More than 70 people refused right to remain despite 2019 ruling that Home Office misused Immigration Act, report finds. Dozens of highly skilled migrants from Commonwealth countries are still facing deportation almost two years after the court of appeal ruled the Home Office was acting unlawfully in refusing them leave to remain, according to a […]
The APPG for Immigration Law and Policy, Operation Black Vote, Migrants’ Rights Network, Garden Court Chambers and Highly Skilled UK invite you to a report launch and briefing on: The criminalisation of the UK’s Highly Skilled Migrants (HSMs) and implications for wider migrant communities. After 10+ years of building a life in the UK, the
In March 2019, MRN successfully intervened on behalf of a number of migrants and their families in the Balajigari case after the Tier 1 General visa scheme for Highly Skilled Migrants (HSMs) closed in April 2015. While the Balajigari, and subsequent January 2020 Tahir Yaseen case rulings have helped many HSMs to be granted indefinite
At the end of last year, the new points-based immigration system came into effect and whilst the most explicit changes around Brexit and ending EU free movement are clear, the government’s intended outcomes are still obscure. Statements around the government’s aims with the system have been conflicting, but there is the underlying message that they
