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08/04/2026

The Detention and Sale of Transporters in Carriers’ Liability Civil Penalty Law
Part 2: Sale policy

Home Office immigration powers extend to the detention and sale of transporters. Under statutory warrant there is both civil and criminal jurisdiction in relation to the liability of carriers of pe…

18/02/2026

The Detention and Sale of Transporters in Carriers’ Liability Civil Penalty Law
Part 1: Detention
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Home Office immigration powers extend to the detention and sale of transporters. Under statutory warrant there is both civil and criminal jurisdiction in relation to the liability of carriers of pe…

09/02/2026

Manufacturing Segregation – The Home Office ‘Earned Settlement’ proposals

The Home Office plans to make it more difficult for lawfully present migrants to secure permanent residence in the United Kingdom. Among other things, it plans to do so by penalising those migrants…

06/11/2025

Deprivation of citizenship on fraud grounds after Onuzi. What next for appealing on public law principles?

Onuzi v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1337, Court of Appeal (judgement handed down 21 October 2025), is yet another case where the lack of detail in the British Nationa…

03/11/2025

The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025

The Deprivation of Citizenship (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025 received the Royal Assent on 27 October 2025 and came into force the same day. It had been introduced in the House of Commons on 19 Ju…

27/10/2025

The Italy-Albania Protocol on collaboration on migration matters: externalisation and non-refoulement

The Italy-Albania Protocol concluded in November 2023 is an attempt by Italy to operate an asylum and migration policy off-shore, so that persons subject to Italian immigration control are taken to…

25/09/2025

The role of Article 3 and Article 8 ECHR in UK immigration policy

Introduction What role do Article 3 and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) play in allowing foreign nationals to enter into and remain in the UK? Is there any basis to cons…

20/09/2025

One family story can reveal many different migration stories - European regional mobility in Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Hamlet is a prince of Denmark, likely to become the next head of state.
Exercising a right of free movement, he studies in Wittenberg, Germany.
His friend Laertes does likewise but studies in Paris.
The King of Norway’s son, Fortinbras, skips education, setting off instead to invade Poland and annex territory.
Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius, exiles Hamlet for killing Laertes’s father Polonius and decides to send him to England, considering it a suitable place for him to be killed.
Fortinbras, bored of the idea of a little patch of ground in Poland changes his plans and conquers Denmark instead.
Almost everyone dies (some are forcibly displaced no doubt). The play ends.

20/09/2025

In The Hague speaking at The European Circuit 2025 Annual Conference, on Europe-wide migration issues, alongside colleagues from the Netherlands, Italy, and France: Nikki Vreede, Marco Bona, and Lisanne Chamberland-Poulin.

11/09/2025

The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations

The suggestion that the United Kingdom might withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights for immigration purposes is misconceived. To contend that ECHR withdrawal is a simple act without …

27/08/2025

Immigration Civil Penalty Employment Scheme to be extended to Sub-contractors, Agency Workers and the Gig Economy (Border Security, Immigration and Asylum Bill 2025)

Introduction The immigration status-based civil penalty employment scheme is to be extended beyond employment cases to other work characterised as self-employment. Businesses securing services from…