MEDITERRANEAN MIGRANTS | MSF UK emergency coordinator on World Refugee Day

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Can new evidence be considered in Points Based System appeals?

The Court of Appeal considered section 85A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 in the case of Olatunde v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 670 and on the facts of the case holds that new evidence cannot be considered by the tribunal in a Points Based System appeal. […]

Extending time limits for late appeals

The Upper Tribunal returns to the issue of extending time for late appeals in the case of RK (Allowed appeals – service on respondent) Albania [2015] UKUT 331 (IAC). The special pleading by the Home Office on this occasion is around the “agreement” between the entirely independent tribunal and a party to appeals to serve determinations […]

UK ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRISIS – Shocking Moment as Desperate Migrants Hijack Trucks at Border Crossing

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Importance of applying to register children as British citizens

The otherwise unremarkable case of Oladeji (s.3(1) BNA 1981) [2015] UKUT 326 (IAC) emphasises the importance of applying to register children as British if they are so entitled. I had to go through this with an otherwise very well informed client the other day. If at the time of a child’s birth the child meets the […]

Humanitarian crisis of epic proportions.

This year, more migrants have tried to enter Europe than ever before. Often leaving behind war, poverty and lack of social mobility. Many of these people are from the Middle East, escaping the war in Syria and turmoil in Africa. British MP’s recently decided against sending search and rescue boats to help migrants trapped of […]

The refugees of Calais | Journal

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