” Abu Qatada will remain in Britain for at least another five months while he launches a further appeal against deportation, but he will spend it behind bars, a court ruled yesterday.”
The Independent, 29th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Neglect by immigration detention centre staff contributed to the death of a Pakistani asylum seeker after he suffered a heart attack, an inquest jury has found.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Albanian car wash owner Defrim Paci, has been ordered to handover £60,000 of his criminal earnings after he was found guilty of employing illegal immigrants in the UK and laundering money.”
UK Border Agency. 24th May 2012
Source: www.ukba/homeoffice.gov.uk
“Secrecy and secret justice are rarely out of the public eye. The Queen’s speech included plans to allow secret hearings in civil claims, at a time when their use is highly controversial. The government argues they are necessary to safeguard national security. Civil liberties groups and even the Special Advocates who help administer them, regard them as a bar to real justice and fair hearings.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Torture victims who have been held in British immigration detention centres are to launch a high court legal challenge for false imprisonment against the UK Border Agency.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A report by the Refugee Council to be published this week accuses the immigration service of continuing to detain child asylum seekers by wrongly classifying them as adults.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Most foreign nationals will no longer be allowed to appeal if they are refused a visa to visit family members, the Home Office has announced.”
BBC News, 15th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A clause in the Crime and Courts Bill, published today, will remove the full right of appeal for those applying to enter the UK as a family visitor. Subject to Parliamentary approval and Royal Assent, this change is expected to come into force by 2014. Refused applicants will still be able to appeal on limited grounds of human rights or race discrimination.”
UK Border Agency, 10th May 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The UK Border Agency is detaining children in ‘degrading and disgraceful’ conditions at Heathrow, according to an official watchdog.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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 [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
“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
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