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Government to grant appeal rights for EEA extended family members refused a residence card

14 January 2019:
Garden Court Chambers says Secretary of State today invited claimant in test case to withdraw judicial review
Report finds trafficked and unaccompanied children remain at high risk of going missing

14 January 2019:
ECPAT UK and Missing People update earlier 2016 report following new data from FOI requests
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration examines the Home Office's approach to vulnerable adults

11 January 2019:
David Bolt's latest report focuses on how frontline staff identify and support vulnerable migrants
Home Office announces new contracts for providing accommodation to asylum seekers

9 January 2019:
New 10-year AASC contracts commence in September 2019 and replace COMPASS

Guest blog

Upper Tribunal gives important guidance on discretion and exceptional circumstances

By Asad Ali Khan, 8 January 2019

R (Prathipati) v SSHD (Discretion – Exceptional Circumstances) [2018] UKUT 427 (IAC) (26 October 2018) A self-representing applicant for judicial review who in the Upper Tribunal's view "represented herself with...

Case Comments: KO (Nigeria) [2018] UKSC 53 and Rhuppiah [2018] UKSC 58

By Paul Skinner, UK Supreme Court Blog, 21 December 2018

INTRODUCTION ECHR, art 8 prevents someone from being removed from the UK where doing so would have a disproportionate impact on their private life and/or family life. Where a migrant seeks to rely on art 8, it is accordingly...

New Perspectives on Paragraph 322(5) and ILR

By Asad Ali Khan, 10 December 2018

R (Khan) v SSHD (Dishonesty, Tax Return, Paragraph 322(5)) [2018] UKUT 384 (IAC) (3 May 2018) Migrants in the defunct Tier 1 (General) category used to be a viable source of highly skilled workers for the UK. Since the route was...

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Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2018

SI 2018 No. 1389. This Order amends the Immigration (Health Charge) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/792), increasing the annual amount of the immigration health charge from £150 to £300 for students and from £200 to £400...
The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Code of Practice and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2018

SI 2018 No. 1340. This Order amends the Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3290) to revise the list of documents which demonstrate a right to work and to revise the legislation which stipulates the checks...
Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

SI 2018 No. 801. These Regulations amend the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1052) so as to give effect to the Court of Justice of the European Union's judgments in Gusa, O and B, Lounes, Chavez-Vilchez...