What we learned from the Right to Remain conference
This post was written by Evelina, our wonderful volunteer, who is leaving Right to Remain after a year of amazing contribution, energy and passion. The… Read more »
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The Guardian questions its use of the phrase “illegal immigrants”
Right to Remain recently wrote to The Guardian newspaper to complain at its persistent use of the phrase “illegal immigrants”. The letter was also signed… Read more »
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Representing yourself at the Upper Tribunal
This blog post looks at appealing First-tier Tribunal refusals in asylum and immigration cases at the Upper Tribunal. It does not address judicial reviews (most of which are heard at the Upper Tribunal in asylum/immigration cases).
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High Court’s DFT Order is toothless but perhaps predictable
On 9 July we celebrated the victory of our friends at Detention Action over immigration detention when the High Court ruled that the Detained Fast Track system… Read more »
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High Court’s DFT Order is toothless but perhaps predictable
On 9 July we celebrated the victory of our friends at Detention Action over immigration detention when the High Court ruled that the Detained Fast Track system was being operated unlawfully. Although previous judgments had been critical of the DFT system, this case was significant as it is the first time any aspect of the system has been acknowledged as unlawful by the court.
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LGBTI asylum claims – the difference, stigma, shame, harm model
Since the landmark 2010 Supreme Court judgment in which it was ruled the Home Office could not tell LGBTI asylum-seekers that they could go back to their country of origin and ‘live discreetly’, the Home Office has shifted its tactics in refusing asylum claims.
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Radical funding for radical change: Edge Fund looking for migrant members
A guest post from Sophie Pritchard of Edge Fund Edge Fund is a grant-making organisation that funds individuals and small groups working to challenge injustice… Read more »
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Campaign for Isabella Acevedo, Mark Harper MP’s former cleaner
– Snatched at daughter’s wedding by Immigration raid – Deported to Colombia – Campaign for justice continues Isabella Acevedo, former cleaner for Mark Harper… Read more »
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Residence Test found to be unlawful by High Court
Great news! This week, a timely and scathing judgment by a rare three-judge Divisional Court in PLP v Secretary of State for Justice, ruled that the atrocious “residence test” is unlawful. Lord Justice Moses led the judgment, finding that it was not within the Justice Secretary’s power to introduce the residence test, and that its blatantly discriminatory intentions and effects are unjustified.
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Residence Test, Impact of Latest Legal Aid Cuts, Minimum Income Judgment – an Update
This post will give a round up on some of the latest significant legal aid and immigration news, focussing on the residence test, the evident, grim impact of LASPO 2012, and the Home Secretary’s win over minimum income requirements in the Court of Appeal.
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Legal Aid update: House of Commons votes for Residence Test
When the latest wave of legal aid changes was proposed last year, the residence test was immediately one of the top concerns (see September blog… Read more »
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Detained Fast Track asylum system ruled unlawful by High Court
In a wonderful, landmark judgement, the High Court has ruled that the UK Home Office has been illegally operating the Detained Fast Track asylum system.… Read more »
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