In Ms (Bangladesh) (Anonymity Order Made) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] UKUT 00305 (IAC), Lindsley J in the Upper Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber considered, under the tribunal’s... Read more »
The Irish High Court ruled Friday that a decision made by the country’s Minister for Justice in 2020 to declare the UK a “safe country” to send asylum seekers back to during... Read more »
The UK Illegal Migration Act will cause over 30,000 backlogged asylum applications unable to be processed, according to a report released on Wednesday by independent charity Institute for Policy Research (IPPR). These... Read more »
JURIST Assistant Editor Fiona Tsamny | U. Ottawa Faculty of Law, CA also contributed to this report. Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, voted 382 to 234 to approve legislation Friday aimed at streamlining... Read more »
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won a pivotal vote on his Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill in Parliament on Tuesday as he tries to push through his plan to send... Read more »
UK police and UK Home Secretary James Cleverly announced Tuesday the death of an asylum seeker on board the Bibby Stockholm, a barge housing asylum seekers on the south coast of England.... Read more »
The Finnish government announced a comprehensive border closure policy on Wednesday for its border with Russia, closing a number of land border crossings. The policy is aimed at addressing an escalating influx... Read more »
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised emergency legislation and a new treaty with Rwanda Wednesday to ensure his flagship asylum policy of sending UK asylum-seekers to Rwanda is not blocked again after... Read more »
The Biden administration is warning a panel of judges in Pasadena, California that halting newly proposed asylum restrictions would be “highly disruptive” at the border, Elliot Spagat and Rebecca Santana report for... Read more »
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments Tuesday over President Joe Biden’s asylum policy that adds restrictions to migrants seeking asylum. The Biden policy presumes that migrants who do... Read more »