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The death of Basnet? Mitchell v SSHD

By Darren Stevenson, McGill & Co,
The case of Basnet v SSHD is now nearly 4 years old. I know this well, since I represented the appellant, Mr Basnet, at the Upper Tribunal in Edinburgh just a week before the birth of my daughter, who is now almost 4. Since then it is fair to say that a lot has changed. The case of…

Evidential flexibility in immigration cases

By Nazmun Ismail,
Mandalia v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] UKSC 59 The issue of evidential flexibility in immigration cases has been the subject of intense debate and controversy since the Government was given permission to appeal out of time by the Court of Appeal against the decision…

The Immigration Bill 2015-16 explained

By John Kelly, EIN,
The Immigration Bill 2015-16 arrived on September 17th (PDF here, HTML from here and explanatory notes here). The Bill's own summary says: "A Bill to make provision about the law on immigration and asylum; to make provision about access to services, facilities, licences and work…

Revealed: asylum seeker children face welfare lottery on arrival in Britain

By Joanna Wilding, University of Brighton via The Conversation,
As the refugee crisis continues to dominate headlines around the world, local authorities in Britain are in dispute with the government over the funding they receive for the care of unaccompanied children seeking asylum. They have understandable concerns – rules designed to protect…

Right to reside – Carry on as before?

By Nearly Legal,
Following hard on the heels of J's excellent post on the Immigration Bill, we now have further discussion of the EU right to reside rules by the CJEU in Jobcenter Berlin Neukolln v Alimanovic Case C-67/14 (to which I might say, good luck landlords). To say that the EU right to reside…

Inconsistency in asylum appeal adjudication

By Nick Gill, Rebecca Rotter, Andrew Burridge, Melanie Griffiths and Jennifer Allsopp,
From the September 2015 issue of Forced Migration Review: New research findings indicate that factors such as the gender of the judge and of the appellant, and where the appellant lives, are influencing asylum appeal adjudication. There is a widespread, and growing, expectation that no…

Supreme Court: a right to a student loan?

By David Hart QC, UK Human Rights Blog,
R (Tigere) v. Secretary of State for Business [2015] UKSC 57, 29 July 2015 Ms Tigere is 20. She arrived in the UK from Zambia when she was 6. She did very well at school. In 2013, she applied for a student loan to fund a university place. The current English system does not allow her to…

'Is this really Europe?': refugees in Calais speak of desperate conditions

By Thom Davies, Arshad Isakjee and Surindar Dhesi, The Conversation,
As the sun sets on Calais, a new barbed wire fence glints in the evening light, casting a shadow over the growing migrant camp known as the "New Jungle". Through the thick undergrowth of what was once an industrial dumping ground, tents and tarpaulin structures stretch into the distance.…

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