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ONLINE STUDY IN IMMIGRATION LAW - CPD ACCREDITED - via HJT TRAINING

Electronic course notes & multiple choice questions, currently on the following themes: Introduction to Immigration Practice (nine modules, based on the HJT Accreditation Manual ); Current Issues in Immigration, Asylum, Human Rights and EC Law; European free movement;Challenging the AIT: Review and Reconsideration;Refugee Convention - Cessation Clauses (Law Society & Bar Council Accreditation)

Also, free 1 hour CPD course on 'Key Developments in Immigration Case Law from the Higher Courts and the Tribunal'

For details see HJT TRAINING, or Tel: 01322 424694
or Email: enquiries@hjt-training.co.uk

GANGMASTERS LICENSING AUTHORITY (GLA); Consultation on 2009-10 Licensing Fees ends 2nd Jan
The GLA - government agency set up to protect workers from exploitation in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, shellfish gathering and food & drink processing and packaging.
Link to GLA for advice and information for labour provideers, labour users and for workers

Workers Rights (multi-lingual) information available as downloads

GLA Contact details for workers encountering exploitation, mistreatment etc

GLA Contact details for advice and information on licensing - for Employers

LINKS TO RELEVANT LEGISLATION (incl. Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004, The Gangmasters (Licensing) Regulations 2005, Gangmasters (Exclusions) Regulations 2006)

Consultation on Licensing Fees (2009-2010); Link to the Consultation Document (Consultation ends 2 Jan 2009)

IN MEMORIAM: The Morecambe Bay Disaster; "Tide kills 18 cockle pickers" (BBC News Feb 2004)

Events Database:
21st Jan 2009: Advanced human rights law for immigration and asylum practitioners (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI))

16th Dec 2008: "Honey, I changed the immigration rules. Again" HJT's Immigration Rules Update Course (HJT Training Ltd)

EINPLOYMENT Jobs Database:
Accredited Immigration Solicitors / Caseworkers (HiAce Solicitors)

Latest Key Resources on the Members Site

Case Law database:
AM & AM (armed conflict: risk categories) Somalia CG [2008] UKAIT 00091 AM & AM (Somalia CG) [2008] UKAIT 00091 vs The Secretary of State for the Home Department ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL

MB (Rule 30 Procedure Rules) DRC [2008] UKAIT 00088 MB (DRC) [2008] UKAIT 00088 vs The Secretary of State for the Home Department ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL

Country Database (supplied by HJT):
Iraq: Human Rights Report 1 January – 30 June 2008
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)

Albania: Operational Guidance Note: Albania
UK Home Office Border Agency

Members Resources Database:
HOME OFFICE UKBA: Non-compliance with the biometric registration regulations
This page explains the policy on non-compliance with the biometric regulations, and includes links to pdf files: Code of practice about the sanctions for non-compliance with the biometric registration regulations; and Objection to a notice of liability to pay a civil panalty for failure to comply with the biometric registration regulations. First noted 28 November 2008

Entry Clearance Guidance formerly Diplomatic Service Procedures (DSPs)
Link to the Entry Clearance Guidance, formerly Diplomatic Service Procedures, copies of instructions used by entry clearance staff on the handling of entry clearance and visa applications as from 31 March 2008. Latest updates noted: Chapter 13 - Settlement : Fiance(e)s, proposed civil partners, spouses, civil partners, unmarried and same-sex partners (27 November 2008); Chapter 17 - Entry for employment: work permits (11 November 2008); Chapter 18 - Entry for non-PBS employment routes (26 November 2008); Chapter 26 - Refusals (3, 11, 24, 25 November 2008); Chapter 28 Compensation for claims arising from visa section decisions (11/11/08: Now in OSI); Appeal procedures (26 November 2008)

Legislation database:

Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment) Order 2008

SI 2008/3052: wef 17 December 2008, amends the 2000 Order by replacing the Schedule (last replaced by the 2007 Order, now repealed). The additions to Part 1 of the Schedule relate to Al Qaida and the Taliban, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The additions to Part 2 relate to Belarus, Burma/Myanmar, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Iran, Liberia, Moldovan Republic, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. The deletion from Part 1 relates to Liberia. The deletions from Part 2 relate to Belarus, Burma/Myanmar, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Liberia, Moldovan Republic, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe.

Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Objection to Civil Penalty) Order 2008

SI 2008/2830: wef 5th November 2008, sets out the prescribed matters in respect of an objection to a civil penalty issued under the biometric registration provisions.

Available on EIN's website

Electronic Update of JCWI's Immigration, Nationality & Refugee Law Handbook 2006

Click here for access

Changes and developments in Immigration, Nationality & Refugee Law are happening so rapidly that most publications on the subject are out of date before they reach readers.

The unique partnership between the Electronic Immigration Network (EIN) and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) brings you the electronic update of JCWI's highly acclaimed Immigration, Nationality, and Refugee Law Handbook 2006. The handbook has become an indispensable guide to law and practice in this area.

These updates are now available by subscription only on EIN's website.

Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals.

The full updated electronic version of the Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals by Mark Henderson will be available later this year only on EIN’s website and free to subscribers.

'EIN's on-line periodical on Immigration, Refugee and Human Rights Law - including a Highlights Bulletin of new caselaw, caselaw headnotes, legislative commencements, latest key country reports and other publications and developments in the field, in theory and practice.'

Link HERE to Issue 10 and the 'HEADLEINs COLLECTION' of previous issues

The Public Site contains general resources and links for asylum seekers and immigrants, students, journalists and others with an interest in immigration and asylum. Also it contains the ATLeP resources section on human trafficking.

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