“On 29 March 2010 the European Commission tabled a proposal for a new Directive on trafficking in human beings, aimed at further approximating legislation and penalties, ensuring successful prosecution, better protection of and assistance to victims, and prevention of trafficking. It follows up on a previous proposal tabled in 2009. The Directive, if approved, will replace current EU legislation dating …
Asylum & Immigration Law, Commentaries, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, EU LawArticles in: Asylum & Immigration Law
Proposal for a Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims
April 6, 2010 | No CommentsR (K (Iran)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 115
March 12, 2010 | No CommentsThe appellant claimed damages arising from the delay in the processing his asylum application. He submitted that the delay caused two types of damage: first, it aggravated his existing psychiatric condition; secondly, he lost the opportunity of presenting his case during a period (a “window of lucidity”), when, it is said, his mental condition was such that he could still …
Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Asylum & Immigration Law, EU LawR (Boroumand) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 225 (Admin)
March 12, 2010 | No CommentsThis was an appeal against the deportation of an Iranian national whose application for asylum was refused and whose appeal rights were exhausted by 17 March 2005. He was subsequently convicted of grievous bodily harm. He wished to make a subsequent claim for humanitarian protection, however, the Secretary of State maintained that he was excluded from humanitarian protection due to …
Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Asylum & Immigration Law, Criminal Law and Criminal ProcedureKM for Judicial Review of a Decison of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to Detain the Petitioner [2010] CSOH 8
February 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe petitioner arrived in the UK in 2000 and was granted asylum. In 2002, he is arrested, but granted Temporary Admission and released from custody subject to reporting conditions which he breaches. In 2004, he is convicted of robbery and sentenced to four years imprisonment.
Art. 05 Right to Liberty and Security, Asylum & Immigration LawKB (Trinidad & Tobago) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
February 3, 2010 | No CommentsHeld that deportation cases did not call for a materially different approach from that required in ordinary removal cases,
Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Asylum & Immigration Law
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