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How much money do you need to sponsor a family member?

By Shara Pledger, Latitude Law, 07 February 2019
When new Immigration Rules were introduced in 2012, one of the most controversial additions was the minimum income requirement for British/settled spouses hoping to sponsor their foreign partners. The required salary was set at £18,600 per annum, significantly higher than the national minimum wage, freezing many applicants out of the process.

Why the UK should stay within the EU's asylum system after Brexit

By Ali Bilgic, via The Conversation, 21 January 2019
Until recent media coverage of an increase in people crossing the English Channel by boat, Brexit debates have largely overlooked the future of asylum and international protection after the UK leaves the EU on March 29. The UK's options are challenging – and the risks for current and future asylum seekers are real and serious, particularly if the UK were to leave without a deal.

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 necessary for the Home Office, or on appeal the First-tier Tribunal, to conduct a balancing exercise between the individual's private and family life rights on the one hand…

Split Court of Appeal rules detention of asylum seekers unlawful

By Rajkiran Barhey, UK Human Rights Blog, 18 October 2018
R (on the application of Hemmati and Others) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2122: The Court of Appeal has concluded, by a 2-1 majority, that the detention of five asylum seekers pending their removal to another country where they should first have claimed asylum had been unlawful, and that they were entitled to damages. This article (the first of two) will unpick…
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