Strict new rules for foreign students – UK Border Agency
“Foreign students hoping to come to the UK to study will have to meet strict new criteria, the Government announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 30th July 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Category: immigration
Sham wedding powers ruled illegal – BBC News
“Law Lords have ruled the home secretary cannot use controversial powers to stop sham marriages as they discriminate against foreigners in the UK.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bulale v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Bulale v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“The Court of Appeal did have jurisdiction in rare cases to pursue of its own motion a point of general importance not raised below in order to ensure the state’s compliance with its international obligations.”
The Times, 25th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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GO and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
GO and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Overseas students could change their courses but if they wanted an extension of stay in the United Kingdom, they had to be able to produce evidence of satisfactory progress, whether on the course named in the application for entry clearance or on another recognised course.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Forced marriages crackdown sees teenage brides barred from UK – Daily Telegraph
“The age at which young people already based in Britain can sponsor a visa for an overseas spouse is also being raised, from 18 to 21.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bulale v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Bulale v Secretary of State for the Home Department.[2008] EWCA Civ 808; [2008] WLR (D) 238
“The Court of Appeal had jurisdiction, in very particular circumstances, to pursue a point of general importance in an immigration case not raised below once it occurred to the court, in order to ensure the state’s compliance with its international obligations. Where the point involved whether a propensity to commit robberies constituted a serious threat to society, it was for each member state to decide what sufficed to make threatened future criminal conduct serious enough to justify expulsion of an EEA national who had a right to reside in the United Kingdom.”
WLR Daily, 15th July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Reprieve for ‘model’ student who was sent back to Nigeria – The Independent
“An immigrant who was deported to Nigeria despite being honoured by the Church of England for his contribution to British society has been given the right to return to the UK.”
The Independent, 16th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Immigration: Bail bonds and electronic tags proposed for illegal migrants – The Guardian
“Illegal migrants awaiting deportation from Britain will be required to provide ‘large bail bonds’ and wear electronic tags to avoid detention, under Home Office legislation unveiled yesterday.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Results of Britain’s first global visa review – UK Border Agency
“Tough new visa regimes could be introduced for 11 countries following the first global review of who needs a visa to come to the UK, the Government announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 10th July 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Visa plan for ‘risky’ visitors – BBC News
“The government has warned 11 countries that their citizens will need visas to visit the UK unless they ‘significantly reduce’ the risk they pose.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
source: www.bbc.co.uk
Circular 2008/01: Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 – Ministry of Justice
“A circular providing details of the provisions in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act which come into force on 14 July 2008.”
Circular 2008/01: Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 9th July 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
GO and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
GO and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 747; [2008] WLR (D) 225
“A foreign student who wanted an extension of stay had to be able to produce evidence of satisfactory progress, whether on the course named in his application for entry clearance or on another recognised course which he had undertaken. A failure to sit or to pass relevant examinations would always be material to the evaluation of the student’s progress, but whether it was decisive would depend on the reason for it.”
WLR Daily, 7th July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department
House of Lords
“An adjudicator determining an alleged breach of an immigrant’s right to respect for his family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights was required to take account of the whole family and if removal would be disproportionate, all affected family members were victims.”
The Times, 8th July 2008
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AL (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Regina (Rudi) v Same – Times Law Reports
AL (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Regina (Rudi) v Same
House of Lords
“The Home Secretary’s policy to grant indefinite leave to remain to certain families living as a unit with children and young adults was a proportionate response to particular administrative and financial problems represented by that group; accordingly, the different treatment of single young adults, who were excluded because they were parentless and childless, was justified.”
The Times, 2nd July 2008
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AL (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (Rudi) v Same – WLR Daily
“A policy, whereby indefinite leave to remain would be granted to certain families living as a unit with children and young adults, was a proportionate response to particular administrative and financial problems represented by that group; and accordingly the different treatment of single young adults, who were excluded from the policy because they were parentless, was justified.”
WLR Daily, 30th June 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Official delays stop Baha Mousa’s father entering Britain – The Independent
“Family of hotel worker tortured to death in Army’s Basra detention camp are excluded from compensation talks.”
The Independent, 29th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New rules ‘risk carers shortage’ – BBC News
“Many foreign staff working in care homes in Wales are facing uncertainty because of new work permit guidance, a BBC Wales investigation has found.”
BBC News, 30th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 39; [2008] WLR (D) 209
“S 65 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 required an adjudicator, in determining an alleged breach of a claimant’s right to respect for his family life under art 8 of the European Convention, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998, to take account of the family unit as a whole, and if, overall, removal would be a disproportionate interference, all affected family members were to be included as victims.”
WLR Daily, 26th June 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Britons may be jailed if relatives from abroad overstay – The Guardian
“Families who sponsor overseas relatives to visit Britain will face fines of up to £5,000 and possible prison sentences if their relatives overstay, under Home Office proposals announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Britons face jail if relatives overstay their visa – The Times
“The Home Office today moved to clamp down on family visits to Britain from overseas, while making it easier for sports and media stars to gain entry.”
The Times, 25th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
