Since the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020, the EU's Common European Asylum System (CEAS) no longer applies to the UK. The government has now introduced its Nationality and Borders Bill to reform the UK's asylum system.
This explainer sets out the UK's pre-Brexit…
The UK Home Office has recently come under fire for the use of controversial and morally debatable deterrence tactics that aim to stop individuals seeking asylum from crossing the English Channel.
In the latest addition of the UK Home Office's showcase of dubious ethics and morality, the…
By Matrix Legal Support Service, UK Supreme Court Blog,
The Supreme Court unanimously allowed this appeal concerning the legality of the Home Department's regime that provides for determining the age of asylum seekers entering the UK.
Background to the Appeal
This appeal concerns the standards to be applied by a court on judicial review of the…
In the summer of 2020, the Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that the UK was ready to "welcome the best and brightest global talent", in pursuance of the government's new "fairer, firmer, and skills-led" immigration system [1].
How successful do you need to be in order to impress…
R (Mungur) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1076 (15 July 2021)
On the important subject of indefinite leave to remain (ILR) on the grounds of 10 years' continuous residence, the Court of Appeal has held that the SSHD had erred in refusing an ILR application…
Immigration is currently dominated by the effects of the ever-growing number of individuals being displaced from their home countries across the world. For countries such as the UK, we have a responsibility to aid these people and offer support for the simple reason that we have the…
By Matrix Legal Support Service, UK Supreme Court Blog,
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed this appeal concerning the effect of the European Convention on Human Rights on decisions to deport foreign nationals who lawfully settled in the UK as children and were subsequently convicted of serious criminal offences.
The appellant is a…
NA (Bangladesh) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 953 (24 June 2021)
As to the seven year rule saga, the Court of Appeal has held that in a situation where a child whose parents had no entitlement to leave to remain in the UK applied for leave to…
The UK government's hostile environment policy introduced by Theresa May in May 2012 may undermine what is otherwise a successful Covid vaccination programme. This policy designed to make life so unbearable that "unwelcome migrants" would simply be forced to pack their bags and leave…
Even amicable breakups can be difficult. When the break-up involves one party who is in the UK on a spousal visa, the situation can become a whole lot more complicated. Although each case is individual, there are some key points everyone should know.
You need to get legal advice as…
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