Category: ILPA Blog

ILPA Blog | Family and Personal Migration

Earned Settlement: A Policy without Precedent. Part 3 – The Earned Settlement Plan: Partners and Children

BY BERNARD RYAN This is the third of four blog posts in which Bernard Ryan of the University of Leicester argues that the Government’s earned settlement plan, set out in […]
ILPA Blog | Economic Migration

Earned Settlement: A Policy without Precedent. Part 2 – Settlement from Work Categories

BY BERNARD RYAN This is the second of four blog posts in which Bernard Ryan of the University of Leicester argues that the Government’s earned settlement plan, set out in […]
ILPA Blog

Earned Settlement: A Policy without Precedent. Part 1 – The Earned Settlement Plan

BY BERNARD RYAN This is the first of four blog posts in which Bernard Ryan of the University of Leicester argues that the Government’s earned settlement plan, set out in […]
ILPA Blog | Courts and Tribunals

Culture, Language and Participation: What Upper Tribunal appeals reveal about procedural fairness in the asylum system

BY DR SELBI DURDIYEVA The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) Chamber has a number of safeguards in place to ensure procedural fairness. Despite this, new analysis from Public Law Project […]
ILPA Blog | Refugee

Still falling through the legal cracks: Afghan interpreters who risked their lives for the UK

BY PROFESSOR SARA DE JONG AND BETSY L. FISHER Overseas military and humanitarian missions are often heavily reliant on the support of locally employed civilians or Local Staff, who place […]
ILPA Blog | European

UK-EU Youth Mobility Reset: Stumped by Tuition Fees?

BY ELSPETH GUILD As the UK Government explores ways it might potentially strengthen bilateral cooperation with the EU, Professor Elspeth Guild, Global Professor of Social Justice at the University of […]
ILPA Blog | Refugee

When ‘Safe’ is Anything But: ‘Safe Country’ concepts and understanding their impact on women seeking asylum

BY EMILY WILBOURN AND DR CHRISTEL QUERTON The UK Government has been making increasing use of concepts such as ‘safe countries of origin’ or ‘safe third countries’. It has also […]
ILPA Blog | Family and Personal Migration

International Surrogacy: Family Court warns individuals to take immigration and nationality law advice before entering arrangements

BY ALEXANDER FINCH AND KEELIN MCCARTHY Recent years have seen a steady rise in UK nationals and residents entering into surrogacy arrangements overseas. However, with no over-arching international agreement to […]
ILPA Blog | Key Documents

Translating Legal Research into Practice: The benefits of practitioner-academic collaboration

BY DR MAJA GRUNDLER Practitioners of immigration and asylum law share much in common with legal academics studying the field – not least the aim of migrants achieving access to […]