Immigration & asylum

Migrants or UK-born children with unresolved immigration status may encounter all sorts of difficulties when they grow up, from being unable to access higher education and healthcare to obstacles when opening bank accounts and applying for jobs. When they turn 18 years old, they could also be at risk of deportation to a country they may never have visited

How can lawyers take up the plight of young people lacking British citizenship? Keith Wilding suggests the KIND approach

Can President Trump lawfully pardon himself? Michael Zander on a very live question

Home Office under fire for treatment of asylum seeker

Jon Robins highlights the clashes between government & ‘activist lawyers’ over the treatment of migrants

A recent Home Office tweet about ‘activist lawyers’ sparked fury in the legal profession, followed by a confused row-back by government officials

The Ministry of Justice has dropped the fixed fees regime it introduced in June for immigration and asylum appeals conducted online, after law firm Duncan Lewis brought judicial review proceedings

Are asylum seekers getting good legal advice, ask Rona Epstein & Peter William Walsh

Shane Crawford highlights the complex situation of sponsoring an immigrant worker during the pandemic

The Windrush compensation scheme has been ‘far too slow’ to make payments, Home Secretary Priti Patel acknowledged this week