The European Union’s response to the migration crisis that began in 2015 has had two distinct phases. While there was initial support for humanitarian solutions to the increasing number of people claiming asylum, hope for a primarily humanitarian approach has long since evaporated.
The…
University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre
Annual Lecture 2016
Making Judgments on Human Rights Issues
Sir Rabinder Singh
1. It is a great pleasure to return to the University of Nottingham, especially as I have such fond memories of being a junior lecturer here, more years ago…
After no fewer than five emergency summits, a solution to Europe's refugee crisis remains elusive. The list of failures is long and growing including the failure to deliver "hotspots", reception centres meant to process refugees who arrive in frontline states such as Italy and Greece, and…
Samia Wasif and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 82
What is the difference between a case that is "totally without merit" and one that is "not arguable"? Are either of those more or less hopeless than a case that is "bound to…
In recent days, accounts have emerged of asylum seekers in Middlesborough being targeted for abuse because of distinctive red doors on their accommodation, while a plan to have them wear red wristbands was hurriedly scrapped in Cardiff. Clearly, asylum seekers in the UK are still too…
By Paola Pace and Kristi Severance, Forced Migration Review,
Failure to employ correct terminology has consequences beyond semantics. More efforts are needed to educate people – especially those whose words are widely disseminated – in the correct use of migration-related terminology.
From the January 2016
Forced Migration ReviewCurrent efforts…
Two recent Court of Appeal cases, heard together, have considered the legality of the immigration detention of those who are, or possibly are, minors. Such cases involve local authority age assessments, which are to be carried out according to the guidance set out in Merton [2003] EWHC…
By Francois Crepeau and Francisco Carrión Mena, UN OHCHR,
Equality and non-discrimination are the basis of States’ human rights obligations. By upholding these principles, Governments acknowledge that human rights are for all, and that migrants should be treated as equal rights holders.
Migrants, have - among other things - the right to…
During the Commons debate on the Immigration Bill last week, MPs opposing it made strong appeals to the government's sense of compassion, justice and fair-play. The government remained emphatically unmoved.
For anyone following the debate on the Immigration Bill 2015-2016 since its…
This judgment was handed down on 18 November 2015. It concerns pre-entry language tests for immigration applications from abroad (entry clearance). Since November 2010 non-European spouses and partners wishing to join their British or otherwise settled spouses or partners have first had…
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