Age Assessments: yet another Home Office challenge?
Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Age Assessments: yet another Home Office challenge?: When we think of the Home Office, we often just picture a rigid institution which is constantly being accused of racism and intolerance. Of course, we hear that they do some analysis of the people they encounter, but we do not tend to associate them […]
The EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS): An overview and the recent positive changes adopted by the Home Office
Ali LEGAL ASSISTANT The EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS): An overview and the recent positive changes adopted by the Home Office An Overview of the EU Settlement Scheme After the implications of Brexit, citizens from the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland (hereby referred to collectively as ‘EU citizens’) and their families who […]
Changes to visa fees from 4th October 2023
Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Changes to visa fees from 04 October 2023: In an unsurprising change to the immigration world, the Home Office is about to increase the fees they charge for those wishing to obtain a visa. Now, we all know that inflation is a very real thing that the whole world is experiencing, let […]
Lone Asylum Seeking Children: The Home Office’s biggest failure?
Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Lone Asylum Seeking Children: The Home Office’s biggest failure? When we visualise asylum seekers, we often see young men. This is no surprise, as even through my research, nearly all general articles about refugees and asylum seekers on European shores have pictures of groups of young men. However, the forgotten group of […]
Operation Warm Welcome: a not so warm welcome?
Roshni LEGAL ASSISTANT Operation Warm Welcome: a not so warm welcome? There’s a bit of irony in the phrase Operation Warm Welcome, in that it implies that we are extending a helping hand to those in need simply out of the kindness and purity of our hearts. But anyone who is familiar with what the […]
How AI could transform the Home Office
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 […]