R (Tigere) v. Secretary of State for Business [2015] UKSC 57, 29 July 2015
Ms Tigere is 20. She arrived in the UK from Zambia when she was 6. She did very well at school. In 2013, she applied for a student loan to fund a university place.
The current English system does not allow her to…
By Thom Davies, Arshad Isakjee and Surindar Dhesi, The Conversation,
As the sun sets on Calais, a new barbed wire fence glints in the evening light, casting a shadow over the growing migrant camp known as the "New Jungle".
Through the thick undergrowth of what was once an industrial dumping ground, tents and tarpaulin structures stretch into the distance.…
On 6 April 2016 non-EU migrants who have spent more than five years working in the country will face deportation if they are not earning £35,000 per year or more. The new pay threshold will be applicable to persons wishing to stay in the UK permanently by applying for Indefinite…
By Asad Ali Khan, United Kingdom Immigration Law Blog,
"Aur Sardar Khan tum ko asylum mil giya kya (did you get your asylum Sardar Khan)?" I ask the young Peshawari Afghan butcher in the Iranian north London supermarket. "Haan Khan akhirkaar mil giya (yes I finally did)" grins the beaming teenager as if he had won the…
R (on the application of Hoang Anh Minh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1725 (Admin)
This case concerned the proper approach to establishing whether there are "reasonable grounds" for believing that a person has been a victim of trafficking under the…
Professor Steve Reicher recently gave a lecture on the fundamental questions facing social psychology. Amena Amer reflects on the implications of the talk and the importance of social psychologists being at the forefront of discussions on issues like immigration. The fundamental question…
It may surprise you to hear that it is not at all uncommon for immigration judges to take the view that they have no need of expert evidence – particularly when it concerns the situation in a country from which or through which an asylum seeker has come.
This view may in some cases…
Magna Carta and the Holy Grail
Lord Neuberger
Lincoln's Inn, 12 May 2015
1. We all know that words and concepts are slippery things, and especially so if we are lawyers. A phrase, an idea, even a fact, can have a very different meaning or significance to different people, even a very…
We have become accustomed to headlines about migrants in the Mediterranean. Most recently it was reported that the Italian authorities rescued nearly 7,000 migrants off the coast of Libya over one weekend. Often, tragically, we read instead of thousands drowning.
Last year more than 170,…
Khan v. The Advocate General for Scotland, [2015] CSIH 29
A Pakistani national refused leave to remain in the UK after expiry of his visitor visa has had his successful challenge to that decision upheld by Scotland's civil appeal court, the Inner House of the Court of Session.
The…
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