Moving the Needle on Asylum Law
Just a short post from me this week as I return from travelling.
The Illegal Migration Bill will surely become law in the very near future. As it completes its passage through the House of Lords (after taking some hits and bruises along the way), it returns to the Commons tomorrow where MPs will debate amendments. All that will be left then is for ‘ping pong’ between the two Houses as the details get ironed out and the Bill heads to the king for Royal Assent.
That sounds fairly simple but while the process looks like a serene swan on the surface, you can be sure that there will be a lot of paddling beneath the water.
In particular the government appears to be making significant efforts to appease potential Tory rebels who would like to see some of the more extreme measures toned down.
According to The Guardian, plans to detain pregnant women and children who arrive via small boats would be limited or scrapped altogether. Furthermore some of the retrospective application of the law would also apparently be abandoned.
Whether those accommodations come to fruition remains to be seen but even with those edges rounded off a little the Illegal Migration Bill is sure to become the most Draconian migration measure in the modern history of the UK.
This week on the podcast we cover a family law case that asks what happens when one of the parties to a divorce dies before an order for financial relief is made. The conclusions of the Supreme Court might well lead to much-needed reform of the law.
Episode link: https://uklawweekly.com/2023-uksc-22/
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