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Archive for October, 2014
The National Audit Office has accused the Home Office, in a 'damning report' of being inefficient in its approach to deporting foreign national criminals. The highly politicized issue of deportation of foreign national offenders has been the subject of increased funding in recent years. The report found that despite a ten fold increase in the number of officials working on the case the Home Office had made little tangible progress towards meeting it's target The Immigration Minister James... Read more »
Posted: 31 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Extradition | Comments (0)
Changes to the UK immigration appeals system as per the Immigration Act 2014 are now being phased in. The most recent changes (20 October 2014) affect foreign criminals and Tier 4 Migrants. Foreign criminals A "foreign criminal" is defined as a person: Who is not a British citizen; Who has been convicted in the UK of an offence and Who - Has been sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months; or Has been... Read more »
Posted: 31 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
This week, the media claimed that Latvia has introduced restrictions on the issuing of residence permits to Russians applying under the "investment programme". We've tried to work out what has actually happened. The Latvian "investment programme" was launched in July 2010, when amendments were made to the 2002 Immigration Law. Since then, the amount of investment needed by the residents of third countries wishing to obtain an "investment" residence permit in Latvia has increased... Read more »
Posted: 30 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
On 29 October 2014 Senior District Judge Howard Riddle and Deputy Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot appeared before the House of Lords Select Committee on Extradition. The Committee are currently hearing evidence from a variety of sources into the UK's extradition arrangements. The Chief Magistrates' Office have previously supplied written evidence to the Committee on 12 September 2014. They have provided their opinion on a variety of matters including the implementation... Read more »
Posted: 30 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Extradition | Comments (0)
The FA, led by Chairman Greg Dyke, have announced plans to cut the number of non-EU players playing in England. Dyke believes that tightening the regulations will prevent overseas players from stymieing the path to first team football for English youngsters. Proposals include limiting non-EU imports to players from countries ranked in FIFA's top 50, prohibiting non-EU players in the Football League, banning the loaning of non-EU players and a tightening of the present appeals... Read more »
Posted: 24 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
In an interview with Newsweek Europe Ukip leader Nigel Farage stated that Britain should deny entry to migrants who test positive for HIV, arguing that other countries around the globe take a similar stance. Currently only 5 countries worldwide have a complete bar on the entry and stay of people living with HIV (PLHIV) while 139 countries have no HIV-specific travel restrictions . In early 2010 President Obama rescinded a 22 year old bill that banned HIV positive visitors from entering the... Read more »
Posted: 20 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
In a document entitled "Protecting the human rights in the UK" the Conservative Party presents their plan for human rights, namely: 1) repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 ("HRA 1998"), 2) put the text of the original Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("ECHR") into primary legislation and 3) clarify the ECHR rights to reflect a proper balance between rights and responsibilities. Practically speaking, this proposal would mean that the European... Read more »
Posted: 17 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
Widely anticipated changes to the Tier 1 (Investor) route were finally announced in the written ministerial statement and statement of changes in the immigration rules laid before parliament today. The main changes are: The threshold for minimum investment under this route is being raised from £1 to £2 million following recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee earlier this year. Further change is that the investors will also have... Read more »
Posted: 17 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
On 16 October 2014 it was reported that Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is in discussions with wealthy UKIP treasurer, Stuart Wheeler, regarding a potential judicial review to block the Government's proposal to re-join the controversial European Arrest Warrant later this year. The UK Government has activated a provision within the Lisbon Treaty to opt out of 133 EU Police and Criminal Justice measures, including the European Arrest Warrant. It intends to opt in to 35... Read more »
Posted: 16 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Extradition | Comments (0)
On 6 October 2014, The Home Secretary Theresa May signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of Ireland. The first project to benefit from this new agreement will be a British/Irish visa scheme, which will allow Chinese and Indian visitors to travel to the UK and Ireland on a single visit visa. The Home Office announced that the scheme will start in China by the end of October and in India soon afterwards. The reasoning behind this is that the Home Office considers China and India... Read more »
Posted: 09 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
INTERPOL are an often-misunderstood organisation. The media frequently portrays them as a global police force involved in the arrest of fugitives. Their most well known tool - the Red Notice - is also often mistakenly described as an international arrest warrant. What is INTERPOL and what are Red Notices? INTERPOL is the largest police organisation in the world - with 190 participating member states. It is not, however, a police force. INTERPOL does not arrest people. It... Read more »
Posted: 08 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Extradition | Comments (0)
Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2014 came into force on 6 October 2014. Part 17 of the Rules covers extradition proceedings. The new Rules add some clarity to the revised appeals system in extradition cases. The Anti Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 introduced a permission stage to extradition appeals from the Magistrates' Court to the High Court meaning that appellants must first obtain permission to bring an appeal. However,... Read more »
Posted: 08 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Extradition | Comments (0)
The former Conservative deputy Prime Minister, Lord Heseltine, this week told the BBC, at the Conservative Party Conference, that he favours excluding foreign students from the present Government's target of cutting net migration below 100,000 by the time of next year's General Election - a target Government sources have privately admitted is unlikely. His comments come following the publication of a joint poll by the thinktank British Future and Universities UK, the umbrella... Read more »
Posted: 01 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)
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