Six year rule for asylum seekers?
The Daily Telegraph has claimed that there is a new policy that asylum seekers may be granted settlement after a wait of four to six
The Daily Telegraph has claimed that there is a new policy that asylum seekers may be granted settlement after a wait of four to six
It looks like UKBA have suspended the isotope analysis testing programme ominously called The Human Provenance Project. A revised policy instruction has been placed on
In another development that would be shocking were we not so used to it by now, it has emerged that the Home Office has a
It sounds like the title of a dystopian science fiction film, and it is every bit as bad as it sounds. The first I heard
Back to this old chestnut. I’ve been doing a bit more work on the subject and thought I’d share a minor revelation I had while
I’ve been following with some interest the establishment of the snappily-entitled Office of the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency (OCIUKBA to its friends).
I’m sorry to harp on about this and will return to some substantive legal blogging next week (there’s been a fairly lengthy change to the
I’m sitting on the fence on this one. One the one hand it would be a tragedy if someone of Baroness Scotland’s talents and background
The media coverage on this story has been interesting. The Telegraph is running a short story that is actually quite sympathetic to employers who break
Since 2005, refugees have been granted five years of limited leave, at the end of which they are eligible to apply for settlement, or ILR.
The Daily Telegraph has claimed that there is a new policy that asylum seekers may be granted settlement after a wait of four to six (or possibly eight) years following a quiet change to immigration policies. The policy is allegedly set out in a memo The Telegraph claims to have...
It looks like UKBA have suspended the isotope analysis testing programme ominously called The Human Provenance Project. A revised policy instruction has been placed on the UKBA website simply saying that it has been ‘temporarily suspended’. It is doubtful whether it will be resurrected, though, as this is Government-speak for...
Back to this old chestnut. I’ve been doing a bit more work on the subject and thought I’d share a minor revelation I had while writing an article for one of the immigration law journals. I’ve also learned that there is a judicial review application on this to be heard...
I’ve been following with some interest the establishment of the snappily-entitled Office of the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency (OCIUKBA to its friends). Like many initiatives to establish supposedly greater accountability for the Home Office, there has been some scepticism about this new institution. The early signs are...
I’m sorry to harp on about this and will return to some substantive legal blogging next week (there’s been a fairly lengthy change to the rules that I haven’t even looked at yet, for starters). I can’t help noticing that UKBA have rather changed their tune, and certainly their tone,...
The media coverage on this story has been interesting. The Telegraph is running a short story that is actually quite sympathetic to employers who break the law. Many seem to be revelling in the fact that Baroness Scotland helped to pass the law she may or may not have broken....
Since 2005, refugees have been granted five years of limited leave, at the end of which they are eligible to apply for settlement, or ILR. Before 2005, they were granted settlement straight away, on the grounds that this policy promoted integration. One of the consequences of this change is that...