‘Rules aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from renting properties are “discriminatory” and breach human rights laws, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 1st March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government has toughened rules for people seeking UK citizenship with new English language requirements.’
The Independent, 10th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The security company G4S is facing prosecution for allegedly failing to implement a smoking ban at an immigration removal centre, in the first case of its kind.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Indefinite detention in immigration centres is traumatic and the practice should be stopped, with people ideally held for no longer than 28 days, a parliamentary committee has recommended. In a highly critical report, the joint committee on human rights (JCHR), made up of MPs and peers, described the UK’s immigration system as “slow, unfair and expensive to run”, and said detention should be authorised only by decision-makers independent of the Home Office.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The lawyer overseeing a compensation scheme for victims of the Windrush scandal has asked for “urgent clarification” after a woman was wrongly refused Home Office help.’
BBC News, 5th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office is obtaining patient data from the NHS and using it for immigration enforcement purposes, despite suggesting last year that this form of data-sharing would no longer take place. A report by the chief inspector of borders reveals immigration enforcement teams are using hospital records containing data on migrants with an outstanding debt to the NHS of £500 or more.’
The Independent, 4th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been accused of inflicting irreversible damage on the life of a pharmaceutical expert by misusing a controversial clause in immigration law to try to force her out of the UK.’
The Guardian, 2nd February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘UK employers can now rely on the result of an online right to work test as a defence against civil penalties should any of their workers later be found to have been working illegally.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A new practice direction reveals some valuable progress in the management of closed judgments, but leaves uncertainty and, very worryingly, indicates that some judgments will be destroyed.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th January 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The high court has ordered a new inquest into the death of a Windrush citizen after the original coroner failed to consider the impact of the Home Office’s “hostile environment” policy on his health.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘People would be able to more easily understand the UK’s immigration rules under a proposed shakeup of the regulations by the government’s law advisers that would simplify the current 1,100 pages of regulations.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The appeal system for failed asylum-seekers has been “heavily abused by some lawyers”, the former Home Office director-general of immigration enforcement has claimed.’
Legal Futures, 21st January 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Law Commission proposes to simplify how the Immigration Rules are drafted and presented, so they are easier to follow and more user friendly.’
law Commission , 21st January 2019
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Home Office is trying to separate a couple from their four British children, 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild by forcing them to return to Iran.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘People seeking asylum in the UK should take a lie detector test as part of their application, the former chief of UK immigration enforcement says.’
BBC News, 11th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The settlement scheme for EU nationals seeking to maintain their right to live and work in the UK once it leaves the EU will be extended to more individuals later this month, the government has announced.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th January 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The case of R (Application of the Centre for Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) and (1) Sec State Home Dept (2) Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2018] EWCA 2837 (Civ) holds that police officers have the power to do anything that an ordinary citizen can do.’
UK Police Law Blog, 3rd January 2019
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘The number of convictions for trafficking in Europe has fallen by a quarter, despite an increase in the number of victims and a global drive to tackle the abuse.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenage asylum seeker from Ethiopia is planning to sue the government for its role in funding detention centres in Libya, where he says he experienced physical abuse, extortion and forced labour.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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