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- Kheirollahi-Ahmadroghani v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1314 (Admin) (22 May 2013)
- SS (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 550 (22 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)
- Rehman, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1351 (Admin) (29 April 2013)
- A B C v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1272 (Admin) (22 May 2013)
- Harrisingh& Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1125 (Admin) (08 March 2013)
- A v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] ScotCS CSIH_43 (17 May 2013)
- Soares v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 575 (21 May 2013)
- Secretary of State for the Home Department v Ahmadi [2013] EWCA Civ 512 (09 May 2013)
- SM (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 533 (10 April 2013)
- Azaroal, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1248 (Admin) (17 May 2013)
- EO & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1236 (Admin) (17 May 2013)
- AJ (Bangladesh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 493 (21 March 2013)
- SB (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 506 (15 April 2013)
- Alarape & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EUECJ C-529/11 (08 May 2013)
- Azimi-Moayed and others (decisions affecting children; onward appeals) Iran (Rev 1) [2013] UKUT 197 (IAC) (26 April 2013)
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- The Libor Scandal and “Soft Law” February 10, 2013 mkp
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- Raja Rental Bites The Dust January 15, 2013 mkp
- Supreme Court Approves Swiss Letter October 10, 2012 mkp
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- Anwer Mooraj on Dr Kamal Hossain’s Talk September 30, 2012 mkp
- Anil Datta on Dr Kamal Hossain’s Talk: Only the Youth Can Bring About a Fruitful Revolution … September 27, 2012 mkp
- Peerzada Salman on Dr Kamal Hossain: “Young People are Agents of Change” September 27, 2012 mkp
- Welcome speech of Dr. Masuma Hasan: In Memory of Fatehyab Ali Khan: Dr. Kamal Hossain on Building a peaceful South Asia: 24 September 2012 September 25, 2012 mkp
- In Honour of Fatehyab Ali Khan: Dr Kamal Hossain Speaks at PIIA September 25, 2012 mkp
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- Majyd Aziz: Making Karachi Port User-Friendly March 1, 2013 pakistanhorizon
- Dr Masuma Hasan: Uch Revisited January 19, 2013 pakistanhorizon
- Editor: Sir Zafrulla Khan on Palestine November 18, 2012 pakistanhorizon
- Dr Masuma Hasan: Bridging the Gender Gap in Bihar November 14, 2012 pakistanhorizon
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Tag Archives: Removals
Strike Three For New Rules: Part 1
Ogundimu (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2013] UKUT 60 (IAC) (08 February 2013) Nigeria – Africa’s most populous country – is spearheading the campaign against deportation and Ogundimu is the third case in a row where the judiciary has sent … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Crime, Human Rights Act, Nigeria, Settlement
Tagged Article 8, Immigration Rules, Removals
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Tribunal Unimpressed With New Rules Again: Part 2
Izuazu (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2013] UKUT 45 (IAC) (30 January 2013) The UT explained that the SSHD “overstates the significance of the rule change” and the effects of this change on Article 8 decision making where judges … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Children, European Union, Immigration Rules, Nigeria, Proportionality
Tagged Dependants, ECHR, Removals, UK Supreme Court
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Removing adult children as family members
Ahmad & Ors (removal of children over 18) Pakistan [2012] UKUT 267 (IAC) (30 July 2012) At times the drafting of the Immigration Acts leaves a lot to be desired: rapid legislative change enhances entropy in an already difficult environment. … Continue reading
Apolitical Zimbabweans and Persecution
RT (Zimbabwe) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 38 (25 July 2012) This case is of great importance not only to the law, but also to the study of politics and international relations. In … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 10, Article 9, Asylum, Court of Appeal, UKSC, Zimbabwe
Tagged Asylum, ECHR, Persecution, Removals, UK Supreme Court
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Immigration and Stare Decisis
Patel & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 741 (01 June 2012) The Court of Appeal (Lord Neuberger MR, Lady Hallett Vice President QBD and Stanley Burnton LJJ) has decided that the SSHD was not … Continue reading
Posted in Court of Appeal, False Statements, Neuberger PSC, Notices, Sedley LJ, WHM
Tagged Case Law, ECHR, Removals, UK Supreme Court
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Family Migration and Article 8′s New Dress
Theresa May’s rabid immigration policies are no secret and the government is changing the Immigration Rules yet again. It is the eighteenth statement of changes in the Immigration Rules to be announced by the Home Office since the present government … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Dependants, Immigration Rules, Judges, Proportionality, Settlement
Tagged Article 8, Dependants, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Removals, Spouses
