Hearings
England & Wales
22 Jun 2021 [2021] EWHC 1690 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 22; [2021] WLR(D) 352; The Times, 9 August 2021, QBD (Chamberlain J)
R (Secretary of State for the Home Department) v First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber)
Subject Matter
IMMIGRATION — Failed asylum seeker — Provision of accommodation — Homeless and destitute failed asylum seeker applying for accommodation during Covid-19 pandemic — Whether provision of accommodation required to avoid breach of Convention rights — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 2, 3, 8, 14 — Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33), s 4(2) — Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/930), reg 3
[2021] EWHC 1690 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 22; [2021] WLR(D) 352; The Times, 9 August 2021, QBD
Commentary
Free Movement
High Court strikes down pandemic protections for refused asylum seekers
Case comment