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Asylum Research Centre publishes its major 'Comparative Analysis of US Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (2016-2019)' yielding interesting results on the reliability of reports produced by the Trump administration

By Camila Zapata Besso,
The Asylum Research Centre (ARC) is an internationally recognised source of expertise that works to raise standards in the production of Country of Origin Information used by decision makers in asylum processes. Garden Court Chambers' legal researcher, David Neale, is its board member. On…

All you need to know about domestic abuse and ILR

By Reiss Edwards,
If you or your children are in immediate danger, please call 999 and ask for the police. You can also call the 24-Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline on 0808 2000 247. Anyone in an abusive relationship is in a dangerous and terrifying situation. But if you are in the UK on a Spouse…

When is it too harsh to separate a child from their parent?

By Michael Spencer, UK Human Rights Blog,
HA (Iraq) [2020] EWCA Civ 1176 and AA (Nigeria) [2020] EWCA Civ 1296 There has, in recent years, been a proliferation of case law on appeals against deportation by foreign national criminals on grounds of private and family life. The statutory scheme is complex enough, but the various…

A hostile environment for immigration lawyers

By Katie Newbury,
I sometimes joke that I dread telling people what I do for a living. I am of course immensely proud of my work as an immigration lawyer, but the mere mention of immigration can invite less than positive responses. I have found myself defending immigration and correcting a lot of…

How Hunger Strikes at a Detention Centre Cast Shame on UK Government Policy

By Peter Markham, Immigration Advice Service,
The hysterical ways in which some sections of the UK's media report on refugees whip up a belief that Britain, compared to some of its neighbours, is being overwhelmed by a tsunami of asylum seekers. It all helps a narrative that the Home Office would like us to believe. A look at some…

The impact of digitalisation on the immigration process

By Naga Kandiah and Samir Pasha,
Introduction The coronavirus pandemic created an impetus for the legal world to finally begin accepting digitalisation of processes, moving away from the traditional paper process to an online version. The immigration process is already faced with a myriad of concerns which leaves the…

Passports: Foreign law must be proved by expert evidence

By Asad Ali Khan,
Hussein and Another (Status of passports: foreign law) [2020] UKUT 250 (IAC): CMG Ockelton VP has explained that (i) a person who holds a genuine passport, apparently issued to him, and not falsified or altered, has to be regarded as a national of the State that issued the passport, (ii)…
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