UK to sign up to UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
19 September 2008
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The BBC is reporting that the government will announce we are finally going to sign up properly next week to the 1989 UN Convention on
The BBC is reporting that the government will announce we are finally going to sign up properly next week to the 1989 UN Convention on
Bail for Immigration Detainees recently obtained statistics from the Ministry of Justice on the number of bail applications that are made at different hearing centres,
Shocker: the Home Office appear to have accepted what the Lords say in Chikwamba (see previous posts on the House of Lords cases themselves and
I’ve just been looking at the Transpondia website. I first came across it a few months ago when they posted a link to Free Movement,
I have come across four secret Home Office policies since I returned at the start of September. Normally the Home Office has been quite good
It sounds from various internet forums as if the British High Commission at Canberra is getting tough on applicants for Tier 1. Where applications have
Favourite shortage occupation: meteorologists It’s official: we don’t have enough home-grown talent in the weather forecasting department and need to import skilled weatherpersons from abroad. In
UPDATE: THIS RUMOUR DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE TRUE There is a reasonably credible rumour doing the rounds amongst lawyers as well as Zimbabweans themselves
I took no risks as I walked through immigration control. No point in aggravating them with a ‘nice uniform’ remark or other such wise cracks.
Normal service will resume in September – sorry folks!
The BBC is reporting that the government will announce we are finally going to sign up properly next week to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. At the moment the UK has a controversial opt-out of one of the key parts of the Convention, Article 3,...
Bail for Immigration Detainees recently obtained statistics from the Ministry of Justice on the number of bail applications that are made at different hearing centres, and the outcomes of those hearings. There is quite a disparity in outcomes. For example, once withdrawn cases are set aside, the percentage of bail...
Shocker: the Home Office appear to have accepted what the Lords say in Chikwamba (see previous posts on the House of Lords cases themselves and then on the secret policies if coming to this fresh). The policy just published and now to be applied in all relevant Article 8 cases...
I have come across four secret Home Office policies since I returned at the start of September. Normally the Home Office has been quite good at disclosing the policies that officials apply to cases. There is a large section on the BIA website devoted to this. Legal challenges in the...
It sounds from various internet forums as if the British High Commission at Canberra is getting tough on applicants for Tier 1. Where applications have been submitted that include evidence (e.g. payslips) that show the person has worked for more than the permitted 12 months while on a working holiday...
Favourite shortage occupation: meteorologists It’s official: we don’t have enough home-grown talent in the weather forecasting department and need to import skilled weatherpersons from abroad. In order to tell us that it will rain again. The other highlight is ballet dancers. The full list is here. It relates to the...
UPDATE: THIS RUMOUR DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE TRUE There is a reasonably credible rumour doing the rounds amongst lawyers as well as Zimbabweans themselves that Zimbabwean asylum seekers can apply for permission to work – presumably with a reasonable expectation of the application being granted. The application is to...
I took no risks as I walked through immigration control. No point in aggravating them with a ‘nice uniform’ remark or other such wise cracks. They mainly bother poor and black people, although as I passed through ‘nothing to declare’ a young and affluent-looking black couple were being taken to...