Detention of families with children ruled unlawful The High Court ruled on 11 January 2011 that the detention of three children with their mothers, whose applications for asylum had been rejected, was unlawful. The ruling entitled them to receive financial compensation. Reetha Suppiad and her two sons (age 2 and 11), and Sakinat Bello and […]
Category: Immigration
Immigration Arrest Teams Operational Guidance and Rules The UK Border Agency has teams of Immigration Officers (IO’s) who are trained to raid premises and arrest suspected immigration offenders as well as illegal immigrants. These Immigration Officers are at the forefront of the detection of immigration offences as well as enforcement. They have an integral role […]
Tier 1 (General) to close overseas from 23 December 2010 and new interim limit for Tier 2 set 21 December 2010 The UK Border Agency has announced that it will stop accepting Tier 1 (General) applications made overseas from 00:01 (UK time) on 23 December 2010. They claim that this is to ensure that […]
Migrant Cap Ruling – High Court decides Government policy is Illegal Breaking News: Government caps on migrant workers introduced by the Home Secretary this summer have been ruled invalid by the High Court today in the first of several legal challenges to the attempt by the Government to stiffle immigration to the UK by […]
UNHCR urges EU and FRONTEX to ensure access to asylum procedures, amid sharp drop in arrivals via the Mediterranean This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 10 December 2010, at the Palais des Nations in […]
