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Supreme Court finds no human right to legal status if it’s your own fault you can’t be removed
Irish High Court finds decision to list the UK as a safe country for asylum seekers is unlawful
Government Legal Department told by High Court to keep “rather basic point” in mind when advising on redactions
Yet another Afghan judge successfully challenges exclusion from resettlement scheme
Rewarding failure: Home Secretary permitted to withdraw decision under appeal following failure to admit excluded evidence

Supreme Court

Supreme Court finds no human right to legal status if it’s your own fault you can’t be removed

Reflections on the Supreme Court’s Rwanda judgment

Supreme Court finds Rwanda is not a safe country to which refugees can be removed

Brexit and the Rwanda agreement: what was argued in the Supreme Court?

The Rwanda litigation: who is arguing what in the Supreme Court?

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Court of Appeal

A varied application can be refused where false representations were used in the original application

Court of Appeal rejects claim that Afghans were unlawfully discriminated against

Person with indefinite leave unable to return to the UK for over 15 years after Home Office mistake

Court of Appeal dismisses appeal against deportation by woman who has lived in the UK since 1985

Somali refugee’s conviction for possessing a false identity document quashed by Court of Appeal

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Upper Tribunal

New Tribunal Procedure Rules for Illegal Migration Act appeals published

Upper Tribunal confirms that appellants lost their rights under EU law once sponsor lost his EU citizenship

Upper Tribunal gives guidance on assessing well-founded fear under the Nationality and Borders Act

Those travelling to the UK with a Family Permit must be joining the EEA citizen the application was based on

Upper Tribunal provides guidance on the deportation of EU nationals for pre-Brexit conduct

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High Court

High Court dismisses rest of challenge to family reunion rules for child refugees

New route to be set up to reunite children separated from family in Afghanistan evacuations and the Home Secretary breaches duty of candour again

High Court rejects trafficking claim from claimant who had not yet been exploited

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European Court of Human Rights

Asylum in the European Courts: a case roundup

Human rights damages can be awarded for judicial findings

Greek pushback operation violated right to life of 11 people drowned

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Court of Justice of the European Union

CJEU: Women who are victims of gender-based violence can qualify for refugee status

Court of Justice confirms British citizens lost their EU citizenship because of Brexit

Asylum in the European Courts: a case roundup

UK wrongly insisted on Comprehensive Sickness Insurance for years, EU court finds

EU court considers Comprehensive Sickness Insurance

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Asylum, Cases

High Court dismisses rest of challenge to family reunion rules for child refugees

The second part of a challenge to the family reunion rules that exclude child refugees from bringing their family to the UK has been dismissed

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2nd May 2024

BY Sonia Lenegan

Cases, Procedure

A varied application can be refused where false representations were used in the original application

In Al-Azad v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 407 the Court of Appeal has said that paragraph 322(1A) of the

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1st May 2024

BY Sonia Lenegan

Asylum, Cases

Court of Appeal rejects claim that Afghans were unlawfully discriminated against

The Court of Appeal has rejected a claim that Afghan nationals have been unlawfully treated less favourably than Ukrainians when it comes to the requirement

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29th April 2024

BY Sonia Lenegan

Cases, EU Free Movement

Upper Tribunal confirms that appellants lost their rights under EU law once sponsor lost his EU citizenship

The Upper Tribunal has overturned a decision by the First-tier Tribunal to allow the appeal of a couple who were trying to rely on their

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26th April 2024

BY Sonia Lenegan

Cases, Human rights

Supreme Court finds no human right to legal status if it’s your own fault you can’t be removed

In AM (Belarus) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] UKSC 13, in a judgment delivered by Lord Sales, the Supreme Court has

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24th April 2024

BY Colin Yeo

Asylum, Cases

Upper Tribunal gives guidance on assessing well-founded fear under the Nationality and Borders Act

Almost two years after changes were made by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 to the standard of proof, we have our first reported decision

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23rd April 2024

BY Sonia Lenegan

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