- EU children can be lawfully resident in the UK without exercising treaty rights
- Government forced to change trafficking appeals policy after High Court finds it unlawful
- Immigration judge gave impression that he “considers all asylum seekers to be liars”
- Upper Tribunal opens door for trafficking challenges in human rights appeals
- Complete withdrawal of asylum support breaches EU law
Government forced to change trafficking appeals policy after High Court finds it unlawful
Lawyers representing an Albanian woman suffering from appalling sexual exploitation have secured improvements in the system for reconsidering whether someone is a victim of human trafficking. Mr Justice Kerr found that the policy, which required offic ...
18th November 2019Complete withdrawal of asylum support breaches EU law
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that it is unlawful to completely withdraw all housing and financial support from an asylum seeker, even if they have breached the rules of an accommodation centre. In Case C-233/18 Haqbin v Federaa ...
14th November 2019Court of Appeal revisits human rights in immigration appeals
Following on from the Court of Appeal’s recent human rights “cheatsheet” in GM (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, we now have a gem of a sequel that is Lal v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1925. ...
13th November 2019The importance of keeping the Home Office up to date
What happens when someone doesn’t receive a decision sent to them by the Home Office that affects their right to continue living in the UK? The answer to this question depends on what attempts were made to send the decision to the person and whe ...
12th November 2019Escaped Tamil prisoners are at risk in Sri Lanka, Court of Appeal confirms
The Court of Appeal has overruled both immigration tribunals and found that members of the Tamil Tigers who were detained but escaped are at risk of persecution in Sri Lanka. The judgment in RS (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ...
1st November 2019Detainees with indefinite leave to remain not entitled to Home Office accommodation
An immigration detainee who has indefinite leave to remain must apply to their local council for housing benefit rather than for a bail address or asylum support provided by the Home Office. R (AT (Guinea))) v Secretary of State for the Home Departmen ...
31st October 2019