TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWaPo has horrifying reporting today about how the African nation of Rwanda has been attacking in-country family members of the Rwandan dissidents living abroad.The article starts with the story of former
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The Weekly Round-up: Rwanda hearing, planning law reforms, mercy killing reforms for prosecution decisions
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The government’s Rwanda deportation scheme begins its battle in the Supreme Court today. In June, the Court of Appeal ruled the policy unlawful because of ‘deficiencies’ in Rwanda’s asylum-processing system. That court found that sending asylum-seekers
Court of Appeal upholds challenge to Rwanda removals policy – an extended look
R ((AAA) Syria and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 745
The Claimants in this case are 10 individual asylum-seekers from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Sudan and Albania who entered the UK irregularly by
The Weekly Round-up: the COVID-19 Inquiry, Crimes of Aggression in Ukraine, and UK Special Forces in Afghanistan
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On Thursday, the High Court dismissed a claim for judicial review brought by the Cabinet Office, regarding a notice issued by the Chair of the COVID-19 Inquiry which requested the disclosure of correspondence between former Prime Minister
Court of Appeal Finds Rwanda Policy Unlawful
In a judgment published on 29 June 2023, the Court of Appeal allowed by a majority the appeal against the decision of the Divisional Court in the judicial review challenge to the Rwanda policy. The appeal was against the Divisional
The Weekly Round-up: Stopping Small Boats, Child Marriages, and the question of Abortion Rights in the USA
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Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats” crossing the Channel will see a Bill brought before Parliament this week aimed at stripping those who arrive in the UK via small boats of their right to claim asylum.
High Court Finds UK Government’s Rwanda Policy Is Lawful
On 19 December 2022, the High Court’s judgment in the judicial review claims against the government’s Rwanda policy was published. The policy enables the Secretary of State for the Home Department (“the SSHD”) to decide not to determine the asylum…The
The Weekly Round-up: The Rwanda ruling, NHS strikes, asylum seeker cost-of-living claim, and victim-blaming
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- The Divisional Court has dismissed the claim for judicial review challenging decisions made by the Home Secretary that asylum claims made in the United Kingdom should not be determined here and that
Divisional Court upholds Government’s Rwanda policy – an extended look
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R ((AAA) Syria and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3230 (Admin)
On 14th April of this year, the then-Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced a new ‘Migration and Economic Development Partnership’ between