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Expert Comment: Growing asylum queues – blaming criminal gangs is just a distraction

By | 02 July 2021

A new report from The Refugee Council has highlighted that although the numbers claiming asylum in the UK each year are lower than in previous … Read more

Expert comment: Important information about UK Immigration Rules is “hidden away” online

By Andrea Shieber | 04 May 2021

It was good to see The Guardian consumer affairs journalist Anna Tims addressing misleading information provided to immigration applicants, however, her reply does not get … Read more

Expert comment: Worn-out and failed ideas won’t mend Britain’s ‘broken’ asylum system

By Andrea Shieber | 25 March 2021

It would be magnificent of course if the UK were to accept a proportionate number of UNHCR refugees for resettlement in the UK, rather than … Read more

Expert comment: Should Shamima Begum be kept out of the UK? What the Supreme Court did not decide

By Andrea Shieber | 01 March 2021

On 26 February 2021, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in three related appeals dealing with Shamima Begum’s deprivation of British citizenship and whether she … Read more

The real scandals revealed by the National Audit office report on immigration enforcement

By Andrea Shieber | 19 June 2020

Today’s media are full of shock-horror comments about the National Audit Office official report on immigration enforcement (HC 110 Session 2019-2021, 17 June 2020). Particularly … Read more

Home Office must abandon hostile environment for migrants

By Andrea Shieber | 18 March 2020

In the face of coronavirus, the Home Office must abandon the ‘hostile environment’ for migrants: At 6pm this evening (Tuesday 17 March 2020), people are … Read more

Expert comment: Promote and simplify EU settlement scheme

By Andrea Shieber | 04 February 2020

He said: ‘As we enter a post-Brexit age, two things must be made clear. ‘The first is that Leave doesn’t mean EU citizens and their … Read more

Call for changes in Home Office migrant detention policy

By Andrea Shieber | 22 March 2019

Sheona York commented: ‘There is nothing to be surprised about in the Home Affairs Committee’s critical report on the UK’s detention of migrants. ‘Home Office policy on detention is … Read more

Welcome for ruling that Right to Rent Scheme is unlawful

By Andrea Shieber | 06 March 2019

The scheme requires landlords to check the immigration status of tenants. Mr Justice Spencer found that the scheme caused racial discrimination and failed to further the desired … Read more

Murder or Manslaughter? No one is ‘getting away’ with it

By Andrea Shieber | 01 March 2019

Kent Law Clinic Solicitor Hannah Uglow (pictured above at the Royal Courts of Justice with a group of Kent Law School students) comments on yesterday’s … Read more

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