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Last-minute legal moves save detainees from deportation flight to Jamaica

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Admin

Campaigners raise concerns about ‘ad hoc reprieves’ as 29 offenders are deported

Last-minute legal interventions have led to a number of detainees being removed from a deportation flight to Jamaica, but the Home Office said 29 others were onboard the chartered plane.

More than 50 foreign national offenders who were being held in detention centres were reported to be due to be placed on the flight. But many of them were able to have their removal cancelled after their lawyers took action.

EU citizen registration in UK could become ‘new Windrush’, say migration experts

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Admin

Critics warn many could be left without legal status to stay if settlement scheme fails

Migration experts have warned that the post-Brexit system for registering EU citizens living in the UK could become a new “Windrush scandal” as the scheme to register an estimated 3.5 million EU citizens living in the UK begins.

From Monday, the third phase of testing will open to EU residents in the UK, who will be able to register for the new post-Brexit “settled status”. The Home Office is extending its live trial to all EU citizens who hold a valid passport and any non-EU citizen family members who hold a valid biometric residence card.