Hearings
United Kingdom
23 Jun 2020 [2020] UKUT 227 (IAC), UT (IAC)
England & Wales
08 Oct 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 1428; [2021] 4 WLR 124; [2022] 3 All ER 1051; [2021] WLR(D) 512, CA (Bean, Phillips LJJ, Sir Stephen Irwin)
R (BAA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Subject Matter
IMMIGRATION — Asylum — Right to family life — Greek authorities requesting United Kingdom to take charge of unaccompanied minor seeking asylum — Secretary of State failing to refer minor for family assessment and refusing request — Decisions of Secretary of State ending process unlawful on public law grounds — Whether minor’s Convention rights breached — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 8 — Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, art 17(2) — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, art 7
[2021] EWCA Civ 1428; [2021] 4 WLR 124; [2022] 3 All ER 1051; [2021] WLR(D) 512, CA
Appellate History
R (BAA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKUT 227 (IAC), UT (IAC)
Decision of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) affirmed
R (BAA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1428; [2021] 4 WLR 124; [2022] 3 All ER 1051; [2021] WLR(D) 512, CA
Commentary
Free Movement
Upper Tribunal ruling on discretion to reunite refugee families under Dublin III
Case comment