Mansouri & Son SolicitorsOpium worth £75,000 seized at Dover 18 March 2011 A Dutch lorry driver, living in London, pleaded guilty on 15 March to attempting to import approximately 5 kg of opium into the UK. The drugs had an estimated street value of £75,000. On 13 March 2011 UK Border Agency officers at Dover stopped a Dutch-registered […]
UK Border Agency Enforcement Instructions Detention and Removals – Chapters 46-61 This page shows the enforcement instructions and guidance documents used by the UK Border Agency. The following documents are published by the UKBA and reproduced here for the assistance of our clients. Index Chapter 46 – Assisted voluntary return programmes (87KB opens […]
UK Border Agency Judicial Review Policy The UK Border Agency have their own internal policy document setting out how they will respond to applications for Judicial Review. The document sets out the circumstances where Removal Directions will be suspended as well as how the UK Border Agency deals with applications for Judicial Review. This is […]
The UK and Sweden return a group of Iraqis to Baghdad On Wednesday, the UK Border Agency together with the Swedish authorities and the EU Border Agency, Frontex, returned a group of Iraqis to Baghdad, despite UNHCR criticism and Amnesty International warnings against forced returns expressed earlier this year. UNHCR said that “We are very […]
Asylum seeker not entitled to damages for being denied permission to work granted in EU Directive On 4 March the UK High Court of Justice (Queen’s Bench Division – Administrative Court) ruled on the case R(Negassi) v SSHD [2011] EWHC 386(Admin) that asylum seekers are not entitled to damages for not being granted the right […]