‘Lawyers have launched a series of last-minute challenges to the proposed deportation of failed asylum seekers on a charter flight to Afghanistan.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘As the Calais migrant crisis continues, Greg Ó Ceallaigh, barrister at Garden Court Chambers, explains the human rights obligations of member states involved.’
Full story
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 21st August 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Thousands of migrants are camped around Calais in northern France. Many will risk their lives smuggling themselves across the Channel into the UK. What happens to those that get through?’
Full story
BBC News, 13th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Conditions at a privately run immigration removal centre have “deteriorated” over the past year to the extent that almost half of the women held there fear for their safety, according to a damning report published by the Chief Inspector of Prisons.’
The Independent, 12th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The chief prisons inspector has called for time limits on the detention of migrants without trial after fresh warnings of a significant deterioration in conditions at an immigration removal centre for women.’
The Guardian, 12th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A consultation and impact assessment on the new panic proposals to remove asylum support for failed asylum seekers have been published. These reveal the details of the proposals.’
Free Movement, 4th August 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘Immigrants living in Britain illegally will face abrupt eviction from rental properties under new laws designed to make Britain a tougher place to live in, the government will announce as it redoubles its response to the Calais migrant crisis.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘”Cockroaches” according to Katie Hopkins. A “swarm” according to our likeminded Prime Minister, David Cameron, and The Daily Mail (again). An “army” according to the popular press, who seem to think we should literally send troops into France (without asking the French, we can assume) to hold the thin red line. “Migrants” to others. Why never “refugees”, though, which is what most of them are? What do we know about who these people are — brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers and children, all of them — and why they want to come to the UK?’
Free Movement, 31st July 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘In a judgment handed down this morning, the Court of Appeal has agreed with Nichol J’s earlier judgment in the High Court holding the Detained Fast Track appeal system to be inherently unfair. The new judgment is The Lord Chancellor v Detention Action [2015] EWCA Civ 840. The Home Office were an interested party.’
Free Movement, 29th July 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘Government hopes of quickly restarting the detention of asylum seekers under its fast-track process have been dealt a serious blow by the loss of a court of appeal challenge brought by the justice secretary, Michael Gove.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The cost of getting divorced is to rise by about a third after the government announced increased court fees.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Hundreds of torture victims may sue the government for unlawful detention after a landmark ruling in the high court. Many of these cases could now be reconsidered by the Home Office.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘800 cases to be reviewed after immigration minister suspends “detained fast-track” system following court ruling that appeals part of system was ‘structurally unfair.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The fast track rule regime in the Schedule to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014 was ultra vires.’
WLR Daily, 12th June 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Hundreds of failed asylum seekers in immigration detention centres will be able to apply to be freed on bail, the Home Office is expected to confirm shortly.’
The Guardian, 29th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A court has suspended the UK’s fast-track asylum appeals system after a legal challenge by a charity that says it is “structurally unfair”.’
The Independent, 26th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The term “failed asylum seeker” doesn’t usually elicit huge sympathy in the UK – so why did thousands rally behind one man deported this week?’
BBC News, 13th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The future of a key part of the government’s system to remove failed asylum seekers is in doubt after the High Court ruled it was unlawful.’
BBC News, 12th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Immigration authorities have cancelled the deportation flight of a Jamaican asylum seeker who faced removal from the UK after the Home Office refused to accept he was bisexual.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2015
Souce: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Administrative Court last week (22.5.15) handed down judgment in the case of R (on the application of AB) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1490 (Admin), quashing a decision not to recognize AB as a victim of human trafficking for the purposes of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking (CAT), and mandating that the Secretary of State remake that decision.’
Free Movement, 27th May 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
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