters, Queen Mary University of London. Originally published in History Workshop Journal,
Between 1999 and 2020, an average of one person every forty days died trying to cross the English Channel. [1] If this statistic might stand as one measure of the current toll of the UK external border, capturing the violence that surrounds the policing of the state's territorial edges,…

Immigration Law Conversations: Migrant Victims of Domestic Violence

By Adam Pipe and Priya Solanki,
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Priya Solanki of One Pump Court joins Adam Pipe for an in-depth discussion about her new book, A Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to Migrant Victims of Domestic Violence. Priya has extensive experience of cases involving gender-based violence and vulnerable clients.

Is ‘self-sponsorship’ possible under the Immigration Rules?

By Natasha Willett, Latitude Law,
Historically, the Home Office were wary of allowing those who hold shares in a company to be sponsored or obtain a visa on that basis. Under the Skilled Worker's predecessor route, Tier 2 (General), there was a cap of 10% shareholding on sponsored workers. Even routes such as '…

E-Visas – The Big Switch

By Danielle Cohen,
Millions are being invited to switch from physical immigration documents to E-Visas in an attempt to modernise and introduce the digital immigration system to the UK. From 17 February 2024 the Home Office began sending emails to all those with physical immigration documents called…

Home Office ordered to pay over £203,995.24 in damages to Nigerian man

By Asad Ali Khan,
Adegboyega v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2365 (KB) (15 September 2024) In Mr Adegboyega's case, the SSHD was ordered to pay over £203,995.24 in damages. A Nigerian national, Mr Adegboyega was unlawfully detained at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre for…

How to Challenge a ‘Clearly Unfounded’ Immigration Decision

By Alexander Ferguson, Richmond Chambers,
1. Introduction to Home Office Certification of Immigration Claims as Clearly UnfoundedIn some circumstances, if your protection and/or human rights claim is refused, your claim may be certified by the Home Office as "clearly unfounded". In this article we examine what to do next if you…
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