THE European Union has slapped sanctions against a number of countries recently. Sanctions have been imposed on Zimbabwe by the European Union supposedly to encourage the persons targeted to reject policies that lead to the suppression of human rights, of … Read more
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UK Home Office has duty to act fairly
IN A determination promulgated on 13 January 2012, the United Kingdom’s Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) held that: “Fairness requires the Secretary of State to give an applicant an opportunity to address grounds for refusal, of which he did … Read more
European economic crisis: Is it time to head home?
AN EMERGING trend within the diaspora community in the UK points towards a gradual increase in the number of people who have, or are considering returning to Zimbabwe or emigrating to other countries as a result of the global economic … Read more
UK asylum ruling on Zimbabwe can be challenged: court
IT IS significant and pleasing to note that the UK Court of Appeal has granted permission to appeal against the current Zimbabwe Country Guidance case which had brought so much misery to Zimbabweans who have been seeking permission to regularise … Read more
‘Human rights’ cover for sanctions wears thin
THE day any country is permitted to make catastrophic resolutions about another nation and people fail to subject those resolutions to relentless scrutiny is the day humanity will go to hell in a wheelchair. As George Owell noted, “In time … Read more
UK Border Agency makes final call on Legacy Cases
READERS will remember my previous observations on how the UK Border Agency has been dealing with Legacy Cases and their promise that these will all be dealt by July 2011. In order to achieve this target, The Case Resolution Teams … Read more
Hope for ‘overstayers’ under UK Points Based System
JUDGMENT was given by the United Kingdom Court of Appeal in the Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pankina [2010] EWCA Civ 719 and others on June 23, 2010, in relation to the period in which an applicant … Read more
Conservatives target citizenship squeeze
THE UK coalition government has announced major reforms on settlement visas for migrants including the abolition of Labour’s ‘Earned Citizenship’ programme. Since the election, the coalition government’s policy has been to put a quota on skilled migrants coming to the … Read more
Hard choices for UK overstayers
THE phrase “when push comes to shove” is usually used to denote a situation when the moment of truth finally arrives, or when the situation has become so bad that you are forced to do something immediately to deal events … Read more
UK changes to asylum claim procedures
THE UK Border Agency (UKBA) has announced changes to the way it registers further submissions and initial in-country asylum applications. Beginning on Wednesday, October 14, the UKBA is requiring that any further submissions in an asylum case must be … Read more
