THE UK Border Agency has set a criminal conviction threshold for settlement to bring it more in line with that for citizenship (naturalisation) applicants. Starting on April 6, 2011, all migrants (except refugees) will need to be free of unspent … Read more
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RN extended by UK court
THE country guidance case of RN (Zimbabwe) CG [2008] UKAIT 00083 has been with us for some time. The essence of that case has chiefly been to argue that refugee Convention protection must be given to a person who cannot … Read more
Why asylum seekers must make peace with relatives
THIS blog is being written against the background of recent pronouncements by the Minister of State for Borders and Immigration, Phil Woolas, that the UK intends to make changes over time to its returns policy to Zimbabwe for failed asylum … Read more
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Family reunion not available to all refugees
A RECENT decision in MS & Ors (Family Reunion: ‘in order to seek asylum’) Somalia [2009] UKAIT 00041 has been criticised in some quarters for creating two classes of refugees. The matter came before the Tribunal on reconsideration of … Read more
