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Independent Review of Welfare in Detention
By Richmond Chambers -

An independent review of policies and procedures affecting the welfare of those held in immigration removal centres has been announced by the Home Secretary. The purpose of the review is to identify whether improvements...

 can be made to safeguard the health and wellbeing of detainees, and those being escorted in the UK. It will be led by Stephen Shaw CBE, a former Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and...

New Restraint System for Immigration Removals
By Richmond Chambers -

The UK Government has formally approved a new restraint system for managing people being escorted during deportation. The new system implements all of the recommendations made by the Independent Advisory Panel...

 for Non Compliance Management in its report (pdf) last month, which seeks to strike a balance between treating detainees with respect and minimising the need for restraint, while enforcing immigration law,...

Case Comment: R (on the application of Fitzroy George) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] UKSC 28
By Richmond Chambers -

The Supreme Court recently handed down its judgment in the case of R (on the application of Fitzroy George) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] UKSC 28. This case concerns the provisions of...

 s5(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 (“s5(1)”) and overturns the Court of Appeal judgment in the matter: [2012] EWCA Civ 1362. The issue was whether a successful appeal against a decision to refuse to...

Briefing on the new family returns process
By Richmond Chambers -

As the Government seeks to enshrine the new family returns process onto the statute books as part of the 2014 Immigration Bill, Barnardo’s has published a briefing on what is working and what can be improved...

 in the returns process. The briefing is based on the experience Barnardo’s has gained while providing welfare and social care services to families within the Home Office’s pre-departure accommodation,...

Fair, humane and effective return procedures
By Richmond Chambers -

The European Commission has recently given an update on progress made by the EU in ensuring that Member States have an effective and humane return policy in place for third-country nationals. In recent years, significant...

 legislative and practical changes have taken place in all Member States to establish fair and transparent rules and improve the way return procedures are carried out. The Return Directive, adopted...

Government faces investigation into “Go Home” advertising campaign
By Richmond Chambers -

The Advertising Standards Authority has launched an investigation into the Government’s controversial advertising campaign targeting illegal immigrants, after receiving a number of complaints, reports the Independent. The...

 Home Office campaign involved advertising vans driving round certain boroughs of London displaying billboards that advised illegal immigrants to “go home”, or face the prospect of arrest and...

Immigration detention casework comes under fire
By Richmond Chambers -

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has received some criticism for its handling of immigration detention casework, with a recently published report calling for improvements to the process to ensure that people are not...

 detained for any longer than necessary. Immigration detention inspection John Vine, Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) and Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, published the report...

Inspection report of pre-departure facility
By Richmond Chambers -

The Chief Inspector of Prisons has recently carried out an announced inspection of Cedars pre-departure accommodation, where families are detained for up to a week immediately before removal. The centre...

 has largely replaced the detention of children in Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre. The inspection found the centre to be an exceptional facility that has many practices which should be replicated in...

Improvements to Dover Immigration Removal Centre
By Richmond Chambers -

Dover Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) had made progress and improved in some key areas, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced short follow-up inspection...

 of the removal centre in Kent. There remained, however, a need for greater practical help for detainees. Dover has operated as an immigration removal centre since 2002, receiving a number of fairly positive...

10-year ban revoked by Paul Richmond
By Richmond Chambers -

Paul Richmond, we have engraved your name on our home walls. We have translated your marks of success into a big celebration in our home. I am not writing this review to make propaganda for...

 the Richmond canter immigration barristers, but this is my real testimony for their work and assistance provided to me. On November 2011, I have applied for a medical treatment visa at the British embassy...

MPs call for better monitoring of enforced removals contracts
By Richmond Chambers -

In a recent report, the Home Affairs Committee has criticised the UK Border Agency's management of the processes for the enforced removal of those who are being deported from the UK. Inappropriate use of physical...

 restraint, and the possible use of unauthorised and potentially dangerous restraint techniques. Weaknesses in passing on information about detainees’ medical conditions to all the relevant staff. Use of...

Abu Qatada cannot be deported to Jordan
By Richmond Chambers -

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Omar Othman (Abu Qatada) cannot be deported to Jordan while there remains a real risk that evidence obtained by torture will be used against him.

 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Omar Othman (Abu Qatada) cannot be deported to Jordan while there remains a real risk that evidence obtained by torture will be used against him.
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