MW197 : Removal and Right of Access to the Courts | Migration Watch UK
1 A recent decision of the High Court on judicial review has excited a considerable amount of media attention and criticism. Judgment was delivered by Mr Justice Silber on 26 July 2010 in the case of R. on Application of Medical Justice v. The Secretary of State for the Home Department [1] EWHC 1925 (Admin.). 2 Administrative removal […]
MW196 : The Court of Appeal Pronounces on the Immigration Rules | Migration Watch UK
1 The Court of Appeal on 23 June 2010 delivered its judgement in the case of Pankina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [1] EWCA Civ. 719. The case arose from a technical question of compliance with particular requirements relating to the issue of work permits under the points based system but the Court in settling […]
Financial Times claims for immigration fail to convince | Migration Watch UK
In a paper issued today think-tank Migrationwatch examines claims made in an article in the Financial Times on 18 June that a cap on economic migration will raise taxes and cut growth. The report points out that labour shortages are not the main constraint on growth in a period on high unemployment. Furthermore, less than 40% […]
MW194 : Will an immigration cap raise taxes and cut growth? | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1 No. Because the availability of labour is not a significant restraint on growth and will not be so for some time. Introduction 2 An article in the Financial Times on 18 June[1] claimed that “David Cameron’s proposed cap on immigration will stunt economic growth and cost families around £300 a year in higher taxes […]
Supreme Court greatly widens the scope of the Refugee Convention | Migration Watch UK
An analysis by our Honorary Legal Adviser, published today, shows how the recent ruling by the Supreme Court has extended the test for asylum claimed by a homosexual from “a well founded fear of persecution” to whether or not he has “a right to live freely and openly as a gay man” in his own country. […]
MW193 : Homosexuals, Asylum and the Supreme Court | Migration Watch UK
On 7 July 2010 the Supreme Court delivered judgments in a case with momentous implications for asylum law. The case reference is HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1] UKSC 31. The importance of the case is reflected by the fact that both the Equality and Human Rights Commission of the United Kingdom […]
Migrationwatch media comment on today’s Supreme Court decision on gay applications | Migration Watch UK
The following can be attributed to Sir Andrew Green, Migrationwatch chairman, if you wish. ‘This could lead to a potentially massive expansion of asylum claims as it could apply to literally millions of people around the world. An applicant has now only to show that he (or she) is homosexual and intends to return and […]
Migrationwatch media comment on immigration cap announcement | Migration Watch UK
Migrationwatch welcomes the government’s statement today on its intention to limit immigration in line with its election promise. Special interest groups must understand the wider issues at stake and recognise the need to deal with immigration because of the large part it is playing in propelling our population to an unsustainable 70 million with the […]
Deportation and Human Rights
I have to apologise in advance for the inordinate length of this briefing paper. Its purpose is to draw attention to :- Following to the end of paragraph 7 is the text of our original Legal Paper MW 187, issued in April 2010. 1 The decision handed down by the Court of Appeal on 15 […]
Migrationwatch Comment on OBR Report on Immigration | Migration Watch UK
Some press reports have implied that the Office for Budget Responsibility has come up with a revised estimate of net immigration. It has not. It has chosen to adopt an estimate over the next five years that is close to the low migration scenario of the ONS. This produces a conservative estimate of the increase in the labour […]