Immigration & asylum

The European Circuit is organising a panel discussion event which will be hosted by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, focusing on migration and its implications for the rule of law and human rights.

Talk about an own goal—the BBC’s grounding of Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker over his tweets put the institution’s own impartiality under the spotlight.

Was the BBC’s handling of the Gary Lineker case about the perception of impartiality or of independence? John Gould puts the broadcaster’s guidelines under the microscope

Kate Temple-Mabe explains the importance of securing compensation for victims of trafficking—and the creative approach needed to do so

The Joint Committee on Human Rights is seeking evidence from lawyers as part of an inquiry into the Illegal Migration Bill.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has launched an inquiry to conduct legislative scrutiny of the Illegal Migration Bill

Lawyers have lambasted both the government’s Illegal Migration Bill and the surrounding rhetoric about ‘lefty lawyers’.

The Law Society has commented on the Illegal Migration Bill’s approach to refugees and asylum. 

The Offices of the Senior President of Tribunals and the President of the Family Division have issued updated jurisdictional case management guidance in circumstances where related and concurrent asylum proceedings, and the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on Civil International Aspects of Child Abduction (1980 Hague Convention) proceedings, are ongoing. 

The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) has responded to the Tribunal Procedure Committee consultation on possible changes to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules and the Upper Tribunal Rules arising from the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (NBA 2022).