Category: expert comment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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