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Home Office 'reckless' with detainment
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The Home Affairs Select Committee have released a highly critical report into the detention of immigrants as managed by the Home Office. They state that the government department has a ‘reckless’ attitude...

 towards the detainment of immigrants and that this has led to people being wrongfully detained. The report found that there are issues with almost every part of the detention process and that the Home...

The refugee family reunification bill
By Richmond Chambers -

MPs last week called on the home secretary Sajid Javid to pass the bill for refugee family reunification. The bill, which would relax some of the obstructive rules around family reunification, has been waiting...

 to pass into law for a year. What does the law say about refugee family reunification at the moment? Currently, UK immigration rules prevent adult refugees from submitting applications for parents,...

Visa and deportation fears for Commonwealth military veterans
By Richmond Chambers -

Every year several hundred Commonwealth personnel are discharged from the British armed forces and immediately become subject to UK immigration controls (from which they have been exempt whilst serving). Any individual...

 who has served in the British military for more than four years can apply for indefinite leave to remain afterwards, but the process is made extremely challenging by the fact that it is currently not...

High Court blocks policy on removing immigrants without warning
By Richmond Chambers -

Dozens of people have been given a reprieve from being forced to leave the UK after the High Court ordered a suspension of the removal policy used by the Home Office following a challenge by an immigration charity. Campaign...

 group Medical Justice applied for an interim injunction to bring a halt to the “removals window”, a controversial deportation policy which enables the Home Office to refuse a migrant’s case...

Further embedded Home Office immigration check staff scrapped
By Richmond Chambers -

Labour councils across the UK are beginning to remove Home Office immigration officers which have previously been “embedded” among local authorities. The move comes after calls from councillors to stop creating...

 hostile environments for migrants. Embedded Home Office officials typically sit in on meetings arranged between councils and vulnerable migrants. This is to ensure the Home Office can keep track of each...

Apology issued to woman refused help under Windrush scheme
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Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, has issued an apology to Willow Sims after she was incorrectly informed that she was not eligible for help in proving her status from the Windrush Taskforce team. The lawyer working...

 on compensation claims for victims of the Windrush scandal asked the Government to urgently clarify which group of people the Windrush Taskforce will assist after they wrongly informed Ms Sims that she...

UK immigration legal aid to get additional money after cuts
By Richmond Chambers -

The UK government has announced additional money for the legal aid system in an attempt to help those who cannot afford legal representation. The pledge comes after an anticipated review into legal aid cuts made...

 by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government. In April 2013, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) came into force, and with few exceptions, it removed legal aid...

Android-only app for EU citizens seeking settled status
By Richmond Chambers -

Come March 29th, Britain will leave the European Union. When we voted, we understood that would mean that we have to give up our rights to free and easy access to the rest of Europe, and likewise it would...

 make UK immigration more difficult for Europeans. The problem is, however, what about the 3.7 million Europeans who currently live here? They can apply for ‘settled status’ so that they are...

Migration levels remain constant, despite drop in EU numbers
By Richmond Chambers -

Although the recently reported drop in EU migration numbers clearly has implications against the Brexit backdrop, overall migration numbers to the UK have remained relatively constant. Figures released by...

 the ONS show that EU net migration was 74,000 during the first half of the year. In comparison, non-EU net migration to the UK was 248,000 – the largest number since 2004. The ONS figures also show that the...

Plans to simplify ‘labyrinthine’ immigration rulebook
By Richmond Chambers -

Highly prescriptive, too long, and difficult to follow. Those are the conclusions drawn by the Law Commission on the UK’s 1,100 pages of immigration rules. The UK’s legislative overseer has suggested the rulebook...

 which governs the entry of people to the UK needs to be overhauled because it has become too complicated. The commission which reviews and recommends changes to legislation has begun consulting on a...

Suspended sentence for offering unqualified immigration advice
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Ms Ghazala Nazir of Jubilee Close in Pinner, Middlesex has been given a suspended sentence by Southwark Crown Court for offering unqualified advice on immigration and associated immigration services. The 44-year-old...

 was found guilty on two counts of providing unqualified immigration advice at a trial on 12 December 2018.  What the case was about This trial indicates just how important it is for migrants to seek...

Revised UK childhood good character test should be scrapped
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Campaigners say the government’s revised guidance on how the good character test is applied to children does not go far enough and still does not protect the rights of young people who have grown up in the UK...

 and wish to naturalise. Good character requirement The good character requirement applies to children aged 10 and over, as this is the age of criminal responsibility. The review of the policy comes after a...
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