New Immigration Cases- Virk & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 652 (12 June 2013)
- Chugtai, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1995] EWHC Admin 14 (19 June 1995)
- NN (South Africa) & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 653 (12 June 2013)
- JB (Jamaica), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 666 (12 June 2013)
- PETITION OF MS v. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW [2013] ScotCS CSIH_52 (11 June 2013)
- AZ (Asylum- legacy cases) Afghanistan [2013] UKUT 270 (IAC) (10 June 2013)
- Warnborough College Ltd., R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1510 (Admin) (10 June 2013)
- Rostami, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1494 (Admin) (07 June 2013)
- AHK & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1426 (Admin) (07 June 2013)
- WKA v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] ScotCS CSIH_51 (07 June 2013)
- Kola, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1434 (Admin) (06 June 2013)
- Aslam, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1495 (Admin) (06 June 2013)
- SO, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (AAJR) [2013] UKUT 256 (IAC) (24 May 2013)
- MJ (Singh v Belgium : Tanveer Ahmed unaffected) Afghanistan [2013] UKUT 253 (IAC) (01 May 2013)
- NN (Teachers: Matabeleland/Bulawayo: risk) Zimbabwe CG [2013] UKUT 198 (IAC) (10 May 2013)
- Green (Article 8 new rules) Jamaica [2013] UKUT 254 (IAC) (13 May 2013)
- R (on the application of MR) v Derby City Council (AAJR) [2013] UKUT 255 (IAC) (14 May 2013)
- Azimi-Moayed and others (decisions affecting children; onward appeals) Iran (Rev 1) [2013] UKUT 197 (IAC) (26 April 2013)
- Singh (fee award: ancillary decision) India [2013] UKUT 179 (IAC) (18 April 2013)
- Zubair (EEA regs: self-employed persons) Pakistan [2013] UKUT 196 (IAC) (11 April 2013)
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Category Archives: Persecution
SK (Zimbabwe): mob violence and exclusion from asylum
SK (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 807, please read judgment. SK appealed the Upper Tribunal’s decision on the grounds that, on a true interpretation of the Rome Statute, her acts did not amount … Continue reading
Posted in Persecution, Asylum, Zimbabwe, Court of Appeal, International Law
Tagged Refugee Convention, Rome Statute, ICC, ICTY, ICTR, SCSL
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Refugee Convention: domestic law defines “lawful”
R (on the application of ST (Eritrea)) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2012] UKSC 12 (21 March 2012) The Supreme Court – Lady Hale and Lords Hope, Brown, Mance, Kerr, Clarke and Dyson – has unanimously … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Cases, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Persecution, Removals, UKSC
Tagged Asylum, Refugee Convention, Removals, UK Supreme Court
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Refugee Convention and lawful presence?
Update - The UKSC handed down its judgment in this case on 21 March 2012 and the most recent post in relation to this case is available here. R (on the application of ST (Eritrea))(FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, ECHR, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Human Rights, Persecution, Refugee Convention
Tagged Africa, Case Law, ECHR, Persecution, Removals
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Massive Somalia Guidance
Once the arena for the expansionist designs of European powers – such as Britain and Italy – in the Horn of Africa, Somalia is arguably the foremost complex humanitarian emergency in the world: pretty much Hell on Earth. These days, … Continue reading
Posted in Al-Shabab, Asylum, ECHR, Female Genital Mutilation, Human Rights, Mogadishu, Persecution, Somalia, Women
Tagged Africa, Asylum, Case Law, Drought, ECHR, Famine, FGM, Persecution, Removals
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Persecution in Pakistan: HJ (Iran) and the Ahmadis
The barrister Mr Jinnah, together with his comrades in the struggle for Independence, wanted Pakistan to be a secular country and just a couple of days before the Partition of India he, therefore, said that: You are free; you are … Continue reading
Posted in Ahmadis, Asylum, Islam, Manchester, Pakistan, Persecution
Tagged Ahmadis, Asylum, Investors, Tier 1 (Investor), UK Supreme Court
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Viva la Revolución? new Cuba guideline case
“… Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.” Contrary to what Castro’s close comrade Che Guevara claimed, Cuba is one of the world’s last remaining autocratic communist regimes. Historically, the revolutionary country was once considered a bastion against imperialism. Yet … Continue reading
R (Thamby) v SSHD: LTTE, nationality, naturalisation and “good character”
This judicial review case – Thamby, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 1763 read judgment here – concerned the SSHD’s refusal to naturalise as a citizen a Tamil national of Sri … Continue reading
Posted in Cases, ECHR, False Statements, Genocide, International Law, Judicial Review, Nationality, Persecution, Sri Lanka
Tagged Asylum, British Nationality, ECHR, Genocide, LTTE, Removals, Sri Lanka, War Crimes
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Case Comment: KC (South Africa) (FC) (Appellant) v SSHD (Respondent) – UKSC 2009/0188
The issues for the Supreme Court In KC (South Africa) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) – Case ID UKSC 2009/0188, the following questions arise for the UK Supreme Court (i) whether Article 14 of … Continue reading
Posted in Article 3, Asylum, Cases, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Immigration Law, Pankina, Persecution, South Africa, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Asylum, Case Law, ECHR, European Union, UK Supreme Court
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Conservatives’ stillborn feminism
On 8 March 2011 Mrs Theresa May bigged up her party by putatively expressing solidarity with women’s causes on the occasion of the 100th International Women’s Day. With most people distracted by the ongoing debate about a “British Bill of … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, ECHR, Immigration Law, Persecution, Spouses, UKBA, Women
Tagged Asylum, ECHR, Immigration, Spouses, UKBA, Women
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Palestine legal action fundraiser
Prominent legal practitioners at the English Bar such as MICHAEL MANSFIELD QC and MICHEL MASSIH QC will be showing their solidarity with the cause of the Palestinian people against Israeli atrocity and war crimes. The PLAF is inspired by the success of … Continue reading
