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Asylum support rate increased after Home Secretary’s unlawful failings

By Ben Amunwa, Law mostly, 06 February 2023

[EIN note: This post was authored and published on 'Law, mostly' in December 2022] On 16 December 2022, following a one-day trial heard in the High Court in Manchester, Fordham J. made an eyebrow-raising order including declarations that the Home Secretary had unlawfully failed to review…

Logistics sector impacted by labour shortage as many return home

By Andrea Easton, Walker Movements, 26 January 2023

The implementation of a relatively hard Brexit signalled the end of freedom of movement between the UK and the EU. This hurt many of the industries that had come to rely on EU workers. The logistics industry was hit particularly hard. Brexit increased its workload while reducing its…

Does a child born to an EU national exercising free movement rights automatically acquire British citizenship?

By Landmark Chambers, 24 January 2023

On 20 January 2023, Eyre J ("the judge") handed down judgment in R (Roehrig) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 31 (Admin). The judge dismissed the claim. The challenge raised questions of statutory interpretation of the British Nationality Act 1981 ("the BNA 1981")…

Court of Appeal: UT should normally re-make decision instead of remitting case to FTT

By Asad Ali Khan, 09 January 2023

AEB v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWCA Civ 1512 (18 November 2022) In this deportation case, Underhill, Nicola Davies and Stuart-Smith LJJ held that where, on an appeal from the First-tier Tribunal (FTT), the Upper Tribunal (UT) found that where the FTT's decision…

How to stay in the UK on completion of studies

By Helena Sheizon, Kadmos Consultants, 06 January 2023

If you've come here to study and liked it so much you now want to stay in the UK, here are some ideas that may help you overcome immigration barriers. There is the Long residence rule which allows one to get indefinite leave to remain after 1o years of continuous residence. Continuous…

Domestic Violence Indefinite Leave to Remain (DVILR) of the Immigration Rules breaches Article 14 of the ECHR

By Asad Ali Khan, 03 January 2023

AM, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 2591 (Admin) (14 October 2022) In these judicial review proceedings, Lieven J held that Appendix FM, specifically the Domestic Violence Indefinite Leave to Remain (DVILR) of the Immigration Rules, and…

Divisional Court upholds Government's Rwanda policy – an extended look

By Jonathan Metzer, UK Human Rights Blog, 20 December 2022

R ((AAA) Syria and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3230 (Admin) On 14th April of this year, the then-Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced a new 'Migration and Economic Development Partnership' between the UK Government and the Government of Rwanda to…

Message by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on International Migrants Day 2022

By Volker Türk, 18 December 2022

On International Migrants Day this year, I urge us to reflect on the values that bring us together as one human family. Today we need stories that show us that the values we hold in common are stronger than the labels that seek to divide us. Stories that present a positive vision of our…

Naturalisation applications by EU citizens and their family

By Jessica Lee, Latitude Law, 13 December 2022

For those who have obtained settlement (indefinite leave to remain) in the UK, the next stage is often to naturalise as a British citizen. Many of those who seek to naturalise are nationals of EU countries, or their family members, who began their residence in the UK prior to Brexit and…

Pay to prove that you are a child: the government consults on fees for age assessment appeals to the Immigration and Asylum Chambers

By Jonathan Collinson (University of Huddersfield), UK Administrative Justice Institute, 07 December 2022

The government has launched a consultation on the fees payable by applicants who lodge certain kinds of appeals in the Immigration and Asylum Chambers (IAC): the administrative tribunals responsible for hearing appeals against decisions of the Home Office in immigration and asylum matters…

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