The challenge to the suspension of the refugee family reunion route, brought by Safe Passage International and three individual claimants (AXY, BSZ and ESH), was dismissed by the High Court in R (on the application of Safe Passage International &
There aren’t any really major immigration policy amendments in the Statement of Changes published yesterday, but there are still a number of developments that you probably need to know about and at least one change that
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On 7 July 2026, the Chief Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales published its annual report on conditions in detention.The report welcomed improvements to the Immigration Removal Centre (‘IRC’) estate since its last report on 8 July 2025, where
In R (on the application of EXR) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 1568 (Admin), the High Court set out how courts should review a Home Office decision to treat a young person as an
In A1 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 807 the First-tier Tribunal considered extensive evidence about A1’s conviction for terrorism offences and concluded he was no longer a danger to the community. But there was
The Home Office often defends immigration decisions by arguing that the evidence before it did not establish the facts relied upon by the applicant. But sometimes the more important question is whether it should have made further inquiries before reaching
In this month’s round-up, Jasmine is joined by Mala Savjani, a partner at Wilsons. They cover the latest tribunal statistics, which make for grim reading as the asylum appeals backlog has climbed past 87,000 cases. With roughly twice as many
The Bill announced in the King’s Speech on 13 May 2026 has now been published and is beginning its slow passage through Parliament. It is the fifth immigration-related Act across five sessions of Parliament, no less. It
