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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Campaign against detention: protest at Harmondsworth, Sat 5 July
This Saturday, 5 July, there will be another protest against immigration detention. The demonstration at Harmondsworth is organised by Movement for Justice, in solidarity with… Read more »
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Berlin: refugee roof-top protest
Refugees have taken to the rooftop of an abandoned school building in Berlin to protest the attempt to evict them from their home. As police… Read more »
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“Am I a HUMAN BEING? I ran from my country to save my life” – Marie Therese finally gets right to remain in the UK
Many of you will remember the campaign for Marie Therese Nana, a survivor of ritualised torture in Cameroon. Marie Therese wrote, movingly and powerfully, about… Read more »
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Campaigning for migration justice – it’s not all over after forced removal
By Evelina Gambino, Right to Remain volunteer What happens after removal? Such is the question that many people involved in campaigns for the right to… Read more »
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Groundswell of popular action against detention
For those who despair that the outrage of immigration detention continues – seemingly unchallenged – in the UK, hope may be at hand. Those of us… Read more »
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Working together for the right to remain: Signing-support
What is signing-support? Most people who have applied for leave to remain and have not had a positive decision have to regularly report at their… Read more »
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Bahrain and UK: no sanctuary from torture
Why has Bahraini democracy campaigner Isa Al-Aali been refused asylum? Is it connected to the UK’s special relationship with the torture-state? On 21 May 2014,… Read more »
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Isa Al-Aali, Bahraini teen seeking sanctuary in UK: further coverage in Financial Times
UAE stops using former British officers as military trainers About 185 Bahrainis have applied for UK asylum since widespread pro-democracy protests led by the majority… Read more »
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Rape survivor from Sierra Leone finally gets justice in the UK
Campaign by Women Against Rape. Noela Claye suffered horrific rape and other violence in 1995 in Sierra Leone during the civil war. In November 2013 she won… Read more »
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- 31 July – Liverpool Solidarity Session; detention & enforcement
- Solidarity in Newcastle – joining the dots for the migration justice movement
- Right to Remain Solidarity Appeal for Marcia Nthobatsang
- 21 July: Knowledge is Power online workshop
- 22 July – Manchester Solidarity Session; detention & enforcement
Legal updates
- UK-France ‘One In, One Out’ Immigration Policy: A Flawed Fix for a Complex Crisis
- Closure of Safe Routes for Afghans: Changes to the Immigration Rules
- The Borders, Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill – just very disappointing
- eVisa deadline extended to 1 June 2025
- Home Office increases immigration application fees, again
Events
- 31 July – Liverpool Solidarity Session; detention & enforcement
- 21 July: Knowledge is Power online workshop
- 22 July – Manchester Solidarity Session; detention & enforcement
- 17 July: From Detention to Defiance – National Solidarity Launch meeting
- The National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention, 18 October 2025 – Call for action!
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Right to Remain works with communities, groups and organisations across the UK, providing information, resources, training and assistance to help people to establish their right to remain, and to challenge injustice in the immigration and asylum system. Right to Remain is a registered charity (charity number 1192934).
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