‘The last Conservative government relied largely on evidence from Rwandan officials in its assessment of the country as a safe place to send asylum seekers, an official report has found.’
The Guardian, 10th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A British national who attempted to smuggle 5 migrants, including a 5-year-old child, has been sentenced following a Home Office investigation.’
Home Office, 6th September 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police “didn’t get everything right” in policing recent large-scale protests, as a new report reveals the impact caused on tourism, retail and public service finances.’
The Independent, 9th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office has rejected a visa application from a family trapped in Afghanistan, whose son was evacuated to the UK during the fall of Kabul.’
The Guardian, 9th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than £400,000 has been secured for victims of the Windrush scandal wrongly denied payment through the Home Office compensation scheme.’
BBC News, 5th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘On 30 July 2024, the Court of Appeal refused the claimants permission to appeal against the judgment of Mr Justice Eyre R(Akinsanya and Aning-Adjei) v SSHD [2024] EWHC 469 (Admin). The Court’s decision closes a significant chapter in the long-running litigation on the route to settlement for Zambrano carers under the EU Settlement Scheme. This article is aimed at helping those affected and their advisers to understand the latest judgment and consider what if anything they can do next to hasten their path to settlement.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 28th August 2024
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘Three Essex companies have been fined thousands of pounds by the Home Office for employing illegal workers.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman, her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend have admitted taking part in violent far-right disorder earlier this month in Middlesbrough.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hundreds of rogue employers across the UK have been targeted by the Home Office during a nationwide weeklong intensive operation into illegal working.’
Home Office, 27th August 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Home Secretary announces new measures to strengthen border security, enforce immigration rules and increase returns.’
Home Office, 21st August 2204
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A father of three who shouted at a police dog and used racist slurs has been jailed for 20 months for violent disorder.’
BBC News, 20th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In the newly reported Upper Tribunal decision in Al Hassan & Ors. (Article 8; entry clearance; KF (Syria)) [2024] UKUT 00234 (IAC), my client, a Syrian national, arrived in the UK through a resettlement scheme. She applied to be reunited with her siblings, as well as her nieces and nephews. This was through the standard family reunion route, outside of the Immigration Rules. Our point, inter alia, was that KF and others (entry clearance, relatives of refugees) Syria [2019] UKUT 413 (IAC) was wrong in law to only look at the sponsor’s rights, as well as the argument that the risk of refoulement in a family reunion appeal surely has to be the biggest interference in family life.’
EIN Blog, 19th August 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘The number of foreign social care workers reporting that they are trapped in exploitative contracts has risen sixfold in the last three years, in the latest evidence of widespread abuse of migrants in the British care system.’
The Guardian, 19th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A father-of-one who poured a can of cider over a police officer during a protest in Weymouth has been jailed for 21 months.’
The Independent, 15th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Vasa v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 777 (10 July 2024). The Court of Appeal held in this case that the SSHD had erred in refusing to grant pre-settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to non-EU nationals who were siblings of EU nationals who had exercised free movement rights in the UK before its withdrawal from the EU.’
EIN Blog, 9th August 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Shamima Begum’s legal fight to restore her UK citizenship has received a big blow after the supreme court refused to hear an appeal.’
The Guardian, 7th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal held in this case that FTTJ Beg’s persistent questioning of an immigration appellant, Mr Tareque Hossain, a Bangladeshi national, who had been found to have fraudulently obtained an English language competence test did not indicate that she had “descended into the arena” such as to adversely affect her evaluation of the evidence. FTTJ Beg’s questions concerned matters that fell within the areas previously covered by the evidence and were clearly directed to the central issue of whether Mr Tareque Hossain had undertaken the test. There was no evidence that she was unable to consider the evidence objectively. It was fairer that she asked questions about the matters going to the central factual issue rather than leave her concerns unaddressed, and without giving Mr Hossain and his witnesses an opportunity to deal with them. Mr Tareque Hossain had appealed against a decision upholding the refusal of his application for leave to remain in the UK. He entered the UK on a student visa but his leave to remain was curtailed on the basis that he had relied on an English language test (“TOEIC”) which was fraudulently obtained from the Educational Testing Service (“ETS”). He could not appeal and did not challenge that finding by way of judicial review but claimed asylum (later withdrawn) and made a series of applications the last of which was a further application for leave to remain on the basis of his family and private life made on 21 October 2020. His application was refused on the basis that his TOEIC exam involved cheating.’
EIN Blog, 6th August 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Immigration lawyers have been warned to take extra security measures or stay away from work amid far-right threats to target their firms, with legal groups blaming political attacks on the profession for fuelling abuse.’
The Guardian, 6th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘One of Keir Starmer’s first acts as prime minister was to kill off the previous government’s flagship asylum policy. The Rwanda plan was doomed from the start, dogged by legal and political difficulties and culminating in a £320 million bill to the taxpayer with no planes actually taking off.’
EIN Blog, 30th July 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘In the recent matter of Y (Failure to Clarify Immigration Status), Re [2024] EWFC 159, the High Court gives useful guidance in respect of public law children cases where there is a question in relation to the immigration status of either the subject child or parents.’
Broadway Chambers, 29th July 2024
Source: www.broadwayhouse.co.uk
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