“Lawyers acting on behalf of an eight-year-old boy detained in an immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire are to challenge the legality of his incarceration this week in the high court.”
The Guardian, 1st September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tighter controls on the movements of paedophiles have been announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”
BBC News, 19th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Baiai and Another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
House of Lords
“Speeches July 30, 2008 The statutory scheme requiring the permission of the Secretary of State for the Home Department for marriage by people who were subject to immigration control or were illegal entrants was disproportionate and infringed the right to marry protected by article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 13th August 2008
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“A police custody suite used to hold immigration detainees for up to seven days has been condemned by prison and police inspectors as unhygienic, unsafe and unfit for use.”
The Guardian, 6th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The statutory scheme requiring the Secretary of State’s permission for marriage by people who were subject to immigration control or were illegal entrants was disproportionate and infringed the right to marry protected by art 12 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2008
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“Foreign students hoping to come to the UK to study will have to meet strict new criteria, the Government announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 30th July 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Law Lords have ruled the home secretary cannot use controversial powers to stop sham marriages as they discriminate against foreigners in the UK.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bulale v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“The Court of Appeal did have jurisdiction in rare cases to pursue of its own motion a point of general importance not raised below in order to ensure the state’s compliance with its international obligations.”
The Times, 25th July 2008
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GO and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Overseas students could change their courses but if they wanted an extension of stay in the United Kingdom, they had to be able to produce evidence of satisfactory progress, whether on the course named in the application for entry clearance or on another recognised course.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
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“The age at which young people already based in Britain can sponsor a visa for an overseas spouse is also being raised, from 18 to 21.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bulale v Secretary of State for the Home Department.[2008] EWCA Civ 808; [2008] WLR (D) 238
“The Court of Appeal had jurisdiction, in very particular circumstances, to pursue a point of general importance in an immigration case not raised below once it occurred to the court, in order to ensure the state’s compliance with its international obligations. Where the point involved whether a propensity to commit robberies constituted a serious threat to society, it was for each member state to decide what sufficed to make threatened future criminal conduct serious enough to justify expulsion of an EEA national who had a right to reside in the United Kingdom.”
WLR Daily, 15th July 2008
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“An immigrant who was deported to Nigeria despite being honoured by the Church of England for his contribution to British society has been given the right to return to the UK.”
The Independent, 16th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Illegal migrants awaiting deportation from Britain will be required to provide ‘large bail bonds’ and wear electronic tags to avoid detention, under Home Office legislation unveiled yesterday.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tough new visa regimes could be introduced for 11 countries following the first global review of who needs a visa to come to the UK, the Government announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 10th July 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The government has warned 11 countries that their citizens will need visas to visit the UK unless they ‘significantly reduce’ the risk they pose.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A circular providing details of the provisions in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act which come into force on 14 July 2008.”
Circular 2008/01: Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 9th July 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
GO and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 747; [2008] WLR (D) 225
“A foreign student who wanted an extension of stay had to be able to produce evidence of satisfactory progress, whether on the course named in his application for entry clearance or on another recognised course which he had undertaken. A failure to sit or to pass relevant examinations would always be material to the evaluation of the student’s progress, but whether it was decisive would depend on the reason for it.”
WLR Daily, 7th July 2008
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Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department
House of Lords
“An adjudicator determining an alleged breach of an immigrant’s right to respect for his family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights was required to take account of the whole family and if removal would be disproportionate, all affected family members were victims.”
The Times, 8th July 2008
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AL (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Regina (Rudi) v Same
House of Lords
“The Home Secretary’s policy to grant indefinite leave to remain to certain families living as a unit with children and young adults was a proportionate response to particular administrative and financial problems represented by that group; accordingly, the different treatment of single young adults, who were excluded because they were parentless and childless, was justified.”
The Times, 2nd July 2008
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