Sonia Lenegan

1 week ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Sonia Lenegan

The Court of Appeal has once again asked the Home Office to please do something about the state of Appendix EU. The context this time was trying to understand what the rules say about the definition of a durable partner. The case is Mustaj v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 663. I know you all like seeing the immigration rules receive judicial criticism (and this appendix in particular), so I have included the best bits in full below.

2 weeks ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Sonia Lenegan

The latest quarterly immigration and asylum statistics have been published, covering the period January to March 2025. The asylum backlog is down, but that is fairly meaningless given how atrocious decision making is at the moment, those cases are now the First-tier Tribunal’s problem. Syrians seeking asylum in the UK remain in limbo, almost six months since the Home Office paused decision making on their claims.

3 weeks ago | freemovement.org.uk | Sonia Lenegan

The immigration white paper has been published containing proposals for future legislation. The summarised proposals from the paper are set out in full below

3 weeks ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Sonia Lenegan

This morning I did a quick post to let everyone know that the immigration white paper had been published, along with the summary recommendations from the paper. Let’s now take a closer look at what is being proposed for workers and students.

1 month ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Sonia Lenegan

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by an Albanian women in a protection claim where she initially succeeded in the First-tier Tribunal but that decision was later overturned by the Upper Tribunal. Her asylum claim was based on a risk on return from former clients of her husband’s business and the risk of gender based violence from her husband’s family.