Harry Mitchell, QC, summarises in Briefing Paper 8.27 three recent cases which are of interest. In all three questions concerning the European Convention on Human Rights are prominent. The third case, summarised in paragraphs 10 to 17, is of particular concern. It is a decision of the European Court of Human Rights which may well have the effect, if the Home Office feels obliged to follow it, of making it more or less impossible to deport failed asylum seekers back to Sri Lanka.
Migration and the geography of population change in England and Wales: ONS analysis
An analysis of the Office for National Statistics’ estimates of population change, year-ending June 2025. The Office for National Statistics estimates that the population of

