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A hostile environment for immigration lawyers

By Katie Newbury, 12 October 2020

I sometimes joke that I dread telling people what I do for a living. I am of course immensely proud of my work as an immigration lawyer, but the mere mention of immigration can invite less than positive responses. I have found myself defending immigration and correcting a lot of…

How Hunger Strikes at a Detention Centre Cast Shame on UK Government Policy

By Peter Markham, Immigration Advice Service, 06 October 2020

The hysterical ways in which some sections of the UK's media report on refugees whip up a belief that Britain, compared to some of its neighbours, is being overwhelmed by a tsunami of asylum seekers. It all helps a narrative that the Home Office would like us to believe. A look at some…

The impact of digitalisation on the immigration process

By Naga Kandiah and Samir Pasha, 21 September 2020

Introduction The coronavirus pandemic created an impetus for the legal world to finally begin accepting digitalisation of processes, moving away from the traditional paper process to an online version. The immigration process is already faced with a myriad of concerns which leaves the…

High Court dismisses challenge to conditions at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre - an extended look

By Sapan Maini-Thompson, UK Human Rights Blog, 10 September 2020

In Soltany and Others v SSHD [2020] EWHC 2291 (Admin), the High Court dismissed a challenge to the conditions at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), which at the material times in 2017 and 2018, was run by G4S. The claim for judicial review, which was brought by three…

Passports: Foreign law must be proved by expert evidence

By Asad Ali Khan, 07 September 2020

Hussein and Another (Status of passports: foreign law) [2020] UKUT 250 (IAC): CMG Ockelton VP has explained that (i) a person who holds a genuine passport, apparently issued to him, and not falsified or altered, has to be regarded as a national of the State that issued the passport, (ii)…

Naturalisation for EU citizens: comprehensive sickness insurance, the elephant in the room

By Gary McIndoe, Latitude Law, 19 August 2020

As we head towards the end of the UK's Brexit implementation period on 31 December 2020, the thoughts of many EU nationals (here I use the term to include EEA & Swiss citizens too) who have lived, studied and worked in this country, often for many years, are turning to becoming…

An analysis of the changes to the Quebec migration law regarding highly skilled workers

By Dr. Türkan Ertuna Lagrand, 12 August 2020

The global competition to attract highly skilled workers fiercely continues regardless of where countries stand in relation to other forms of immigration and asylum. This is due to the estimates that in the years to come, serious skills shortages will be experienced. The European Union…

Migrants and the global epidemic of human sex trafficking

By Maddie Grounds, Immigration Advice Service, 11 August 2020

The arrest of socialite and long-time Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell at the end of last month has revitalised anti-trafficking agendas in public and political spheres around the world. The chilling news of Jeffrey Epstein's international trafficking ring last year exposed a web of…

Immigration Bail policy found systemically unfair

By Dominic Ruck Keene, UK Human Rights Blog, 03 August 2020

In three conjoined judicial reviews concerning the legality of the Home Secretary's exercise of her power under paragraph 9 of Schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016 to provide accommodation to those who are granted immigration bail, Mr Justice Johnson held in R (Humnyntskyi) v SSHD […

Regulation 33 certification: Court of Appeal quashes refusal of interim relief to Portuguese national

By Asad Ali Khan, 28 July 2020

R (Mendes) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 924 (17 July 2020): The only target of this appeal was Murray J's order refusing interim relief in the form of a mandatory order requiring the Home Office to facilitate the return of Mr Mendes to the UK pending…

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