Immigration & asylum

Distressing reports that the UK Border Force may be considering ‘pushbacks’―pushing boats of migrants back to another country―have raised serious questions about the legality of such action. However, the government has proposed an amendment to the Nationality and Borders Bill that would give the Border Force immunity, even where death results

The Windrush Compensation Scheme is over-complex, lacks independence, suffers from delays and inconsistencies and is administered by inexperienced caseworkers, legal rights group JUSTICE has said, in its report, 'Reforming the Windrush Compensation Scheme’.

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) blocked three people who were sleeping rough from challenging deportation orders, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has found

Victims of trafficking should be granted leave to remain, the High Court has held in a landmark judgment

The Law Society issued a grim warning about the Nationality and Borders Bill, ahead of its second reading in Parliament this week

The Home Office has published statistics explaining that there were six million applications to the EU Settlement Scheme

Solicitors have warned EU citizens, including vulnerable children and care leavers, will be stripped of essential rights next week unless they take urgent action

On 26 May 2021 the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled in R (on the application of Open Rights Group and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Liberty and another intervening) [2021] EWCA Civ 800 that the so-called 'immigration exemption' in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Data Protection Act 2018, which restricts certain data subject rights, was incompatible with Article 23 of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR). 

The Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU) has published a report stating survivors of exploitation, trafficking and slavery are still facing major hurdles in accessing legal advice.

Lawyers brace for judicial review battle after reforms proposed