Here's a round-up of some of the UK's biggest news in the past few weeks.
1. The Office for National Statistics reported net migration increased by 39% over the previous 12 months, ending March 2014.
2. MP Douglass Carswell defected to the UK Independence Party.
3. ManUtd signed…
It’s been something of a notable month for bundles. Regular readers of EIN news will have seen a recent item here on a very interesting report looking at the 'culture of disbelief' in the UK asylum system by the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford.
It was also picked up (…
Marie* was arrested and imprisoned for attending a peaceful anti-government demonstration organised by students at her university in the Democratic Republic of Congo. During her three months in detention she was raped, beaten and burned with cigarettes almost every day.
She arrived in…
Earlier this month, Channel 4 News reported the Home Office's removal from the UK of a client of mine. She was a Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seeker, who claimed that she had been detained, raped and tortured by soldiers in Sri Lanka due to her political opinion. Some time after escaping from…
MM (Lebanon) and Others, R (on the application of ) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 985 (11 July 2014)
Provisions in the Immigration Rules which impose income requirements on individuals living in the United Kingdom, who wish to bring their non-…
Imagine a country where, at the stroke of a pen and without any recourse to a judge, a faceless Government official can deprive someone of their liberty and, at the stroke of a pen, consign them indefinitely to what to all intents and purposes is a prison, without them having being…
We announce today a startling and deeply disturbing fact: that there are now more than 50 million persons who have been forced from their homes because of conflict. On every continent, in every region, human beings flee violence and seek the safety that international law and international…
The 'hostile' Immigration Act 2014 was indeed a flagship piece of legislation and we are, it seems, set to see a second tough immigration bill announced in the Queen's Speech this coming Wednesday.
The first Immigration Bill, which became an act in May 2014 after a long battle with…
Last week, on 14 May, the Immigration Act 2014 was given Royal Assent. According to the Home Office, the Act will 'ensure our immigration system is fairer to British citizens and legitimate migrants,' while being 'tougher on those with no right to be here.' Indeed, Home…
Countries in Europe have increasingly adopted immigration rules that explicitly test an applicant's 'ability to be integrated' into the host society. This controversial idea goes beyond formal citizenship acquisition to prioritise, for example, the specific level of '…
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