Greece establishes new asylum and reception services The UN agency for refugees has welcomed the establishment of three new asylum services in Greece that are part of Greece’s National Action Plan on Migration Management and Asylum Reform.: the Initial Reception Service, the Asylum Service and the Appeals Authority. According to the Greek government, the objective of the Initial Reception Service is to […]
Category: Immigration
Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre will take single male detainees again from 2012 Male detainees are to return to Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre next year Single male detainees are to return to Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre in 2012 for the first time in 10 years, the UK Border Agency has announced. Since […]
UK Border Agency Forces Removal Of Fake Glastonbury University Website Source: UKBA An investigation carried out by Somerset County Council has seen the fake ‘Glastonbury University’ website removed. It is believed that the website, which promoted a fictitious Glastonbury University, was being used to target unsuspecting immigration applicants, particularly in the Far East. A […]
Supreme Court finds that UK’s immigration ban requiring spouses to be aged over 21 are unlawful The Supreme Court has ruled that immigration rules again breach ECHR Article 8 Rights The Supreme Court has decided that the ban on the entry for settlement of foreign spouses or civil partners unless both parties are aged 21 […]
R (Quila and another) v Sec of State for the Home Dept [2011] UKSC 45 Supreme Court ruled that the ban on the entry for settlement of foreign spouses or civil partners unless both parties are aged 21 or over, contained in paragraph 277 of the Immigration Rules, is not a lawful way of deterring […]
