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Latest statistics show huge increase in rejections of late EU settlement scheme applications, no evidence that Rwanda has impacted Channel crossings
It has been a bumper day for statistics, as the Office for National Statistics and the Home Office have published their latest quarterly figures covering all aspects of immigration and asylum. Contrary to the government’s line that their Rwanda ...
23rd November 2023Government should not routinely remove names of civil servants in judicial review disclosure
The High Court has told the government that they should not be routinely redacting the names of civil servants when disclosing documents in the course of judicial review proceedings. The substantive judicial review challenge is to the Houses in Multip ...
23rd November 2023Job Ad: CELC are recruiting for an Immigration Solicitor/Caseworker
Salary: Competitive Hours: Full Time or Part Time Considered Central England Law Centre (CELC) is looking for an Immigration Solicitor/Caseworker to join our friendly Immigration Team. The successful candidate will be compassionate, committed indivi ...
23rd November 2023Court of Appeal says deportation of mother of British child not “unduly harsh”
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against the deportation of a mother with a British citizen child, finding that their separation would not be “unduly harsh”. The case is FN (Burundi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] E ...
22nd November 2023Court of Appeal dismisses appeal on interpretation of nationality law
The Court of Appeal has agreed with the High Court and dismissed an appeal on a point of statutory interpretation regarding when the right of abode was acquired through a person’s parent. The case is Indran Murugason, R (on the application of) v ...
21st November 2023The UK must improve labour market enforcement in order to tackle exploitation of workers
The UK is falling significantly short of international labour standards. In fact, the government’s labour migration policy and wider hostile environment actively produces risks of labour exploitation. In 2022, labour exploitation was the most common ...
21st November 2023Reflections on the Supreme Court’s Rwanda judgment
This post reflects on Wednesday’s momentous Supreme Court decision in the Rwanda litigation. You can read Colin’s initial take on the judgment here. The Supreme Court’s decision To recap, the Supreme Court decided that there are substantial grou ...
20th November 2023Deception case returned to the Upper Tribunal after material error of law made
The Court of Appeal has sent a case back to the Upper Tribunal for reconsideration after a failure to properly consider article 8 and the making of a material error in relation to the appellant’s husband’s nationality. The case is Gurdeep ...
20th November 2023Job Ad: Safe Passage are recruiting for a Legal Caseworker (Fixed-term)
£28,302 – £32,549 full time equivalent (FTE) gross per annum Full-time at 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE), or part-time at 30 hours per week (0.8 FTE) One year fixed-term contract Member of the UK Legal Team London office with the option to work ...
17th November 2023Upper Tribunal failed to properly assess whether error of law was material in asylum appeal
The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal from the Upper Tribunal (IAC) against the refusal of an asylum claim by an Iraqi man whose claim was partly based on a risk of violence because of his relationship with his girlfriend. The case is ASO (Iraq) v ...
17th November 2023Briefing: Article 1D of the Refugee Convention and Palestinian refugees
Immigration lawyers tend to have a good grasp of the definition of a refugee. We can confidently recite the “well-founded fear” definition at Article 1(A)(2) of the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees (the “Refugee Conv ...
16th November 2023Supreme Court finds Rwanda is not a safe country to which refugees can be removed
The Supreme Court has today held that Rwanda is not a safe country and that it would be unlawful for refugees to be removed there. The government’s appeal against the Court of Appeal’s judgment has been dismissed. Lord Reed, giving the co ...
15th November 2023