immigration – Page 81 – Current Awareness

An immigration lawyer reviews Paddington – Free Movement

Posted December 2nd, 2014 in asylum, crime, immigration, news, refugees by sally

‘Law is pretty abstract. Unlike the role of a doctor or a builder, that of a lawyer is difficult to explain to a young mind. When my children eventually ask me about what I do when I “work” (confusingly simultaneously a place I seem to go to and a thing I do at home; either takes me away from them) my plan is to explain that I help strangers from far off places find new homes. Like Paddington Bear.’

Free Movement, 1st December 2014

Source: www.freemovement.org.uk

New powers to tackle sham marriage announced – Home Office

Posted December 1st, 2014 in civil partnerships, fraud, immigration, marriage, press releases, registrars by tracey

‘Home Office will have more time to investigate suspected sham marriages.’

Full press release

Home Office, 25th November 2014

Source: www.gov.uk/home-office

‘Right to rent’ checks start in West Midlands – BBC News

Posted December 1st, 2014 in fines, immigration, landlord & tenant, news, passports by tracey

‘Landlords in the West Midlands who fail to check whether prospective tenants are in the country legally will face a £3,000 fine, under a new rule expected to be rolled out across the UK.’

BBC News, 1st December 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Challenging an error of fact – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted November 27th, 2014 in immigration, judicial review, mistake, news by sally

‘Lurking in the background of many judicial review claims is a complaint that a decision maker has made an error of fact.’

Hardwicke Chambers, 24th November 2014

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Notice period doubled from next spring for all marriages and civil partnerships – Free Movement

Posted November 25th, 2014 in civil partnerships, fraud, immigration, marriage, news, notification by sally

‘It has been announced today [24 November] by Minister for Security and Immigration James Brokenshire that Part 4 of the Immigration Act 2014 is to be brought into full effect on 2 March 2015. This amends the procedure for marriage and civil partnership for everyone (not just foreign nationals) and creates new powers for duties to report sham marriages and the investigation and preventing of sham marriages.’

Free Movement, 24th November 2014

Source: www.freemovement.org.uk

Illegal immigration Bill – solution to a problem that doesn’t exist – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted November 25th, 2014 in bills, crime, immigration, news by sally

‘Do we need any new laws? Christopher Chope, the Tory MP for Christchurch thinks so. He’s introduced the Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) Bill 2014. It is short – only three clauses, and its aim is clear from the title, and this is made clear from the Preamble. This is a Bill to “Make provision for criminal sanctions against those who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority”.’

Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 24th November 2014

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Anti-terror measures: May aims to close ransom loophole – The Guardian

Posted November 24th, 2014 in immigration, insurance, news, terrorism by sally

‘The government will embark on fresh steps to cut funding to “barbaric” terror groups such as Islamic State by changing the law to prevent insurance firms from inadvertently reimbursing ransom payments, Theresa May will say on Monday.’

The Guardian, 24th November 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lancashire sham marriages: Manchester gang jailed – BBC News

Posted November 21st, 2014 in fraud, immigration, marriage, news, sentencing by tracey

‘A Manchester gang which set up sham weddings between Pakistani grooms and Portuguese brides has been jailed.’

BBC News, 21st November 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Giving evidence in court – UK Visas and Immigration

Posted November 21st, 2014 in codes of practice, immigration, news, visas, witnesses by tracey

‘Modernised guidance for how UK Visas and Immigration prepares and gives evidence in court, and what it expects when it gives evidence.’

UK Visas and Immigration, 20th November 2014

Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration

Yarl’s Wood: Undercover tour of detention centre with dreadful reputation for its treatment of asylum seekers – The Independent

Posted November 17th, 2014 in asylum, delay, deportation, detention, health, human rights, immigration, mental health, news, quality assurance, standards by sally

‘The Detention Centre in Bedfordshire – privately run, but publicly funded – has a dreadful reputation for its treatment of asylum seekers. Cole Moreton found a way inside to see if its notoriety is deserved.’

The Independent, 16th November 2014

Source: www.independent.co.uk

EU court moves against ‘benefits tourism’ in landmark ruling – The Independent

Posted November 12th, 2014 in benefits, EC law, immigration, news, taxation by tracey

‘The European Court of Justice has issued a historic ruling against Romanian woman living in Germany that could set a major precedent blocking so-called “benefits tourism” across the continent.’

