‘The government could end up paying as much as £570m in compensation to people affected by the Windrush scandal, but lawyers warned that the design of the scheme meant individual payouts could prove to be very ungenerous.’
The Guardian, 4th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘There is “no limit” to the amount of money that could be paid out to victims of the Windrush scandal, the home secretary has said.’
BBC News, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘R (Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] CO/543/2019. The High Court delivered the latest in a series of blows to the Government’s “hostile environment” immigration policy on Thursday. Walker J granted Medical Justice an interim injunction which will prevent the Home Office from removing or deporting people from the country without notice.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st March 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Home Office has reached an out-of-court settlement with a charity that had threatened a judicial review over the registration system for EU citizens. The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) agreed to drop its application for a judicial review after Sajid Javid’s department made changes to its guidance to caseworkers in relation to vulnerable citizens.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Secretary cannot be barred from deporting a failed asylum seeker whose daughter would be at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) if taken abroad, a senior judge decided.’
BBC News, 5th March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Indefinite detention in immigration centres is traumatic and the practice should be stopped, with people ideally held for no longer than 28 days, a parliamentary committee has recommended. In a highly critical report, the joint committee on human rights (JCHR), made up of MPs and peers, described the UK’s immigration system as “slow, unfair and expensive to run”, and said detention should be authorised only by decision-makers independent of the Home Office.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Fifteen activists convicted of a terrorism-related offence for chaining themselves around an immigration removal flight at Stansted airport have received suspended sentences or community orders.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The lawyer overseeing a compensation scheme for victims of the Windrush scandal has asked for “urgent clarification” after a woman was wrongly refused Home Office help.’
BBC News, 5th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office is trying to separate a couple from their four British children, 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild by forcing them to return to Iran.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The number of convictions for trafficking in Europe has fallen by a quarter, despite an increase in the number of victims and a global drive to tackle the abuse.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hundreds have benefited from a free legal service – but caseworkers are having to turn down clients as demand surges.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office is trying to force two British-born children with lifelong and complex physical and mental disabilities out of Britain in a move which experts say breaches UK and UN law.’
The Guardian, 12th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge has rejected a challenge by a member of the Windrush generation to the government requirement for the NHS to charge overseas patients for treatment.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Stansted 15 expected to face retribution for their protest. They never expected to be found guilty of terrorism offences.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘ECHR, art 8 prevents someone from being removed from the UK where doing so would have a disproportionate impact on their private life and/or family life. Where a migrant seeks to rely on art 8, it is accordingly necessary for the Home Office, or on appeal the First-tier Tribunal, to conduct a balancing exercise between the individual’s private and family life rights on the one hand and the ‘public interest’ on the other.’
UKSC Blog, 4th December 2018
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The Home Office unlawfully removed a child asylum seeker from the UK and has been ordered to arrange his return in a landmark High Court ruling.’
The Independent, 6th December 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Police will cease to automatically pass information about people suspected of being in the country illegally to deportation authorities if they come forward as victims of crime, according to a new policy hammered out in the wake of the Windrush scandal, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Home Office processes led to wrongful detentions and deportations of members of the Windrush generation, says a National Audit Office report.’
BBC News, 5th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office has made no attempt to inform people deported to Commonwealth countries that the Windrush taskforce exists, prompting concerns that people who were wrongly removed do not know they can have their cases looked into.’
The Independent, 28th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A gay rugby player who is facing deportation to Kenya, where he says he will be persecuted because of his sexuality, has been granted bail allowing him to leave the immigration centre where he was being held.’
The Guardian, 28th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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