There have been two important developments on returns to Iraq in the last week.
The first is that an unknown number of Iraqis appear to have been removed on a specially chartered flight on 27 March. According to the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees and Stop Deportations [...]
In response to a comment left on my last post, I should make it clear that the concession as it stands in Hansard only applies to people currently in the UK who leave before 1 October 2008. This really does not make sense as it penalises those who have already left under legal advice, [...]
Immigration lawyers have been shocked by Government proposals to introduce from 1 April 2008 a re-entry ban on immigrants who have previously breached UK immigration laws.
The ban was debated in the House of Lords last night. This is very rare for changes to the immigration rules, which [...]
A fascinating article has appeared in The Irish Times. Several tribunal chairmen — the Irish have wisely not glorified their tribunal staff with the misplaced title of ‘judges’ and I will call them adjudicators here — have resigned on the back of the Irish supreme court ordering disclosure (to the High Court, not to [...]
I’m back, after a prolonged absence and thoughts of ending it all etc etc. The blog, not me. I’m fine, thank you.
The news is that of the 6000 or so (roughly 6,800, apparently) families who were the first to receive Legacy questionnaires, most of them will be getting status [...]
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UK Border Agency- Removing full right of appeal for family visitors 10 May 2012
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