UK Law

Tag: Immigration Law

  • Alien Friend

    Meaning of Alien Friend The following is an old definition of Alien Friend [1]: A citizen or subject of a friendly power; one whose country is at peace with ours.1 By the common law a person born within the dominion of the United States is a natural-born citizen whatever the status of his […]

  • Immigration Controls

    Immigration controls: UK Legal History Increase in immigration Significant immigration from the Caribbean began in 1948. It accelerated during the 1950s at a time when immigrants from India and Pakistan were also arriving in large numbers. Around a quarter of a million black and Asian […]

  • Origins of Commonwealth Immigration

    Origins of Commonwealth immigration: UK Legal History Labour shortage and a declining population After the Second World War, there was a labour shortage in Britain which was coupled with concern over the declining population. In 1948, the government set up a working party to consider […]

  • Immigration

    A politically charged subject in Britain -in accordance to Bamber Gascoigne´ Encyclopedia of Britain about “Immigration”- since the 1960s. In the years immediately after World War II, when the country had need of cheap labour, immigration from within the Commonwealth was made easy. The new […]

  • Commonwealth Immigration Control and Legislation

    Commonwealth Immigration control and legislation: UK Legal History The Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962 In 1960, the Home Secretary, Richard 'Rab' Butler, pressed for legislation, and the Cabinet appointed a committee. Butler oversaw the production of the Bill that became the […]

  • Commonwealth Immigration Control and Legislation

    Commonwealth Immigration control and legislation: UK Legal History The Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962 In 1960, the Home Secretary, Richard 'Rab' Butler, pressed for legislation, and the Cabinet appointed a committee. Butler oversaw the production of the Bill that became the […]

  • Deportation

    Definition of Deportation In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Deportation : The removal from a state of a person whose initial entry into that state was illegal (Compare expulsion). In the UK this is authorized by the Immigration Act 1971 as amended by […]

  • Immigration and Asylum Law Milestone Cases

    A v Secretary of State for the Home Department (BAILII: [2002] EWCA Civ 1502 ) [2003] 2 WLR 564, [2003] 1 All ER 816, [2004] QB 335  A v Secretary of State for the Home Department (BAILII: [2003] EWCA Civ 175 ) [2003] All ER (D) 151  Abdi v Secretary of State for the […]