Finally on 7 December, after 18 months of waiting, anxiety, hardship and fear, Clinic client SK and his mother were at Heathrow to welcome his … Read more
Tag: Sheona York
Kent Law Clinic academics respond to Home Office consultation on ‘New Plan for Immigration’
Kent Law Clinic Solicitor Sheona York and Immigration Caseworker Richard Warren, have responded to a Home Office open consultation on the ‘New Plan for Immigration’ … Read more
Expert comment: Important information about UK Immigration Rules is “hidden away” online
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
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
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
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
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: EU citizens demand ‘status’ card to prove right to stay in UK
In light of the report that that EU citizens in the UK want a card to prove their right to stay, solicitor Sheona York, Kent … Read more
Kent Law Clinic helps reunite Eritrean man with his mother for first time in five years
A young Eritrean man in Kent has been reunited with his mother for the first time in five years thanks to lengthy efforts by Kent … Read more