‘Barmy’ legal aid for failed asylum seeker – The Independent
“A decision to give legal aid to a failed asylum seeker and fraudster has been described as ‘barmy’.”
The Independent, 30th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Category: asylum
Asylum system not coping with backlog of cases, says watchdog – The Guardian
“The asylum system is developing a backlog of new cases that threaten to undermine efforts to clear an existing bank of more than 200,000 ‘legacy cases’, some dating back more than 10 years, a Whitehall spending watchdog warns today.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CL (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
CL (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Where an unaccompanied child seeking asylum appealed against the refusal of his claim and removal directions, it was necessary for the immigration judge, when considering that child’s human rights, to determine whether the reception facilities for the child on return were adequate. It was not solely an issue for the Secretary of State for the Home Department to determine.”
The Times, 7th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Extra judges drafted in to hear immigration appeals – The Times
“Extra judges are being drafted in to deal with more than 8,000 asylum and immigration appeals a year that threaten to overload the courts.”
The Times, 15th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ruling frees asylum seekers to work – The Observer
“A landmark legal ruling has paved the way for thousands of asylum seekers in the UK to be allowed to work. The High Court has ruled that current laws preventing an Eritrean asylum seeker from taking a job are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Observer, 14th December 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
Asylum seeker analysis ruled out – BBC News
“The Home Secretary has ruled out looking into why some asylum seekers are more likely to be turned away at the UK’s ports than others.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
CL (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
CL (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; [2008] WLR (D) 381
“On an appeal by an uaccompanied child seeking asylum, against the refusal of his claim and removal directions, an immigration judge was required to determine the adequacy of reception facilities for the child on return as part of the consideration of that child’s human rights. It was not solely a matter for the Secretary of State’s determination.”
WLR Daily, 11th December 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Ministers say they will ignore asylum-seekers’ 11th-hour pleas – The Independent
“Refugees warned to expect deportation even if judicial review bid has been lodged .”
The Independent, 12th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK runs ‘Guantanamo camps’, says detainees – The Independent
“Asylum-seekers who claim to have been abused by British security guards accused the Government yesterday of running Guantanamo Bay-style detention camps.”
The Independent, 11th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
More than 180,000 asylum seekers set to stay because of human rights – Daily Telegraph
“At least 180,000 asylum seekers are set to be allowed to stay in Britain because of their human rights thanks to the Government’s backlog fiasco.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Held asylum seeker given £38,000 – BBC News
“An African asylum seeker who fled her homeland after being tortured and raped has been awarded £38,000 after a judge ruled her detention ‘unlawful’.”
BBC News, 4th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woolas plans to curb high court role in deportation cases – The Guardian
“The implications of the tougher-sounding rhetoric of the immigration minister, Phil Woolas, started to become clear yesterday when he disclosed he is to block appeals to high court judges from failed asylum seekers facing deportation.”
The Guardian, 21st November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyers hit out at Phil Woolas over claims asylum seeker charities are playing the system – Daily Telegraph
“Immigration minister Phil Woolas faced a scathing attack from leading lawyers after suggesting those representing asylum seekers were ‘playing the system’.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Asylum-seeker charities are just playing the system, says Woolas – The Guardian
“Immigration minister Phil Woolas has attacked lawyers and charities working on behalf of asylum seekers, accusing them of undermining the law and ‘playing the system’. In an interview with the Guardian, Woolas described the legal professionals and NGO workers as ‘an industry’, and said most asylum seekers were not fleeing persecution but were economic migrants.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Helow v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another – Times Law Reports
Helow v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another
House of Lords
“A judge’s membership of a Jewish association whose magazine had expressed partisan views against Palestinian causes did not in itself imply that the judge shared or endorsed such views so as to have raised the possibility of bias and want of impartiality when determining an immigration appeal by a Palestinian activist.”
The Times, 5th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Britain closes door on 80,000 asylum-seekers – The Independent
“Almost 80,000 asylum-seekers from countries described by the Foreign Office as dangerous and unstable have been refused refuge in Britain in the past five years.”
The Independent, 5th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Asylum seekers claim £300,000 compensation for wrongful detention – Daily Telegraph
“Six asylum seekers are reportedly claiming £300,000 in compensation for being wrongly detained by immigration officials.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Phil Woolas: Our asylum failure ‘has spread misery and division’ – The Times
“The new Immigration Minister has condemned his own Government for the way it handled migration and asylum-seekers.”
The Times, 21st October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council – Times Law Reports
Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“An asylum-seeker who turned out to be a child in need had to be looked after by the first local authority where he lived when he made his application and not the second one into whose care he had been temporarily released.”
The Times, 3rd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Investigation into claims of abuse on asylum-seekers – The Independent
“Claims by hundreds of asylum-seekers that they have been beaten or abused by British guards during their detention and removal from this country are to be independently investigated for the first time, The Independent has learnt.”
The Independent, 30th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
