Asylum Immigration and Nationality in UK Law
- The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002: Secure Borders, Safe Haven?
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The Treatment of Foreign Terror Suspects
Following the bombings in London of July 2005, the Prime Minister, Tony Blair warned that ‘the rules of the game are changing’. The proposed changes have primarily related to foreign suspects of te......... of terrorism and engage rules relating to asylum, deportationand nationality . TheTerrorismAct 006 and the Immigration, Asylum and NationalityAct 2006, whichgive e¡ect ......
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Rights and Rhetoric: The Politics of Asylum and Human Rights Culture in the United Kingdom
No assessment of the state of human rights today could be complete without some consideration of the situation of asylum seekers and the political trends behind it. Four years after the implementat......... fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside ...Macdonald and F. Webber, Immigration Law and Practice (2001, 5th edn.) at para. 12.128: During the period ......
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Immigration, immigration, immigration.
...... Union stalwarts with anti-European migrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum seeker elements, and those who remain determinedly 'anti' long-settled .... The 1950s and 1960s . The British Nationality Act of 1948 notionally gave all imperial subjects the right of free entry ......
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The Exclusion of (Failed) Asylum Seekers from Housing and Home: Towards an Oppositional Discourse
‘Housing’– the practical provision of a roof over one's head – is experienced by users as ‘home’– broadly described as housing plus the experiential elements of dwelling. Conversely, being without ......... is not mitigated or exacerbated by legal changes in a person's immigration status, our analysis 286 1O n home as `house + x ' and the elements of ...of Immigration Asylum and Nationality Law 5. 39 D. Morley, Home Territories: Media, Mobility and Identity ......
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The ‘Criminalization’ of Social Security Law: Towards a Punitive Welfare State?
The aim of this article is to place certain recent legislative reforms in the field of social security within the context of the overall development of the welfare state, and examine to what extent........., as legislative provisions relating to asylum claimants and migrant workers in the United ...55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, which provides ......
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Review, Revenge and Retreat
The article deals with a wide‐ranging legal and political conflict of considerable constitutional significance, the attempt by UK ministers to restrict formal challenge of asylum decisions using a ......... to restrict formal challenge of asylum decisions usi ng a variety ofdevices and the ... Firmer^ A ModernApproachto Immigrationand Asylum (Cm 4018 ,1998)a nd Secur e Borders ... ginally intended to be s 1 08A of the Nationality , Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. For the ......
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Are Children's Best Interests Really Best? ZH (Tanzania) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Although the Supreme Court's decision in ZH (Tanzania) is an important one, as this note explains, it is less novel than many suppose – and is in some ways disappointing. By stressing the importanc.........INTRODUCTION ‘This mother’s immigration history has rightly been descr ibed as ... of 20, she had made three unsuccessful asylum applications, the first using her o wn identity ...nationality’are discharged ‘ha ving regard to the need to ......
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The Aliens Act 1905 and the Immigration Dilemma
This article considers the political context, legal framework, and administrative structures of the Aliens Act 1905. It points out the contradictions and inconsistencies of the Act and argues that .........Shah, Refugees, Race and the Concept of Asylum (2000); D. Stevens, United Kingdom Asylum Law and Policy (2004); and R. ...Juss, Immigration, Nationality and Citizenship (1993) 32; Dummett and Nicol, op. cit., n. 1, p. 104. 4I ......
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The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999: A Missed Opportunity?
...... return) of a refugee ‘to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.’ May 2001] Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 ß The Modern Law Review Limited 2001 ......
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