Detained Fast Track Litigation Case Study: Detention Action Using the law for social change
14 Nov 2017Report released today by IVAR on using strategic litigation as a tool for social change, focussing on the MLP's work with Detention Action.
Factsheets on family reunification for asylum seeking children in Europe now available in translation
8 Aug 2017Information leaflets about family reunification for asylum seeking children in Europe who have family members in the UK are now available. These leaflets provide an overview of the processes for family reunification, and the evidence needed. They are available in English, Arabic, Dari, Pashtu, Farsi and Tigrinya.
Citizens UK granted permission to bring legal action over Home Office’s failure to implement family reunification for unaccompanied refugee children in Europe
22 Feb 2017Further details on the grant of permission to appeal in the Citizens UK Judicial Review.
Home Office faces court action over failure to protect Calais child refugees
The Guardian
15 Oct 2016Ministers accused of having no plan for vulnerable minors as bulldozers move in
A price-tag on love and a ban masquerading as a rule
Right to Remain
13 Apr 2016The BritCits case challenging the Adult Dependent Relatives Rule
Syrian teenager who fled the Jungle to find his sister: ‘It feels good to feel safe at last’
THE GUARDIAN
2 Apr 2016Profile of a child who was supported to enter the UK to be reunited with his family.
House of Lords votes to let lone child refugees come to Britain
THE GUARDIAN
21 Mar 2016Syria refugees from Calais arrive in UK after legal ruling
BBC
22 Jan 2016Four Syrian refugees must be brought from Calais camp to Britain, judges rule
THE GUARDIAN
20 Jan 2016Order that three youths and adult should join relatives in Britain while claiming asylum is hailed as groundbreaking
Detained, disbelieved, dehumanised: fighting for asylum seekers
LACUNA
1 Jan 2016Detailed exploration of next steps after the suspension of the Detained Fast Track.
After the fast track: what next for the detention of asylum seekers?
OPEN DEMOCRACY
14 Dec 2015Amid the desolation, hope emerges from the Calais jungle
POLITICS.CO.UK
30 Nov 2015The end of the track for the DFT
DETENTION ACTION
12 Nov 2015The Supreme Court has refused the Government permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal judgement of 29th July 2015, which found the Detained Fast Track asylum appeal process to be ‘systemically unfair.’
Law Society Excellence Awards: Human Rights Lawyer of the Year
THE LAW SOCIETY
23 Oct 2015Sonal Ghelani, MLP Solicitor, highly commended at the Law Society Excellence Awards
Court rejects government appeal over fast-track detention of asylum seekers
THE GUARDIAN
29 Jul 2015Master of the rolls Lord Dyson says the severely truncated timescales involved in the fast-track process are ‘systematically unfair and unjust’