‘The government has been accused of failing to act on “serious concerns” raised by doctors and MPs about an NHS policy that sees patient details shared with immigration authorities.’
The Independent, 15th April 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Bad immigration decisions are having a “devastating” effect on families and businesses and undermining the rule of law, solicitors have warned. Nearly half of decisions that go to appeal in England and Wales are overturned, suggesting the system is “serious flawed”, the Law Society said.’
BBC News, 12th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government has been thwarted in its second attempt to deport a woman who came to the UK from Botswana when she was 13 years old.’
The Independent, 10th April 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Theresa May’s long-promised system of “100% exit checks” at Britain’s borders is so unreliable that it contains no departure records for more than 600,000 people who should have left the country in the past two years, a watchdog has revealed.’
The Guardian, 28th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Guidance on requests for further limited leave from relatives of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.’
Home Office, 23rd March 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Theresa May has refused to intervene in the case of Albert Thompson, the London cancer patient asked to pay £54,000 for treatment despite having lived in the UK for 44 years, as it emerged that there could be tens of thousands of people in a similarly uncertain immigration position.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘New legislation significantly curtails accommodation provision for those seeking release from immigration detention. The likely result is more and more people being held in immigration detention.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th March 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Immigration detainees are being held for “excessively long” periods in “prison-like” conditions, the prisons watchdog says.’
BBC News, 13th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rosalind English talks to Jonathan Metzer about how family members of UK citizens, who don’t themselves have citizenship, obtain a residence card under EU rules – and how they can appeal if they’re refused.’
Law Pod UK, 6th March 2018
Source: audioboom.com
‘The Home Office broke its own rules when British children had to be taken into care after officials arrested their father.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Plans to deny millions of people the right to access immigration data held on them by the Home Office are illegal and will be challenged in court, the government has been told.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who spoke out to The Independent about Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre just days ago has narrowly avoided deportation following an intervention by MPs.’
The Independent, 4th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been accused of “shocking and inhumane abuse of process” after it told vulnerable women on hunger strike about conditions at a controversial detention centre they faced “accelerated” deportation if they continued to protest.’
The Independent, 5th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The High Court has granted a legal challenge against a NHS-Home Office deal to hand over patient data to immigration officials. The challenge, put forward by Migrants Rights Net (MRN), a UK charity advocating for the rights of migrants, will now go to a full hearing.’
The Independent, 2nd March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘One way for an immigrant to gain the right to be in the UK is by making an application under the Immigration Rules. But these applications are relatively expensive and the requirements have become increasingly stringent.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th February 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘More than 100 women in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre have gone on hunger strike over “inhumane” conditions at the facility. Around 120 female detainees began their protest on Wednesday, urging the Home Office to end “offensive” practices which they said leave people “breaking down psychologically” after being detained for immigration reasons.’
The Independent, 22nd February 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former child slave has won a court fight against the Home Office after its immigration guidance was deemed unlawful.”
BBC News, 13th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘On 8th February 2018, the Supreme Court held that the power to grant bail and impose bail conditions in respect of a person pending deportation ceases to be lawful if there is no legal basis for detaining that person. The power to impose bail conditions is inextricably linked to the power of detention. Once the Home Secretary ceases to have the power to detain a person under immigration law, she can’t then impose conditions on that person’s freedom through bail conditions.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th February 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Two asylum seekers have won a legal challenge against the government when a high court judge ruled on Thursday that it was a breach of their human rights to allow smoking in immigration detention centres.’
The Guardian, 1st February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Health service officials have been reprimanded for putting the health of vulnerable migrants, and the wider public, at risk and told to stop handing over confidential information to immigration officials immediately.’
The Independent, 31st January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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