Posted in ECHR, Palestine, Persecution, PLAF, Rule of law
Tagged ECHR, Palestine, PLAF, Rule of law
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Case Comment: RT (Zimbabwe) v SSHD [2010] EWCA Civ 1285
The latest Zimbabwe post is available here. The rest of this post continues as originally published. As predicted by the pundits of human rights law, HJ (Iran) v SSHD [2010] UKSC 31 is really beginning to find its application in the … Continue reading
Posted in Article 5, Asylum, Cases, ECHR, High Court of Australia, Persecution, Refugee Convention, Tribunals, UKBA, Zimbabwe
Tagged Asylum, Immigration Rules, Persecution, Refugee Convention, Tribunals, UK Supreme Court
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“Simpler justice”: reforming legal aid
The consultation to legal aid reform began on 15 November 2010 and will end on 14 February 2011. All the relevant documents to the consultation can be viewed on the Ministry of Justice’s website here. The proposals will cut the … Continue reading
The UKBA and the detention of children
Detention is one of the most analysed topics in legal discourse. Detaining minors is an extraordinary step and in this country there is a very proud tradition which sets aside juvenile offenders’ trial processes in comparison to the manner and … Continue reading
Posted in Article 14, Article 3, Article 5, Article 8, Children, Dependants, Detention, ECHR, G4S, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, Persecution, Private Prisons, Refugee Convention, s 55 BCIA, Settlement, Spouses, UKBA
Tagged Asylum, Children, Dependants, Detention, ECHR, Immigration, Immigration Rules, UKBA
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French and British joint declaration on immigration
The global economic recession’s bite into British and French defence budgets has opened a “new chapter” in bilateral defence cooperation between these historically rival nations. Emphasising that the sovereignty of neither nation would be compromised as a result of the … Continue reading
Posted in Persecution, Immigration Rules, Immigration Law, Asylum, ECHR, Cases, Business, Economy, Overseas Workers, Employment, France
Tagged Immigration, Refugee Convention, Asylum, Immigration Rules, UKBA, ECHR, Economy
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UKBA names Reliance as its new remover
After the continuing saga of Jimmy Mubenga’s death and the UKBA’s subsequent moratorium on forced removals which followed it, has been announced that the Agency’s current contractor G4S will no longer be removing immigration detainees from the UK. The private … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Asylum, Business, Cameroon, Cases, Dependants, Detention, ECHR, Employment, G4S, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, Persecution, Private Prisons, Refugee Convention, Settlement
Tagged Article 8, Asylum, Cameroon, Case Law, ECHR, Immigration, Immigration Rules, Persecution, Private Prisons, Refugee Convention, Removals, UKBA
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Agency publishes Tier 1 statistics
The International Group of the UKBA published what it called the an “operational assessment” of Tier 1 of the Points Based System (PBS). The Agency’s document can be viewed here. It is very much the objective of the Agency’s document … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Business, Dependants, Economy, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Fees, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, PBS, Persecution, Tier 1, UKBA, Working
Tagged Business, Dependants, Economy, Entrepreneurs, Immigration, Immigration Rules, Points Based System, Spouses, UKBA
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Why the best might prefer to leave the UK
While speaking to the Confederation of British Industry in an attempt to allay the immigration fears of the business community Prime Minister David Cameron comfortingly said to his audience: “Let me give you this assurance. As we control our borders … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Persecution, PBS, Tier 1, Immigration Rules, Immigration Law, Tier 2, Post Study Work, Asylum, Article 8, Business, Economy, Overseas Workers, AP (Russia), European Union, Employment, Working, Biometric Cards, Detention, UKBA Signing Centres, Entrepreneurs, Education
Tagged Points Based System, Immigration, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Migrant Workers, Asylum, Immigration Rules, UKBA, ECHR, Pankina, Overseas Workers, Economy, AP (Russia), Spouses, Education
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More evidence of degrading treatment emerges
The Jimmy Mubenga case brought to light the degrading and inhuman treatment which returnees receive at the hands of private security companies such as G4S which are involved in enforcement actions taken by the UKBA. Thereafter, the scandal has been … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Asylum, Detention, ECHR, G4S, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, Persecution, Refugee Convention, Spouses
Tagged Asylum, ECHR, Immigration, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Refugee Convention, UKBA
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Case Comment: TM (Zimbabwe) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 916
The present case from Zimbabwe is about refugee sur place activity. This is where persons who were not refugees when they left their countries of origin became refugees later because of intervening events. Refugees sur place may owe their fear … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Cases, Court of Appeal, Persecution, UKBA, Zimbabwe
Tagged Asylum, Constitution, Immigration, Refugee Convention
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Homosexuality and Persecution: Analysing HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) v SSHD
The Nature of the Case This decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) can be viewed as a spirited effort by its judges to harmonise and converge Western jurisprudence arising out of the UN Convention Relating to the Status … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Asylum, Australia, Cameroon, Cases, ECHR, High Court of Australia, Homophobia, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, Iran, Persecution, Refugee Convention, UKSC
Tagged Asylum, Cameroon, High Court of Australia, Homosexuality, Immigration, Iran, Persecution, Refugee Convention, UK Supreme Court, UKBA, UKSC
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