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01.07.2021 - Brexit: How many more EU nationals in UK than previously thought?
Wednesday 30 June is the deadline for EU nationals living in the UK to apply for settled status, although the government says people with a reasonable excuse for delay will still be able to apply after that.
It is now clear that far more EU citizens have been living in the country than previous estimates suggested.
As of 31 May, the government had received 5.6 million applications for the post-Brexit scheme that allows EU (and EEA) nationals to continue living and working in the UK after the end of this month.
That is far higher than the official estimate when the scheme was fully opened in Ma...
30.06.2021 - “Reasonable” to expect UK-born 11-year-old to move to Bangladesh, Court of Appeal says
The protection afforded to children who are long-term UK residents has been further diluted in a new Court of Appeal decision, NA (Bangladesh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 953.
The judgment is the latest in a line of cases to grapple with what exactly is meant by legal provisions directing decision-makers to assess whether it is “reasonable” for such children to be expected to leave the UK when they or a parent has no permission to live here.
Background
This particular case involved a Bangladeshi couple, who were both overstayers in the UK at the time they met a...
30.06.2021 - Revocation of deportation orders under EU law after Brexit
Non-EU citizens can potentially have a deportation order against them revoked where they have acquired or could acquire rights as family members of EU nationals. Such opportunities will continue to be relevant to a specific group of people for some years to come. This post will try to unravel this tricky subject.
Who are we talking about?
Consider a non-EU citizen who was deported or served with a deportation order for a criminal offence committed before 31 December 2020. They may have acquired EU law rights that can be used to challenge deportation, for example by marrying an EU citizen livin...
29.06.2021 - Protections for EU citizens served with notice of deportation
When the Home Office want to deport an EU citizen who has committed a criminal offence it adopts a two-stage process. First it issues a Deportation Liability Notice (DLN). This lets the person know that the Home Office is considering deportation and invites representations. The second stage is issuing the deportation decision. It is only after this decision has been issued that deportation can actually take place.
Under EU law — the UK can restrict an EU citizen’s free movement rights when they have committed a criminal offence. Such decisions are taken “on grounds of public policy, public sec...
29.06.2021 - House prices rise at fastest pace in 17 years
UK house prices rose 13.4% in the year to June, the fastest pace since November 2004, the Nationwide has said.
The building society said the average house price increased to £245,432 from £216,403 in June 2020.
Nationwide chief economist Robert Gardner said prices were "close to a record high" in relation to average incomes, which he added "makes it even harder" for first-time buyers.
He told the BBC the pandemic had "stimulated" the housing market.
Mr Gardner said lots of people had "reassessed what they want from home" in terms of space and where they live as a result of the coronavirus lock...
29.06.2021 - Immigration tribunal can reject expert evidence
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an immigration tribunal is not obliged to accept the conclusions of an expert witness. The case of MS (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 941 confirms that a tribunal is required to reach its own conclusions. In doing so, it may accept guidance from an expert, but does not have to.
The case involved a challenge against MS’s refugee status being stripped from him after he was imprisoned for eight years for robbery. He succeeded initially but the Home Office won on appeal to the Upper Tribunal. The argument at the Court of Ap...
28.06.2021 - What happens to EU citizens who miss the settled status deadline?
The law
The first thing to say is that they can still apply. The Withdrawal Agreement again:
where the deadline for submitting the application… is not respected by the persons concerned, the competent authorities shall assess all the circumstances and reasons for not respecting the deadline and shall allow those persons to submit an application within a reasonable further period of time if there are reasonable grounds for the failure to respect the deadline…
There is Home Office guidance on what counts as “reasonable grounds”. For present purposes, it’s enough to know that you can still secure...
25.06.2021 - Non-Europeans can be detained for longer, EU Court of Justice decides
An eight-month detention period for EU citizens is disproportionate, the Court of Justice of the European Union has decided. The case is C-718/19 Ordre des barreaux francophones and germanophone and Others.
The case originated in the Belgian courts. Legislation in Belgium designed to facilitate the removal of unauthorised non-EU nationals, as well as EU nationals deemed to be a risk to public safety or security, allows people in either category to be held in immigration detention for up to eight months. There were two main questions for the court in Luxembourg:
- Is it lawful to have enforc...
24.06.2021 - Bank of England shrugs off inflation fears
The Bank of England has shrugged off concerns that inflation could surge as the economy returns to normal after the pandemic.
Consumer price inflation hit a two-year high of 2.1% in the year to May, exceeding the Bank's 2% target.
But in its latest statement, the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said the effect would be temporary.
The MPC voted 9-0 to keep interest rates steady at the historic low of 0.1%.
Rates have been unchanged since March last year, when they were reduced to help contain the economic shock of Covid-19.
MPC members also voted 8-1 to continue with the Bank's existing ...
23.06.2021 - My passport is just my way out of here: the Brits affected by deportation
Interviewer: What do you think it means to be British?
Mary: It is a passport. To be British now, I’m sorry to say this, but it is a passport. That is it. That is what being British means to me. I have lost faith in the country which I used to call home. I have lost faith, I have lost trust. Every single bit of pride that I had to be calling myself a British citizen has gone out of the window. They have basically sucked every single bit of love for the UK out of me.
Mary, a white, British-born citizen, was interviewed as part of new research examining the impact of insecure immigration status ...
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