Married woman faces deportation – BBC News
“A married Canadian woman is due to fly out of Heathrow later under imminent threat of deportation from the UK.”
BBC News, 9th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: immigration
New controls help protect jobs for British workforce – UK Border Agency
“A raft of new government measures will ensure that resident workers can have every opportunity to fill vacancies before they are offered to workers abroad, the Home Secretary announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 7th September 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Alan Johnson tightens restrictions on foreign workers – The Guardian
“Firms will have to advertise jobs in Britain for at least a month before they can offer them to workers from outside Europe.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Alan Johnson to unveil limits on UK jobs for foreign workers – The Observer
“Alan Johnson, the home secretary, will tomorrow unveil plans to restrict British jobs going to skilled workers from overseas amid concerns about the impact of the recession on attitudes towards immigration.”
The Observer, 6th September 2009
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Ministers under fire for locking up immigrant children – The Guardian
“Ministers were facing accusations today that hundreds of children are being held unnecessarily in immigration detention centres as official figures revealed, for the first time, that 470 minors were being detained with their families.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Migration Advisory Committee publishes report on points-based system – UK Border Agency
“The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published a report answering two questions put to it by the Government earlier this year.”
UK Border Agency, 19th August 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
MPs seek protection of British workers by cutting influx of migrants – The Times
“Tighter restrictions to curb the flow of skilled immigrants coming to Britain from outside Europe were recommended by a government committee yesterday in an effort to safeguard the position of British workers in the job market.”
The Times, 20th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Deportees ‘at risk of abuse’ – The Independent
“Refugees deported from Britain are at risk of ill-treatment and abuse by immigration officers and security guards, a damning report into the system for removing immigrants and failed asylum seekers has found.”
The Independent, 13th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judge to be investigated after outburst – The Independent
“A judge who described Britain’s immigration system as ‘completely lax’ is to face an official investigation, it was revealed today.”
The Independent, 4th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk</a'
Immigration rules are a drain on the country, says Judge Ian Trigger – Daily Telegraph
“Judge Ian Trigger has described Britain’s immigration system as ‘completely lax’ and claimed it partly contributed to rising national debt.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Immigration Act gives UK Border Agency customs powers – UK Border Agency
“UK Border controls were strengthened today as thousands of customs and immigration officers, sharing wide ranging powers, created a new unified force at the border following Royal Assent of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.”
UK Border Agency, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Newly wed couple faces 18-month separation under Forced Marriages Act – The Guardian
“MPs have taken up the case of two young newlyweds who are being forced apart as an unintended consequence of a new immigration law aimed at protecting Asian women from forced marriages.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Government slammed for failure over bogus colleges and economic migrants – The Times
“Private colleges should face compulsory regulation to prevent ‘bogus’ institutions from operating as a front for illegal immigration, a parliamentary committee recommends today.”
The Times, 21st July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Restaurant must pay Dorset’s largest-ever fine for employing illegal workers – UK Border Agency
“Two Bournemouth businesses have been fined a total of more than £40,000 for employing illegal workers.”
UK Border Agency, 16th July 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Illegal immigrant caught on wedding day – UK Border Agency
“An illegal immigrant was today removed from the United Kingdom after being arrested on his wedding day last week.”
UK Border Agency, 9th July 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
AM (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer – WLR Daily
AM (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer [2009] EWCA Civ 634; [2009] WLR (D) 22
“The requirement under the Immigration Rules for a disabled British citizen living in the United Kingdom on disability living allowance who was sponsoring her foreign husband to settle in UK to prove that they would be able to maintain themselves without recourse to public funds did not amount to disporportionate discrimination against disabled sponsors under art 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 2nd July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Law firm boss ‘at centre of immigration scam’ – The Independent
“A law firm manager was at the heart of a lucrative plot to con the Home Office into allowing ‘hundreds’ of foreign nationals to settle in Britain, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
AS (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
AS (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
House of Lords
“The statutory provision that on hearing an appeal against a refusal of entry clearance the adjudicator or tribunal could have regard only to the circumstances appertaining at the time of the decision to refuse and could have no regard to any subsequent change in the applicant’s circumstances, was not incompatible with article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, even though its effect could lead to delay in bringing a family together in the United Kingdom.”
The Times, 22nd June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
AS (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
AS (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 32; [2009] WLR (D) 194
“The provisions of s 85(5) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, which provided that an immigration judge hearing an appeal against a refusal of entry clearance could only have regard to the circumstances appertaining at the time the decision to refuse was made, were not in themselves incompatible with art 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, even though their effect could be to cause unreasonable delay in bringing a family together in the United Kingdom.”
WLR Daily, 18th June 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
