Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) v Al-Jedda (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 9th October 2013
Category: immigration
Home Office ‘go home’ vans banned over misleading figures – The Guardian
“The Home Office’s ‘go home’ poster vans targeting illegal immigrants have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for quoting misleading arrest statistics.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Immigration Rule changes – UK Border Agency
“As previously announced a number of changes to the Immigration Rules come into effect today, Tuesday 1 October 2013.”
UK Border Agency, 30th September 2013
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Judges ‘on side of foreign criminals’ says Theresa May as Tories repeat threat to quit human rights convention – The Independent
“Home Secretary said she would end ‘abuse’ of article 8, which protects right to family life.”
The Independent, 30th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Legal Aid’s Still On The Brink – Garden Court Chambers Blog
“Liz Davies, writing in the Morning Star on Saturday 14 September, delivers a grim warning about the future of legal aid.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 17th September 2013
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
Detainees at Yarl’s Wood immigration centre ‘facing sexual abuse’ – The Guardian
“A former detainee at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre has alleged that women held there have been subjected to unwanted sexual advances and abuse by security guards and other officials.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jails are being ‘used as holding pens’ for foreign ex-offenders – The Independent
“People who have served prison terms are being kept behind bars while they wait to be deported, government data shows.”
The Independent, 15th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Veils in Court, Grayling and the Left & Legal Aid Anxieties – The Human Rights Roundup
“Welcome back to the UK Human Rights Roundup, your regular breakfast cereal variety box of human rights news and views. The full list of links can be found here. You can find previous roundups here. Post by Sarina Kidd, edited and links compiled by Adam Wagner.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Robert Thomas: Immigration judicial reviews – UK Constitutional Law Group
“There is much current debate over judicial review, prompted in large part by successive government consultation papers. This note provides an overview of recent developments concerning immigration judicial reviews, which have, for many years, provided the bulk of all judicial review claims.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 12th September 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Changes to the Immigration Rules – October 2013 – UK Border Agency
“Today, Friday 6 September 2013, a written ministerial statement was laid in Parliament outlining a number of changes to the Immigration Rules.”
UK Border Agency, 6th September 2013
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Criminal who burned woman’s face can stay in Britain because of his human rights – Daily Telegraph
“A violent foreign criminal who burned a woman’s face with melted plastic and scalded her with boiling water has defeated a bid to deport him from Britain because of his human rights, the Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Families being torn apart by migration rules that set an income threshold for spouse’s visa application – The Independent
“UK citizens must earn more than £18,600 to bring a non-EU spouse into the country.”
The Independent, 8th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Ignaoua) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The Secretary of State was entitled to use the new certification provisions in sections 2C of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997, as inserted by section 15 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, to terminate existing judicial review proceedings in which she was herself a party.”
WLR Daily, 9th August 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
More than 300 foreign criminals use ‘right to family life’ to escape deportation – Daily Telegraph
“More than 300 foreign criminals escaped deportation last year after they argued it would breach their human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
More developments under Schedule 7 – UK Human Rights Blog
“In a judgment with implications for the detention of David Miranda, the High Court has today dismissed an appeal against a conviction for wilfully failing to comply with a duty imposed by virtue of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th August 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
High court rejects human rights appeal over airport detention – The Guardian
“Three high court judges have said there is room for improvement in the operation of counter-terror powers used by police special branch officers to stop, question and detain 70,000 people a year passing through Britain’s airports and ports.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK terror law watchdog promises rapid report on David Miranda detention – The Guardian
“Britain’s anti-terror laws watchdog is to investigate whether laws were used “lawfully, appropriately and humanely” when police detained David Miranda at Heathrow airport for nine hours.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
David Miranda detention: Police right to act, says May – BBC News
“Home Secretary Theresa May has defended the police’s use of anti-terror laws to hold and question David Miranda, the partner of a Guardian journalist.”
BBC News, 21st August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
David Miranda detention: Lawyers seek judicial review – BBC News
“Lawyers representing a Brazilian man detained at Heathrow airport have begun judicial review proceedings against the Home Office and the police.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Theresa May had advance notice of David Miranda detention at Heathrow – The Guardian
“The home secretary has confirmed that she was given advanced notice of the decision by the police to detain David Miranda, the partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, at Heathrow airport.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
