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Supreme Court Rwanda Judgment: Government's Rwanda Policy Is Unlawful

In a unanimous decision by Lord Reed and Lord Lloyd-Jones, with whom Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs and Lord Sales agreed, the Supreme Court has declared the government’s Rwanda policy unlawful. In this post, I...

Section 117B Public Interest Considerations Explained

When considering immigration matters involving Article 8 (ECHR), one of the most important factors that decision-makers, courts and tribunals will take into account when reaching their conclusion is whether any...

Court of Appeal Finds Rwanda Policy Unlawful

In a judgment published on 29 June 2023, the Court of Appeal allowed by a majority the appeal against the decision of the Divisional Court in the judicial review challenge to the Rwanda policy. The appeal was against...

What is a Home Office Asylum Questionnaire?

In February 2023, the Home Office announced that it was introducing asylum questionnaires in order to reduce the asylum backlog which currently stands at over 92,000 asylum claims made before 28 June 2022.  Despite...

What is Asylum in the UK?

Asylum and asylum seekers have been near-constant features of the news cycle in the UK for several years now. With the recent introduction of the Nationality and Borders Act, the Rwanda policy and the government’s...

High Court Finds UK Government’s Rwanda Policy Is Lawful

On 19 December 2022, the High Court’s judgment in the judicial review claims against the government’s Rwanda policy was published. The policy enables the Secretary of State for the Home Department (“the SSHD”)...

New Immigration Concessions for Afghan Nationals

In our Knowledge Centre we have recently explored the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (“ACRS”) which opened on 6 January 2022.  The Concessions to the Immigration Rules for Afghan nationals for...

Afghanistan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme

The Afghanistan Citizen’ Resettlement Scheme is a new route opening for the resettlement of Afghan refugees, prioritising those most in need including women, girls and children given their particular vulnerability. Whilst...

What is “persecution” under the Refugee Convention?

In a previous post, we have looked at how the credibility of an asylum claim is assessed here. This post will look at what constitutes persecution for the purposes of the UN Refugee Convention 1951. In order...

Grounds of appeal after the Immigration Act 2014

The Immigration Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) made major changes to the immigration appeals landscape. The 2014 Act reduced the grounds of appeal by 13 (17 to four). This is important because it means that there...

Rights of appeal after the Immigration Act 2014

The Immigration Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) reduced the circumstances in which the refusal of an immigration application will give rise to a right of appeal. The explanatory notes to the 2014 Act state that the...