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Asylum Support Rates: Home Office Defiant Despite High Court Ruling

Despite a ruling from the High Court ordering the Government to review the asylum support rates, it has been announced by the Home Office that there will be no increase. In a recent case, Refugee Action, R v The...

Low Levels of Asylum Support Push Children into Poverty

Over 10,000 children seeking safety from war, violence and persecution with their families are being pushed into poverty by alarmingly low-levels of support, according to The Children’s Society. Financial support...

Leave to Remain on Private Life Grounds - Amendment to the Immigration Rules

Since 9 July 2012 the Secretary of State has primarily considered Article 8 claims within the context of the Immigration Rules. Appendix FM to those Rules sets out the circumstances in which entry clearance...

Asylum Seekers in the EU

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has recently published details of asylum decisions in the EU28.Contact Us

Upper Tribunal clarifies unmarried partner rule for partners of refugees

In Fetle (Partners: two year requirement) [2014] UKUT 00267 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal has held that in contrast to the requirement of paragraph GEN 1.2(iv) of Appendix FM, a requirement (such as in paragraph 352AA...

Many Refugees are Failed by the System

Failures in the system are causing homelessness and destitution amongst refugees in the UK, according to a new report from the Refugee Council. The report, entitled ‘28 Days Later: the experiences of new refugees...

Children left in limbo by asylum system

Children who arrive alone in the UK seeking asylum face a struggle to get their voices heard in a system designed to deal with adults, according to a recent report by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner. Children...

Asylum applicants in EU

Interesting figures released last week by the EU reveal that in 2013 there was an increase in the numbers of people seeking asylum in EU countries, from 335,000 in 2012 to 435,000 in 2013. It is estimated that...

Zoumbas v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 74 - a case summary

Immigration has recently been a hot topic in the UK Supreme Court, with two decisions being handed down within a week of each other – first Patel & Ors v Secretary of State...

MF (Nigeria) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1192 (CA)

Do the Immigration Rules provide a complete code when considering whether the deportation of a foreign national criminal is contrary to Article 8 ECHR? Yes held the Court of Appeal in MF (Nigeria) v SSHD [2013] EWCA Civ 1192, promulgated on 8/10/13.

EU Committee seeks action for Syrian refugees

The EU and its member states should guarantee Syrian refugees safe entry to the EU and access to fair asylum procedures, says a resolution approved last week by the European Parliamentary Civil Liberties Committee. It...

Obstacle course in the EU for asylum seekers

Recent research has highlighted that there is still a long way to go in the establishment of a fair and efficient Common European Asylum System despite more than 12 years of harmonising national asylum policies...