By Professor Madeleine Arnot and Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe, University of Cambridge Migration Research Network,
Professor Madeleine Arnot and Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe, Co-Convenors of the new Cambridge Migration Research Network, discuss the Network's rationale and aims, and our preoccupation with the impact of migrant populations.
Immigration and migration have become symbolic of the 21st…
The Court of Appeal has today allowed an appeal by a woman who was unlawfully detained by the Home Office despite being seriously mentally ill. The judgment gives importance guidance on when the Home Secretary can lawfully detain people with serious mental illnesses who are liable to be…
According to Shadow Leader of the House, Angela Eagle MP, 'the elusive Immigration Bill has made a sudden and dramatic reappearance'. Conservative backbenchers are on a collision course with ministers although Cameron is set to head them off, according to some press reports.…
By Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, Freedom from Torture Expert Blog,
Austerity measures are negatively impacting on the human rights of torture survivors seeking asylum in Europe. In the last of Freedom from Torture's Expert Blog Series, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, shows…
What does 'genuine enjoyment' of citizenship rights actually mean? This idea was first introduced by the CJEU in Zambrano, where that Court held it would deprive child EU citizens of the 'genuine enjoyment' of the rights associated with EU citizenship if their parents or…
Joint statement by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on the occasion of International Migrants Day, 18 December 2013
Today, the ILO and OHCHR pay joint tribute to 232 million migrants worldwide who have left their homes in…
Nigel Mills' amendment to extend transitional restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians has prompted government ministers to push back the government's flagship Immigration Bill for now.
The amendment would have extended transitional controls on citizens of Bulgaria and Romania until 1…
On Tuesday November 26, 2013 the Supreme Court heard the appeal in I. A. v Secretary of State for the Home Department. It is an appeal from the Inner House of the Court of Session. The justices that heard the case are Lady Hale and Lords Kerr, Wilson, Hughes and Hodge. The case raises a…
Ignaoua, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1498
A certificate issued by the Home Secretary under Section 2 C of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 (the "1997 Act"), as inserted by Section 15 of the Justice and Security…
X, Y, Z v Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel: A missed opportunity or a new dawn?
S. Chelvan, Barrister, United Kingdom [1]
The Court of Justice of the European Union ('the Court') in the landmark decision of X, Y and Z v Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel, [2] have provided a…
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