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…
From today, 15 April 2015, there will no longer be an automatic right to appeal in Extradition proceedings. Section 160 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, changes the law so that applications for leave appeal have to be made to the High Court and a judge will…
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights yesterday struck the complaint in M.E. v Sweden from its list. In doing so, the Court missed a key opportunity to make a significant statement on the treatment of individuals in Council of Europe states who seek asylum on the grounds…
Newly released last month from the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) was a judicial analysis of Article 15(c) of Council Directive 2011/95/EU (the recast Qualification Directive).
The full report — Article 15(c) Qualification Directive (2011/95/EU) - A judicial analysis — runs to 124…
In a notable dissenting opinion in today's European Court of Human Rights judgment in the case of S.J. v. Belgium (Application no. 70055/10), Judge Pinto de Albuquerque has spoken out strongly on the protection of the human rights of seriously ill migrants in Europe and the "unfortunate…
Singh and Khalid v SSHD [2015] EWCA Civ 74
These two appeals the assessment of article 8 ECHR claims in immigration cases. It is an important addition to the current cases on which rules apply to applications for leave to enter or remain made before the new Immigration Rules came into…
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