The tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese in the U.K. shine a harsh light on Vietnam's longstanding problem of human trafficking.
Human trafficking is a big problem in Vietnam. Men, women, and children are trafficked for many reasons, including for sexual and labor exploitation,…
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12 November 2019: Garden Court mourns the loss of a trailblazer in immigration and human rights law who inspired generations of barristersJoint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is seeking survey responses from practitioners who represent or advise undocumented migrants
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Costs in Immigration Judicial Review Proceedings
As outlined in our previous series of blog posts, immigration judicial review allows you to challenge decisions by the Home Office when the decision does not attract a right of appeal or administrative review.
An important consideration when deciding whether to pursue…
Home Office sticks to its guns on paragraph 322(5)
In Balajigari [2019] EWCA Civ 673 (discussed here), the Court of Appeal held that the use of paragraph 322(5) of the Immigration Rules in the cases of highly skilled Tier 1 (General) migrants (T1GMs) was "legally flawed" because SSHD decision-makers jumped to the unfair…
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A (A Child: Female Genital Mutilation: Asylum) [2019] EWHC 2475 (Fam)
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EASO Country of Origin Information Report – Pakistan: Security situation
Report of a Home Office Fact-Finding Mission - Turkey: Kurds, the HDP and the PKK
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The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid for Separated Children) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019
SI 2019 No. 1396. This Order makes provision for separated children to be eligible for legal aid for civil legal services in relation to the grant of entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the UK, and applications for registration as a British citizen. Coming into force on 25th…
Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
SI 2019 No. 1155. These Regulations amend the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 giving effect to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of C-129/18 SM v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visa Section, and addressing issues concerning the practical…
Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
SI 2019 No. 745. These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under section 8(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f…
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