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What's the right approach to Article 8 in 'foreign criminal' deportation cases?

By Ben Amunwa, Law mostly, 14 April 2016
Where a foreign national is convicted of an offence and sentenced to at least 4 years imprisonment, the government must make a deportation order against them. If that person then appeals against the deportation order on the grounds that the decision breaches their rights to family and…

Explainer: how the EU proposes to change its asylum laws

By Bernard Ryan via The Conversation, 11 April 2016
The European Union’s response to the migration crisis that began in 2015 has had two distinct phases. While there was initial support for humanitarian solutions to the increasing number of people claiming asylum, hope for a primarily humanitarian approach has long since evaporated. The…

Making Judgments on Human Rights Issues

By Sir Rabinder Singh, 15 March 2016
University of Nottingham Human Rights Law CentreAnnual Lecture 2016 Making Judgments on Human Rights Issues Sir Rabinder Singh 1. It is a great pleasure to return to the University of Nottingham, especially as I have such fond memories of being a junior lecturer here, more years ago…

Crisis or opportunity? How European countries use refugees for political gain

By Heaven Crawley via The Conversation, 07 March 2016
After no fewer than five emergency summits, a solution to Europe's refugee crisis remains elusive. The list of failures is long and growing including the failure to deliver "hotspots", reception centres meant to process refugees who arrive in frontline states such as Italy and Greece, and…

Judicial Review: What is meant by "totally without merit"

By Matthew Hill, UK Human Rights Blog, 15 February 2016
Samia Wasif and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 82 What is the difference between a case that is "totally without merit" and one that is "not arguable"? Are either of those more or less hopeless than a case that is "bound to fail"? These are…

Explainer: how does the UK decide who gets asylum?

By Jo Wilding via The Conversation, 03 February 2016
In recent days, accounts have emerged of asylum seekers in Middlesborough being targeted for abuse because of distinctive red doors on their accommodation, while a plan to have them wear red wristbands was hurriedly scrapped in Cardiff. Clearly, asylum seekers in the UK are still too…

Migration terminology matters

By Paola Pace and Kristi Severance, Forced Migration Review, 13 January 2016
Failure to employ correct terminology has consequences beyond semantics. More efforts are needed to educate people – especially those whose words are widely disseminated – in the correct use of migration-related terminology. From the January 2016 Forced Migration ReviewCurrent efforts to…

Court of Appeal: immigration age assessments and Merton

By Matthew Donmall, UK Human Rights Blog, 06 January 2016
Two recent Court of Appeal cases, heard together, have considered the legality of the immigration detention of those who are, or possibly are, minors. Such cases involve local authority age assessments, which are to be carried out according to the guidance set out in Merton [2003] EWHC…

International Migrants’ Day – Friday 18 December 2015

By Francois Crepeau and Francisco Carrión Mena, UN OHCHR, 17 December 2015
Equality and non-discrimination are the basis of States’ human rights obligations. By upholding these principles, Governments acknowledge that human rights are for all, and that migrants should be treated as equal rights holders. Migrants, have - among other things - the right to health…
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