Abstract: The British political landscape on immigration before Brexit had a number of stable features: the public disliked migration and politicians from both main parties tended to accept (if not actively support) higher migration levels than voters preferred. This mismatch…
By Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR),
Across the world many countries and communities are providing courageous examples of welcoming refugees, showing how the right to seek asylum can be guaranteed and implemented in ways that empower refugees and enable them to contribute fully to their host communities.
But in other places…
On April 4, new salary thresholds for sponsored workers came into effect, as part of the wide-ranging changes to immigration rules that the government confirmed in March.In the weeks leading up to this date, there was a rush of requests for certificates of sponsorship from employers that…
By Erica Consterdine, Lancaster University, via The Conversation,
Migration is a top issue for some voters and candidates in the UK's general election. The last 14 years of Conservative policy have introduced restrictive policies on both legal and irregular migration. And yet, net migration stands at 685,000, a near historic high.Since the Conservatives…
R (New Hope Care Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 1270 (Admin) (24 May 2024)In these judicial review proceedings, David Pievsky KC held that the SSHD's decision to revoke New Hope Care Ltd's sponsor licence without first providing it a meaningful opportunity…
In this immigration law update video, Adam Pipe examines the new financial (minimum income) requirement for partner visas and the transitional provisions. Adam goes through the Home Office's April 2024 (Version 10.0) guidance on Appendix FM and Appendix HM Armed Forces: minimum income requirement
By Anurag Deb and Colin Murray, UK Human Rights Blog,
Just a little over 2 months ago, Professor Colin Murray and I said on this Blog 'The disapplication of any part of an Act of the UK Parliament is infrequent enough to be notable'. Just a little over a week ago, the Northern Ireland High Court disapplied the second such Act within 6 months…
By Agostina Pirrello, Utrecht University, via Verfassungsblog,
On May 7th 2024 Italy updated its list of safe countries of origin (SCO) for the second time after the introduction of the notion in the national legal system in 2019. Notably, the latest update retained the most contentious addition to the list from last year, Nigeria. Until then, only…
By Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ,
LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers, refugees, internally displaced people and stateless people can face a multitude of challenges and threats in their countries of origin, including discrimination, prejudice, violence and hurdles accessing assistance, services and opportunities for resilience and…
While we have recently seen significant increases to minimum income and salary requirements in several immigration routes (see our recent blog posts here and here), there is one small exception to the general trend: the Government has scrapped the requirement for Partner visa applicants…
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