‘Windrush scandal victims who were denied compensation could have their cases reconsidered after a landmark ruling against the Home Office.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An asylum seeker has been allowed to remain in Britain after a judge confused the country he fled from, Iraq, with Iran.’
The Independent, 21st March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘If you are coming to live in the UK and want to bring a spouse with you, there are several types of visas that you might consider. As a British citizen or someone with indefinite leave to remain / settled status in the UK, you also have the option to bring your spouse and other dependent family members to live with you. Whichever option applies, there are several important eligibility criteria to consider, one of which will be whether or not you can meet the financial requirement to live in the UK and support your partner without recourse to public funds.’
EIN Blog, 14th March 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A couple who were fined after they reported finding a migrant on the bike rack of their motorhome have had their penalty cancelled.’
The Independent, 16th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A UN judge has been convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave who she “exploited and abused”. Lydia Mugambe, 49, took “advantage of her status” over the victim in the “most egregious way” by preventing her from holding down steady employment and forcing her to work as her maid and to provide childcare without payment, prosecutors said.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A couple who discovered a migrant had clung to the back of their vehicle all the way home from France have been issued a £1,500 fine.’
BBC News, 10th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Tens of thousands of children in migrant and refugee families in the UK are being denied access to government-funded childcare because of benefit restrictions linked to their parents’ immigration status, a report says.’
The Guardian, 7th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The role of emotion in asylum processes is one that has gained attention in recent years. This article situates itself as a response to this emerging body of literature by shedding new light on how emotions shaped the asylum appeals of a group of former unaccompanied minors in England through the application of the new concept of “empathy gap.” Five socio-legal themes are used to structure the analysis: (i) age disputes, (ii) credibility, (iii) affective ties, (iv) right to voice, and (v) precarious legal status. It is the first article to explore in depth what happens during the asylum appeals process for former unaccompanied minors in Britain and the first to consider how questions of emotion affect their lived experiences of, and the process of, legal proceedings. The article has wider implications for how social processes and relations and informal processes, in particular emotions, influence formal legal proceedings leading to potential for unfair outcomes. The article finds that, to avoid empathy-enhanced reasoning becoming yet another variable leading to inconsistency in the judicial process, systematic training and monitoring are required. These findings carry implications far beyond the immediate context of UK asylum tribunals by offering empirically informed insights for theory and practice regarding the role of emotion in judicial proceedings, and therefore have enduring relevance.’
EIN Blog, 5th March 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Restrictions on phone use and travel have been imposed on a pilot jailed for helping to smuggle four Albanian migrants into the UK.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This article will focus on those seeking to come to the UK to marry or form a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership.’
Richmond Chambers, 25th January 2025
Source: immigrationbarrister.co.uk
‘A “prolific” people smuggler who played a key role in a £1.5m operation to transport migrants across the English Channel in small boats has been jailed for four years and 10 months.’
BBC News, 24th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An Egyptian NHS doctor who “glorified terrorist violence” by mocking Israeli civilians fleeing the Hamas attacks in October 2023 has won a legal challenge against deportation.
The Guardian, 22nd February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An asylum seeker found to have “deliberately sought to mislead” about his age after arriving in the UK in a small boat has lost a challenge against the decision at the Court of Appeal.’
BBC news, 19th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The decision of the Upper Tribunal in an unreported case was the centre of a clash in the House of Commons during PMQs last week. Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch attacked the government on the grounds that a family from Gaza had successfully applied to live in the UK “using” the Ukraine Scheme. In response, Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed strong disagreement with the decision of the Upper Tribunal to which she was referring. Although he did not specify any point of law on which the decision might be challenged, he did state that the government is looking at the “legal loophole that we need to close”. In this article, we will set out the decision of the Upper Tribunal and seek to identify what might constitute the “loophole” referred to by the Prime Minister.’
EIN Blog, 19th February 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that the Home Office has been systemically failing to provide safe and suitable accommodation to disabled applicants, and has given guidance on the interaction between Schedule 10 accommodation and the Care Act 2014. Stephanie Harrison KC, Nadia O’Mara and Isaac Ricca-Richardson analyse its findings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who fled to Spain to avoid trial for smuggling people in small boats to the UK has been jailed.’
BBC News, 18th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sir Keir Starmer has found himself in a row with the most senior judge in England and Wales after criticising an immigration decision at last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions.’
The Independent, 19th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is embroiled in a legal battle over the evacuation of former Afghan special forces commandos to the UK.’
The Independent, 18th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘UK Special Forces command rejected resettlement applications from more than 2,000 Afghan commandos who had shown credible evidence of service in units that fought alongside the SAS and SBS, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed for the first time.’
BBC News, 17th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been accused of quietly blocking thousands of refugees from applying for citizenship if they arrived in the UK by small boats or hidden in vehicles.’
The Guardian, 11th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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