The Independent, 11th November 2014

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Control and restraint techniques used on people being removed from UK are lawful, says Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted November 7th, 2014 in aircraft, human rights, immigration, news, restraint by tracey

‘R (on the application of FI) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1272. The Court of Appeal has held that the physical restraint of persons being removed from the UK by aircraft is subject to a sufficient framework of safeguards to fulfil the state’s obligations under Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Further, the decision of the Home Secretary not to publish aspects of the applicable policy on the use of such control and restraint is lawful.’

UK Human Rights Blog, 7th November 2014

Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/

Deportation of Lebanese man with Down’s ‘inhumane’ – Vince Cable – The Guardian

Posted November 7th, 2014 in appeals, deportation, human rights, immigration, learning difficulties, news by tracey

‘The proposed deportation of a Lebanese man with Down’s syndrome has been branded “fundamentally inhumane” by the business secretary, Vince Cable. Wadih Chourey, 44, has lived in Twickenham, south-west London, for the past 17 years after seeking refuge from abuse in Beirut. But both his parents have since died and his brother Camil, 52, said he would be unable to care for himself in Lebanon.’

The Guardian, 6th November 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Judge orders Home Office border agency to explain sham company failures – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 28th, 2014 in disclosure, fraud, government departments, immigration, news, visas by sally

‘Judge Peter Ross criticises the Border Force for failing to follow up information which suggested Milton Keynes-based firm was operating an immigration scam.’

Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2014

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Gay asylum seekers face ‘intrusive’ sexual questions – The Guardian

Posted October 24th, 2014 in asylum, homosexuality, immigration, news by sally

‘More than a tenth of Home Office interviews of gay and lesbian asylum seekers include “intrusive or unsatisfactory” questions about their sex lives, according to an investigation by the chief inspector of borders and immigration.’

The Guardian, 23rd October 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

CPS to launch review after ‘shambolic’ fake marriage case collapses – The Independent

Posted October 24th, 2014 in clergy, conspiracy, fraud, immigration, marriage, news, perjury, perverting the course of justice by sally

‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to launch a full review of its procedures after a judge halted a case in which a vicar who was alleged to have operated a “conveyor belt” of sham marriages claimed that immigration officers concealed evidence and lied under oath.’

The Independent, 23rd October 2014

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Regina (Alladin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (Wadhwa and others) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted October 23rd, 2014 in appeals, children, human rights, immigration, law reports by sally

Regina (Alladin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (Wadhwa and others) v Same [2014] EWCA Civ 1334; [2014] WLR (D) 435

‘Where an applicant applied to the Secretary of State only for definite leave to remain, pursuant to section 3(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971, but made no request for indefinite leave to remain, and provided no material in support of the application specifically directed at an application for indefinite leave to remain, or which pointed to any disadvantage associated with the grant of discretionary leave to remain as opposed to indefinite leave to remain, the Secretary of State had no positive duty to consider what might support the granting of indefinite leave to remain.’

WLR Daily, 16th October 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

UZ (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted October 22nd, 2014 in appeals, immigration, judicial review, jurisdiction, law reports, tribunals by sally

UZ (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1319; [2014] WLR (D) 429

‘The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) did not have jurisdiction to determine an application for permission to proceed with a claim for judicial review where the application had been advanced by reference to the Secretary of State’s decisions to reject the application under the Legacy Programme.’

WLR Daily, 15th October 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

A sixth of foreign criminals absconded before being deported from UK – The Guardian

Posted October 22nd, 2014 in criminal justice, deportation, immigration, news, reports, sentencing by sally

‘One in six foreign offenders living in the community have absconded, including 58 dangerous individuals who have been missing since 2010, the National Audit Office has revealed.’

The Guardian, 22nd October 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Court refuses to say if killer was allowed to stay in UK – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 20th, 2014 in appeals, deportation, disclosure, families, human rights, immigration, murder, news, public interest by sally

‘Bernard Finlay was found guilty of stabbing a mother of two to death with three kitchen knives and a cleaver in 1997.’

Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2014

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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