Detention conditons at Heathrow airport criticised Two reports published by the UK Chief Inspector of Prisons after an unannounced visit reveal poor detention conditions and several possibly unlawful practices at Heathrow airport’s short-term detention facilities in Terminal 3 and Terminal 4. The reports raise concerns about detention conditions over longer periods, since no beds are […]
Month: July 2011
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Austria to Detain Any Asylum Seeker
Austria allows detention of any asylum seeker New Austrian legislation that entered into force on 1 July permits the detention of any asylum seeker for up to 120 hours, and for up to 148 hours under certain circumstances. Additionally, asylum seekers to be returned to other European countries under the Dublin Regulation may be put […]
IAS closes leaving thousands of migrants and asylum seekers without legal advice The Immigration Advisory Service (IAS), the largest provider of state-funded legal advice on immigration and asylum in the UK, announced this week that it had been placed into administration. The charity, which has existed for 35 years and employs 300 people in 14 […]
Judicial Review to the High Court on Immigration Matters In situations where an application made to the UK Border Agency has been refused without a right of appeal or where all avenues of appeal have been exhausted, often the only option available to challenge that decision of the Secretary of State is by way of […]
Disqualification from driving Here you will find a copy of the relevant law, relating to driving disqualification, with the relevant section numbers: 34. Disqualification for certain offences (1) Where a person is convicted of an offence involving obligatory disqualification, the court must order him to be disqualified for such period not less than twelve months […]