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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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Korean Peninsula: “up against a brick wall”
Secretary of State for the Home Department v SP (North Korea) & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 114 (16 February 2012) The Korean War (1950 – 1953), an historic first instance example of the Cold War getting hot, was a defining … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Court of Appeal, Korean Peninsula, Nationality, Refugee Convention, Tribunals
Tagged 38th Parallel, Asylum, Korean War, Persecution, Removals
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Using children to stop deportation: Part 2
Sanade and others (British children – Zambrano – Dereci) [2011] UKUT 48 (IAC) (07 February 2012) Sanade (S), Harrison (H), Walker (W) Legal Discussion Tellingly, in considering the appellants’ Article 8 claims, the UT (at [51]) – remembering Lord Wilson’s … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Automatic Deportation, Blake J, Cases, Children, CJEU, False Statements and Misrepresentations, s 55 BCIA, Tribunals, UKBA 2007
Tagged ECHR, European Union, Removals, Zambrano
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Using children to stop deportation: Part 1
Sanade and others (British children – Zambrano – Dereci) [2011] UKUT 48 (IAC) (07 February 2012) This Upper Tribunal (UT, President Blake and Judge Jordon) case was about three fathers, the appellants, who relied on their family, especially British children, … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Automatic Deportation, Blake J, Cases, Children, Tribunals, UKBA 2007
Tagged ECHR, European Union, Removals, Zambrano
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Drug dealing and deportation
Masih (deportation – public interest – basic principles) Pakistan [2012] UKUT 46 (IAC) (07 February 2012) Pakistan has a significant minority Christian population (2.8 million) and adherents of the Christian faith in Punjab province are often called Masih – literally … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Asylum, Automatic Deportation, Pakistan, Tribunals
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, ECHR, Removals
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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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A letter from Manchester
On any given day of the year Manchester’s streets buzz endlessly with chatter in the Punjabi language which – like headscarves, Qur’āns, shalwar kameez, mosques, miles of takeaways and foreigners – is a local trademark. Things, however, are not quite what they … Continue reading
Posted in ECHR, Immigration Amnesty, Manchester, Muslims, Pakistan, Politics, Removals, Settlement, UKSC
Tagged 9/11, ECHR, Immigration Amnesty, Manchester, Politics, Removals, Terrorism, UK Supreme Court
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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: SI (variation/curtailment – human rights ground) Pakistan [2011] UKUT 00118 (IAC)
This brief case makes a hulking legal point. Moreover, it illustrates the games which the UKBA “plays” with the objects of its control. Although the outcome was not in favour of SI (the appellant), the case is quite valuable because … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Dependants, East African Asians, Families, Immigration Rules, Kenya, Pakistan, Removals, Sedley LJ, Settlement, SQVS, Tribunals, UKBA
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, Dependants, ECHR, Families, Kenya, Pakistan, Removals, SQVS, UKBA
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Children “at the heart” of family reunions
The government has announced its plans for a more “humane approach” to family reunions where the best interests of children will remain paramount. The immigration minister’s statement in relation to ending the detention of children from last December can be … Continue reading
Latest immigration statistics
Overview The latest statistical bulletin produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on immigration is a very telling document. In its latest publication the ONS has observed that: In the year to September 2010 the overall number of entry … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Employment, Enforcement, ONS, PBS, Removals
Tagged Asylum, Immigration, ONS, Points Based System, Removals
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Case Comment: ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 4
While one Brenda (in Yarl’s Wood) awaits deportation from the UK to a certain death in Uganda, another Brenda in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (Baroness Hale of Richmond of course) has made some particularly telling observations regarding the … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Children, Citizenship and Nationality, Removals, s 55 BCIA, Tanzania, UKSC
Tagged Children, Removals, Tanzania, UK Supreme Court
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Please don’t deport Brenda Namigadde
One would have to agree with the archbishop of Canterbury Dr Williams that the killing of Ugandan gay rights’s activist David Kato, who was murdered at his home in Mukono, Kampala after having won in court against a tabloid which … Continue reading
Posted in Article 2, Article 5, Removals, Uganda, Uncategorized, Yarl's Wood IRC
Tagged Detention, ECHR, Removals, UKBA, Yarl's Wood IRC
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