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Health and education industries to be hit by new immigration rules

By Immigration Advice Service (IAS), 23 July 2015
On 6 April 2016 non-EU migrants who have spent more than five years working in the country will face deportation if they are not earning £35,000 per year or more. The new pay threshold will be applicable to persons wishing to stay in the UK permanently by applying for Indefinite Leave to…

Supreme Court: 'Ravichandran is Sound'

By Asad Ali Khan, United Kingdom Immigration Law Blog, 14 July 2015
"Aur Sardar Khan tum ko asylum mil giya kya (did you get your asylum Sardar Khan)?" I ask the young Peshawari Afghan butcher in the Iranian north London supermarket. "Haan Khan akhirkaar mil giya (yes I finally did)" grins the beaming teenager as if he had won the lottery. Yet referring…

The misuse of psychological arguments in the immigration debate

By Amena Amer, 16 June 2015
Professor Steve Reicher recently gave a lecture on the fundamental questions facing social psychology. Amena Amer reflects on the implications of the talk and the importance of social psychologists being at the forefront of discussions on issues like immigration. The fundamental question…

The Expert in Asylum and Human Rights Cases: Possibilities for Use and Abuse

By Geoffrey Care, 18 May 2015
It may surprise you to hear that it is not at all uncommon for immigration judges to take the view that they have no need of expert evidence – particularly when it concerns the situation in a country from which or through which an asylum seeker has come. This view may in some cases be…

Magna Carta and the Holy Grail

By Lord Neuberger, 14 May 2015
Magna Carta and the Holy GrailLord NeubergerLincoln's Inn, 12 May 2015 1. We all know that words and concepts are slippery things, and especially so if we are lawyers. A phrase, an idea, even a fact, can have a very different meaning or significance to different people, even a very…

Court of Session examines interplay between Article 8 and the Immigration Rules

By Fraser Simpson, UK Human Rights Blog, 28 April 2015
Khan v. The Advocate General for Scotland, [2015] CSIH 29 A Pakistani national refused leave to remain in the UK after expiry of his visitor visa has had his successful challenge to that decision upheld by Scotland's civil appeal court, the Inner House of the Court of Session. The…

Important Changes To Appeal Procedures in Extradition Law

By Gherson, 15 April 2015
From today, 15 April 2015, there will no longer be an automatic right to appeal in Extradition proceedings. Section 160 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, changes the law so that applications for leave appeal have to be made to the High Court and a judge will…
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