Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT How AI could transform the Home Office It’s no secret that the Home Office has very poor organisational skills. Their failure to deal with asylum cases in appropriate time is indicative of this. As of May 2023, it was estimated that over 74,000 asylum cases were still pending[1]. It is estimated that… Continue reading How AI could transform the Home Office
Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Explained: Changes to the Immigration Rules On 20 July 2023, the Home Office published a statement of changes in the UK’s immigration rules. The changes cover a number of policy areas and impact a wide array of applicants. In this post I will explain and analyse the changes and explain the… Continue reading Explained: Changes to the Immigration Rules
Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Bibby Stockholm: A future cause of Stockholm Syndrome? Its 2023, right? 20 years ago, we always pictured the future with everything floating – cars, shops and even houses. More recently, we seem to have found a compromise in that we have accepted homes floating over water. We see these floating houses and… Continue reading Bibby Stockholm: A future cause of Stockholm Syndrome?
Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER The Illegal Migration Act 2023: An Unworkable and Cruel Mess One of the most famous and best novels of the 20th century is Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. A work of satire about the absurdity of war and military life, the title refers to a central paradox at the centre of the plot.… Continue reading The Illegal Migration Act 2023: An Unworkable and Cruel Mess
Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Access to Justice: Reality or False Narrative? Introduction As the world finds itself stuck between Barbie and Oppenheimer, the Home Office finds itself stuck between the United Kingdom’s judiciary and a hard place (no surprises there). This time, the discussion is about ‘access to justice’. Hot off the (judicial) press, the case… Continue reading Access to Justice: Reality or False Narrative?
Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Immigration At An All Time High: Analysing the UK’s Net Migration Figures Introduction On 25 May 2023, it was announced that net migration to the UK for 2022 was 606,000 new arrivals. This was a record for the UK, an increase of over 100,000 from the previous year and almost double… Continue reading Immigration At An All Time High: Analysing the UK’s Net Migration Figures
Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Addressing the UK’s Asylum System: Solutions for a More Efficient and Compassionate Approach Introduction The United Kingdom has a long history of offering refuge to individuals fleeing persecution, conflict, and other political, social and military problems in their home countries. As a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967… Continue reading Addressing the UK’s Asylum System: Solutions for a More Efficient and Compassionate Approach
Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Another Rwanda Ruling: Another Analysis When I was about ten years old, my school took time out of the timetable so that everyone could observe a total solar eclipse that was taking place that day. The teachers heavily emphasised that this was a once-in-a-lifetime event and that we would probably never… Continue reading Another Rwanda Ruling: Another Analysis
Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Is Albania ‘safe’? Every so often, the Home Office makes a comment that makes us have to read it twice over. Sometimes we nod to ourselves in agreement, and other times we sit there and decide to contemplate life as a whole and to be completely honest, this time is more the… Continue reading Is Albania ‘safe’?
Gilbert TRAINEE IMMIGRATION ADVISER Equity Restored: UK Government Scraps Group 1 and Group 2 Distinction for Refugees As anyone who has had to do so will know, admitting that you were wrong can be very hard to do. Psychologists have studied why people find admitting they were wrong so hard and conclude that for many… Continue reading Equity Restored: UK Government Scraps Group 1 and Group 2 Distinction for Refugees
