An Upper Tribunal (UT) decision confirms that, where an application for entry clearance is “marred by dishonesty” – whether in the applicant’s knowledge or not and even where the applicant is presently eligible for entry – it is not a disproportionate response for the Home Secretary to refuse the application, even in light of the Article 8 (ECHR) right to family life. 

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My article published earlier this week gives an overview of how the Government has engineered immigration statistics to better serve their mission to reduce non-EU migration from the current annual 240,000 to 100,000 by 2015. But has the Coalition considered the billions it could cost our universities? 

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Of the numbers of overseas students coming to the UK, only around around 15% of them should be considered as part of the net migration figure – which currently stands at 240,000. This is according to a report produced by the  Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR).

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The Guardian is conducting a poll on whether the UK was right to exclude Tim Larkin. Tim Larkin is a ‘self-defence’ coach from the US who specialises in a distinctly brutal brand of combat known as ‘target focus training’. His exclusion was deemed “conducive to the public good”. 

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A High Court decision calls for decision makers to make a greater consideration of a claimant’s credibility in asylum cases. The case of Razzoqi also highlights a challenge the Home Secretary faces; a challenge that requires her from time to time to put on a ‘judicial hat’ and think about what an immigration judge might regard as credible evidence.   

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In upholding an appeal and overturning an Upper Tribunal (UT) decision, The Court of Appeal has highlighted the need for decision-makers to make a “primary consideration” of the interests of children whose parents are involved in deportation proceedings. The Court also expressed disquiet at the UT’s failure to fully consider the appellant’s right to family and private life (as per Article 8 ECHR). 

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The High Court, in dismissing an appeal, has confirmed what a ‘reasonable period’ of detention is prior to deportation and how deception and/or a failure by the detainee to cooperate might affect and extend what is considered as ‘reasonable’. 

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The EU commission has reported that it has issued a warning to the UK that it must comply with EU rules on free movement of EU citizens and their families or face the prospect of court. The government has, according to the Commission, failed to comply with four important areas, the details of which follow. 

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