By Stefano Zirulia, University of Milan, via Verfassungsblog,
Last month, the Italian Court of Cassation upheld the (suspended) sentence of one year's imprisonment of the shipmaster of the Italian ship Asso28. He was convicted of two offences of abandonment for returning and handing around 100 migrants over to the personnel of a Libyan patrol boat,…
In the labyrinth of international diplomacy, the treatment of visa applicants often reflects the intricate web of relationships between nations. A stark example of this complexity emerges when comparing the visa acceptance rates of individuals from different countries seeking entry into…
By Natalie Hodgson, University of Nottingham, via The Conversation,
The government's goal to send a flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda this spring is looking less and less likely. The plan has been in the works, blocked by a number of legal rulings, for nearly two years. All now hinges on the passage of a bill declaring Rwanda to be a "safe" country to…
The new Appendix Long Residence of the Immigration Rules comes into force on the 11th of April 2024 and makes some significant changes to the long residence rules. In this immigration law update video, Adam Pipe provides a helpful summary of the changes.
In a wide-ranging Statement of Changes to Immigration Rules published yesterday, 14 March 2024, the government set out new salary thresholds for sponsored workers which will come into effect from 4 April. The changes also confirm increased financial requirements for partners of British…
By Valsamis Mitsilegas and Elspeth Guild, European Convention on Human Rights Law Review,
Abstract
This article examines the challenges that immigration control-related political imperatives in the United Kingdom (UK) have posed for UK compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and evaluates the challenges that the UK's moving away from ECHR compliance…
Ullah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 201 (06 March 2024)
In a case raising an elementary issue of procedural fairness, the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal of Mr Ullah—a Pakistani national—against the UT's erroneous decision to dismiss his appeal reversing…
This immigration law update video by barrister Adam Pipe provides a helpful summary of the Home Office's new migrant victims of domestic abuse concession and the new Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse of the Immigration Rules that came into effect on 31 January 2024
By Victoria Canning, Lancaster University, via The Conversation,
The home secretary, James Cleverly, has reiterated the UK government's plan to stop overseas care workers bringing dependants to the UK. Taking to X (formerly Twitter) on February 19, he wrote: "Today in Parliament we have laid out an order to ban overseas care workers from bringing…
By Catherine Briddick, University of Oxford, via Verfassungsblog,
Safe Third Country (STC) agreements involve the transfer of protection-seekers from one State to another. They take different forms, including bilateral treaties (the UK-Rwanda Treaty), political agreements (the Italy-Albania MoU) and regional mechanisms (Dublin III). They are usually…
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