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Refusals on ‘Not Conducive to the Public Good’ Grounds

By Isabella Reynard, Richmond Chambers, 14 November 2022
Where an individual's presence in the UK is non-conducive to the public good, Part 9 of the Immigration Rules sets out that this is a mandatory ground for refusal or cancellation under the suitability requirements. This applies to applications for entry clearance, permission to enter and…

An overview of immigration routes to come to the UK

By Helena Sheizon, Kadmos Consultants, 27 October 2022
There is only a limited number of immigration options that would allow non-British citizens to come to the UK for a long-term project and make it your permanent home. You will be either joining your family in the UK or you will be going for one of the work-related routes that allow…

Lunar House 40 Years On

By Gary McIndoe, 14 October 2022
A couple of Saturdays ago I attended the Home Office's Asylum Intake Unit (AIU) with a client. I previously worked at Lunar House – the headquarters of UK Visas and Immigration in Croydon, Surrey – between 1985 and 1988. For the last 18 months of my time there, I was an Executive Officer…

For the rights of the living, for the dignity of the dead – Time to end the plight of missing migrants in Europe

By Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe, 07 October 2022
Bereavement in their death to feel Whom we have never seen —A Vital Kinsmanship import Our Soul and theirs — between —For Stranger — Strangers do not mourn (Emily Dickinson) A few lines of poetry hang on the entrance of the graveyard of the island of Lampedusa, Italy's southernmost point…

Ukraine war: why Russians fleeing conscription should be treated as refugees

By Martin Jones via The Conversation, 03 October 2022
People fleeing across borders is a hallmark of armed conflict. We first saw millions of Ukrainians flee the country when the Russians invaded Ukraine in February this year. Now there are reports of hundreds of thousands of Russians fleeing their country in order to avoid Russia's first…

Options for employees when a company loses its sponsor licence

By Victoria Waller, Latitude Law, 26 September 2022
Holding a sponsor licence puts a company in a special position of trust with the Home Office. By virtue of being a sponsor, a company is agreeing to monitor migrant activity and help the Home Office to ensure that the immigration system is not abused. When a company loses its sponsor…

Frontex and Migrants' Access to Justice: Drifting Effective Judicial Protection?

By Salvo Nicolosi, Verfassungsblog, 16 September 2022
While possibly marking a step in the right direction towards more political accountability, the controversial resignation of Frontex's former Executive Director, Fabrice Leggeri, leaves open the question about the effective judicial protection for migrants interacting with the agency. A…

Local authority age assessments considered in R (HAM) v Brent LBC

By Natalie Nguyen, UK Human Rights Blog, 01 September 2022
This decision, handed down by Swift J in the High Court, concerns the requirements for fairness in local authority age assessments for asylum seekers and the correct approach to be adopted. Facts The claimant, a Sudanese national, arrived in the UK on 21 May 2021 and made an application…
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