6 July 2023
Why the Illegal Migration Bill?
On 29 June the Court of Appeal found that the Government’s Rwanda policy to send some people seeking asylum in the UK to Rwanda for the processing of their claims to be unlawful. The reason for this decision was that the Court was not satisfied that asylum procedures in Rwanda are sufficiently robust for it to be considered a safe country to which to send asylum seekers. The Government has until 6 July to decide whether to appeal against the decision to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, the Illegal Migration Bill, which has been designed, among other purposes, to limit or prevent access to justice for asylum seekers on a fast track to Rwanda is nearing the end of its Parliamentary journey. With four ouster clauses in the Bill which seek to prevent judicial consideration of these kinds of asylum cases, questions still remain about access to justice more generally beyond the lawfulness of the Rwanda policy.
20 June 2023
Windrush Day – 22 June 2023
Thursday 22 June 2023, marks 75 years since HMT Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, Essex in 1948.
19 June 2023
Dual citizenship and asylum claims: an increasingly common challenge
This blog post examines the issue of how having more than one citizenship impacts asylum claims in the UK.
5 June 2023
Home Office clarifies position for children born to EEA national parents
In an unusual example of speed and efficiency, the Home Office has responded to the recent High Court decision of Roehrig, which, as explained in my previous blog, threw into disarray the position of children born in the UK to an EEA national between 1 January 1983 and 1 October 2000 vis-a-vis their British citizenship. Positively, the Home Office has affirmed its intention to protect the British citizenship of those individuals the Roehrig decision affects by way of legislation – specifically, the British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Bill.
2 May 2023
Home Office finally updates its guidance on sponsored remote working
The Home Office guidance has finally been amended to clarify the position on sponsor duties surrounding hybrid and remote working.
As discussed in our previous blog, the guidance was woefully out of date and left sponsors crying out for clarity on whether they were being compliant where sponsored workers were working from home. The new guidance makes it clear that permanent remote working and regular hybrid working patterns are permitted and sets out the circumstances in which sponsors must report to the Home Office.
