Our borders will be more secure with a new approach to risk – The Guardian
“After an embarrassing few weeks for Heathrow, finally an intelligent system is back on the border control agenda.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: immigration
US self-defence expert banned from entering UK – BBC News
“An American expert in violent self-defence has been excluded from entering the UK by the Home Office.”
BBC News, 9th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK immigration rules tightened to keep out human rights abusers – The Guardian
“The government is to announce tough immigration requirements that would ban non-EU citizens who have been accused of serious human rights abuses, including torture or murder, from visiting the UK.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Britain faces fine from Brussels over immigration restrictions – Daily Telegraph
“The Government has been told it has just two months to comply with all of the Free Movement Directive or it will be taken to court.”
Daily Telegraph. 26th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judges signal distaste for Theresa May’s human rights reform – Daily Telegraph
“Judges have fired a warning shot against Theresa May’s plan to stop foreign criminals abusing human rights laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Pakistani students applying for UK visa will face compulsory interview – The Guardian
“Every Pakistani student applying for a visa to come to study in Britain will face a compulsory interview with consular officials following a secret pilot study indicating that up to 40% could be ineligible. Theresa May, the home secretary, will soon announce that ‘bogus’ students will be blocked from entering Britain when the measures are introduced.”
The Guardian, 13th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Theresa May pledges to end ‘family rights’ bar on deportation – The Guardian
“New immigration rules are to be introduced to make it more difficult for foreign criminals to resist deportation by invoking their right to a family life under the European convention on human rights.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge was wrong to stop terror suspects’ case to save money, Appeal Court rules – Daily Telegraph
“A judge who stopped a case brought by two terror suspects in order to save money was in the wrong, the Appeal Court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Compelling reasons but no need for truly drastic circumstances: second stage immigration appeals revisited – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Court of Appeal has considered the test for the second stage of appeal in immigration cases, when someone wishes to appeal from the Upper Tribunal to the Court of Appeal. The test requires showing that: ‘(a) the proposed appeal would raise some important point of principle or practice; or (b) there is some other compelling reason for the [Court of Appeal] to hear the appeal.’ ”
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Mohamed (Azza) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Mohamed (Azza) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 331; [2012] WLR (D) 92
“The use of the superlative form in the phrase “the most exceptional compassionate circumstances” in paragraph 317(i)(e) of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (1994) stressed how extreme such circumstances had to be in order for an applicant to be granted indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as the parent or grandparent aged under 65 of a person settled in the United Kingdom. The requirement was not met even where the financial dependency which qualified such a relative for entry was the factor which prevented his or her circumstances from being such exceptional circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 20th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Ex-UK Border Force chief Brodie Clark settles legal dispute with Home Office – The Guardian
“The former head of the UK Border Force who resigned over last year’s security row has reached an out-of-court settlement with the Home Office in which neither side admits any liability or wrongdoing.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Changes to the Immigration Rules – UK Border Agency
“Today, Thursday 15 March 2012, a written ministerial statement has been laid in Parliament outlining a number of changes to the Immigration Rules. Most of the changes will come into effect on 6 April 2012. Some of the changes to Tier 2 will affect those who were granted leave after 6 April 2011.”
UK Border Agency, 15th March 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
No “near miss” principle in immigration cases, despite Article 8 – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Court of Appeal has ruled that there is no ‘near miss’ principle in the application of the Immigration Rules. People who miss the five years’ continuous residence requirement – even if by two weeks – will not have met the rules. There is no exception.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Regina v Kapoor and others – WLR Daily
Regina v Kapoor and others [2012] EWCA Crim 435; [2012] WLR (D) 72
“For the purposes of section 25(1)(2) of the Immigration Act 1971, as substituted, an ‘immigration law’ was a law which determined whether a person was lawfully or unlawfully either entering the United Kingdom, or in transit or being in the United Kingdom and did not include section 2 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 which made it an offence for a person not to have with him at a leave or asylum interview an immigration document which was in force and satisfactorily established his identity and nationality or citizenship.”
WLR Daily, 9th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8; [2012] WLR (D) 69
“The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC’) could make an irrevocable non-disclosure order, without notice to the Secretary of State, where a witness, fearing reprisals, required an absolute and irreversible guarantee of confidentiality as a precondition to giving evidence relating to an appellant’s safety on return.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Miah and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Miah and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 261; [2012] WLR (D) 68
“There was no ‘near-miss’ principle in relation to immigration policy such that there was no presumption that those falling just outside the policy should be treated as though they were within it or given special consideration for that reason.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lamichhane v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Lamichhane v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 260; [2012] WLR (D) 67
“The Secretary of State had discretionary power to serve a notice under section 120 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 although failure to serve did not render an immigration decision unlawful.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Communicating with the Home Office in Family Proceedings – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The ‘Communicating with the Home Office in Family Proceedings’ protocol enables the family courts to communicate with the Home Office (UK Borders Agency and Identity and Passport Service) to obtain immigration, visa and passport information for family court proceedings.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 1st March 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
New Border Force begins work – Home Office
“From today the Border Force and the UK Border Agency will begin operating separately.”
Home Office, 1st March 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Attracting the brightest and best migrant workers – Home Office
“Tougher rules for migrant workers on temporary work visas will mean only the brightest and best can apply to settle in the UK. Immigration Minister Damian Green today announced new settlement rules that will break the link between migrants coming here to work and staying forever. The amount of time they can stay will now be capped at six years to prevent temporary work routes being abused.”
Home Office, 29th February 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
