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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
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
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
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
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
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
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