Language analysis in asylum claims – Sprakab quietly dropped?
The Independent reports that the Home Office has quietly stopped contracting the Swedish language analysis company Sprakab.
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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 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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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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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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Criminalisation of homosexuality = persecution?
A ruling from the European Court of Justice in November 2013 has divided lawyers and campaigners: was it a positive judgement for the rights of LGBTI asylum seekers, or not?
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Ex-offenders deported to DRC are at risk
A recent article from Free Movement highlights an important legal development for those convicted of a crime and facing deportation (deportation for the ‘public good’ after a criminal conviction, not just administrative removal) to DR Congo.
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Summary: Iraq Country Guidance case HF
This is a summary of a 2013 Court of Appeal case about forced removals to Iraq, looking at whether Iraqis removed from the UK could relocate internally to areas of Iraq under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) as opposed to the Government in Baghdad (GOI).
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Summary: Somalia – safe for returns?
The country guidance – the AMM case – on Somalia states that the situation in Mogadishu means that Article 15c applies for most Somalis there. An exception to this is the small number of people “connected with powerful actors or belonging to a category of middle class or professional persons, who can live to a reasonable standard in circumstances where the Article 15c risk, which exists for the great majority of the population, does not apply”.
Read moreSupreme Court rules in favour of LGBT asylum rights
The Supreme Court has ruled that two gay men from Iran and Cameroon have the right to asylum in the UK. Lord Hope, who read… Read more »
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