R (on the application of Jollah) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1260: The Court of Appeal has upheld an award of damages for false imprisonment in the context of immigration detention. The Court found that an unlawful curfew which required residence at a…
The UK Spouse Visa is one of the most common visa types applied for in the UK. The number granted last year was higher than any other settlement visa (after students). Yet it’s also one of the most difficult to receive, owing to the strict requirements imposed upon it –…
TZ (Pakistan) and PG (India) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1109 (17 May 2018)
These appeals were heard after the Supreme Court's decision in R (Agyarko) [2017] UKSC 11 (see here) which made it clear that the scheme established by the overhauled…
Since the UK’s announcement to exit EU, there have been many reports about how Brexit will affect business and the economy and what its impact will be on the United Kingdom. Recently, a report has been provided by Migration Observatory that shows how Brexit will impact the EU…
We all represent individuals, both in asylum applications and appeals, who ask for asylum or make a human rights claim on the basis of homosexuality. They fear persecution as members of a particular social group and or ill-treatment in breach of Article 3 on account of their sexuality.…
Lawyers should ensure that their clients are not caught out by quiet amendments to the First-tier Tribunal procedure rules, that make an already tight deadline for permission to appeal applications even tighter in immigration and asylum cases.
On 14 May 2018, the Tribunal Procedure…
In Britain and worldwide people have been watching with horror as the Windrush scandal impacted on an ever growing number of people. A relentless stream of stories have emerged of people, mainly elderly Caribbean-born, who have been detained, threatened with deportation, refused…
By Victoria Canning and Monish Bhatia via The Conversation,
April has been a month of turbulence for the Home Office. The aftermath of the Windrush exposé has shaken British politics to its core. But it's now that Amber Rudd faces the biggest challenge of her role as home secretary to date, after admitting that her department had internal…
By Madeleine Sumption, University of Oxford, via The Conversation,
The government has committed to ensuring that all EU citizens living in the UK will still have the right to do so after Brexit. Our latest research from the Migration Observatory says that in practice, it won’t be that easy.
Most of the 3.6m EU citizens and their family members…
By Megan Wong and Fabien Cante, Migrants' Rights Network,
MRN's Route to Your Rights project sought to document the challenges that migrants face in settling in the UK. The stories collected through interviews with both migrants and support workers show how difficulties linked to immigration administration, housing and employment often…
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