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Home Office announces three-month pause on all evictions from asylum accommodation
29 March 2020: Chris Philp MP writes to British Red Cross with details of policy change due to Covid-19Home Office publishes response to the Law Commission report on simplifying the Immigration Rules
25 March 2020: Response says aim is for consolidated and simplified Rules to be in force from January 2021Home Office announces that visas will be extended for those unable to return home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic
24 March 2020: Visas to be to extended to 31 May 2020 if you cannot leave UK because of travel restrictions or self-isolationFirst-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) notifies that all appeals will proceed by way of a Case Management Hearing via telephone or Skype
24 March 2020: Full text of notice by Judge Phillips on changes to appeals due to the Covid-19 pandemicGuest blog
Living in Limbo: the Migrants in the Grey Area of the COVID-19 Pandemic
How immigration changes could impact UK real estate
The United Kingdom is currently in the process of exiting the EU. This process should be completed by 1st January 2021 (although there have been suggestions that this date could be postponed due to the impact of COVID19).
Under current proposals, EU nationals who are not…
Home Office to face negligence claim over visa document delays
A new decision by the Court of Appeal confirms that the Home Office may be held liable in negligence for unreasonable delays in providing visa documents and that the Upper Tribunal can award damages in such claims.
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Latest case law
MS (Pakistan) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2020] UKSC 9
Supreme Court
MY (refusal of human rights claim) Pakistan [2020] UKUT 00089 (IAC)
Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
R (on the application of DN (Rwanda)) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2020] UKSC 7
Supreme Court
PS (Christianity - risk) Iran CG [2020] UKUT 00046 (IAC)
Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
Yaseen v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 157
Court of Appeal
Latest country reports
Country Policy and Information Note - Cameroon: Anglophones (March 2020)
Country Policy and Information Note Afghanistan: Women fearing gender-based violence (March 2020)
Key Legal Considerations on access to territory for persons in need of international protection in the context of the COVID-19 response
Ethiopia: Opposition groups – recent developments (March 2020)
Country Policy and Information Note - Turkey: Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) (March 2020)
Latest legislation
National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
SI 2020 No. 59. These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 to insert coronavirus into Schedule 1 for diseases for which no charge is to be made for treatment. Coming into force 29th January 2020.
Immigration (Citizens’ Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
SI 2020 No. 61. This instrument is made under Part 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020. These Regulations make provision for appeals in connection with various immigration decisions which relate to, or are connected to, leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted…
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…
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