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Streamlined Asylum Process for Children: Eligibility & Key Updates
By Isabella Reynard - Immigration Barrister

In This Article 1. Overview of the Streamlined Asylum Process for Children 2. Eligibility Criteria Under the Streamlined Asylum Process 3. Streamlined Asylum Process: Key Differences for High-Grant Rate Countries 4....

 Notification and Initial Assessment in the Streamlined Asylum Process 5. Preliminary Information Meeting: What to Expect 6. The Preliminary Information Meeting: Next Steps and Outcomes 7. When a...

Supreme Court Rwanda Judgment: Government's Rwanda Policy Is Unlawful
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

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...

 review the Supreme Court’s Rwanda Judgment, offering insights into the legal intricacies surrounding the government’s now-unlawful policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda. Supreme Court Rwanda...

Refugee Family Reunion - Top 6 FAQ's
By Emilia Cieslak - Legal Associate

Currently, government policy regarding asylum places a lot of emphasis on ‘safe and legal routes’ and reducing the numbers of people arriving in the UK via unsafe journeys. This is the stated purpose of the recent...

 Illegal Migration Act 2023.  Therefore, in this post we answer some frequently asked questions about the Refugee Family Reunion route, one of the main ‘safe and legal’ routes available.   1. Who...

Court of Appeal Finds Rwanda Policy Unlawful
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

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...

 the Divisional Court’s rejection of the generic challenges to the policy. Most of the Appellants (then Claimants) had been successful in challenging the lawfulness of the decisions certifying their...

Asylum: What Are ‘Safe and Legal’ Routes?
By Richmond Chambers -

The government is seeking to reduce ‘unlawful migration to the UK’, by introducing sanctions against those migrating to the UK for humanitarian protection, other than through ‘safe and legal’ routes. This...

 article will provide an overview of the different ‘safe and legal’ routes currently in place in the UK and their limitations.  ‘Safe and Legal’ Routes The government has introduced the Illegal...

What is a Home Office Asylum Questionnaire?
By Emilia Cieslak - Legal Associate

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...

 some reported problems with the asylum questionnaires, it seems that the Home Office will keep using asylum questionnaires in the future.  The purpose of this post is to answer some common questions...

What is Asylum in the UK?
By Richmond Chambers -

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...

 proposed Illegal Migration Bill, the topic is set to remain highly relevant. Undeniably however, asylum and refugee law also remain widely misunderstood. This article will define the key terms associated...

What Is the New Illegal Migration Bill 2023?
By Richmond Chambers -

On 08 March 2023, the government proposed the new Illegal Migration Bill in an attempt to stop people coming to the UK ‘unlawfully’ by ‘unsafe and illegal routes’ such as on small boats crossing the channel....

 This article will provide an overview of the Illegal Migration Bill’s purpose, its main provisions and its legality. What Is the Purpose of the Illegal Migration Bill? The Illegal Migration Bill, or...

What Is a ‘Fresh Claim’ Under the Immigration Rules?
By Thomas Hill - Immigration Barrister

Take the following scenario. A person makes an application for refugee status or humanitarian protection (a ‘protection claim’), or an immigration application based on their human rights (a ‘human rights claim’)....

 This is refused (or the application is withdrawn), and all rights of appeal are exhausted. Then, the person claims to have important new information or evidence that they want to bring to the Home...

Nationality and Borders Act 2022: Asylum Seekers
By Richmond Chambers -

The new Nationality and Borders Act 2022 was enacted on 28 April 2022. This article will summarise some aspects affecting asylum seekers.  The following topics will be discussed in this article in relation...

 to the Nationality and Borders Act 2022: Differential treatment of refugees Increasing the standard of proof for finding persecution  Late evidence submission The Secretary of State has expressed the Act’s...

The Correct Test for Cessation of Refugee Status
By Richmond Chambers -

In a judgment given in September 2021 in PS (cessation principles) Zimbabwe [2021] UKUT 00283 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal considered the correct approach to cessation of refugee status. This was in reference to the...

 country guidance in CM (EM country guidance; disclosure) Zimbabwe CG [2013] UKUT 59 (IAC).  Facts of PS (cessation principles) Zimbabwe  The appellant, PS, in this case is a Zimbabwean citizen born in...

Alternative Visa Routes for Family Members of Refugees
By Richmond Chambers -

A previous article explained the rules and process for refugee family reunion. This article explores other options for family reunification that may be available to family members of refugees or people...

 granted humanitarian protection, who are not eligible for refugee family reunion.  Who falls outside the scope of refugee family reunion?  The rules on refugee family reunion only include pre-flight spouses/civil...
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