JPHLAW News – Tribunal fee rise threatens migrants’ rights

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The Guardian publishes a letter signed by leading QCs expressing concerns about the government’s proposals to increase immigration and asylum tribunal fees. They warn that the increase, of up to 500%, will put justice beyond the reach of some of the most vulnerable. They cite warnings from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission that imposing court fees at the level proposed is likely to breach the European convention on human rights and may be unlawful. In a separate letter to the paper, immigration lawyers call for every EU citizen living in the UK to be given “a legally binding commitment that their right of residence will be guaranteed whatever the constitutional arrangements coming out of the referendum vote

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