The impact of UK immigration law : declining standards of public administration, legal probity and democratic accountability / / Sheona York

• Autore: York Sheona
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 pages)
• Disciplina: 342.41082
• Soggetto topico: Emigration and immigration law - Great Britain
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Permissions -- About This Book -- Personal Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction, Conclusion and Recommendations -- 1 Conclusion -- 2 Recommendations -- 2 The Postwar Arrival of British Subjects-The Drive for Control Leads to Poor Public Administration and an Unequal Burden of Proof -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Empire's Shadow: Capitalist Exploitation and Racial Thinking -- 3 Background to British Emigration and Immigration at the End of the War -- 4 Broken Promises?-From 'Civis Britannicus sum'11 to Comprehensive Immigration Control -- 4.1 The Arrival of Commonwealth and Colonial Citizens: Racial Unrest and Political Responses -- 4.2 The Position of the Trade Unions and Left Organisations -- 4.3 The Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962: Turning Commonwealth Citizens into Labour Migrants -- 4.4 The Labour White Paper 1965-The Turn to Control -- 4.5 The Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968-Keeping Citizens Out -- 5 The Foundation of Modern UK Immigration Control-The Immigration Act 1971 -- 6 1971-79-The Consequences of Continued Anti-Immigration Pressure -- 6.1 The 1972 'Ugandan Asians' Debacle -- Small Labour Reforms -- 6.2 May 1976-The 'Malawi Asians' in the 4-Star Hotel -- 'Back Door' Immigration -- 6.3 Gender Bias, Unacceptable Practices and the 'Culture of Disbelief' -- 7 Internal Controls, Enforcement and Deportation -- 7.1 'Mission Creep' and Retrospective Changes in Definition of 'Illegal Entrant', 'Settled', 'Deception' -- 7.2 The Emergence of Home Office Internal Policies -- 8 Control by Impoverishment and Poor Administration -- 8.1 Curtailment of Immigrants' Rights to Benefits and Services -- 8.2 The Year 1988 and Onwards-Further Restrictions and Bad-Faith Measures -- 8.3 The Immigration 'Shambles' and the Citizen's Charter. ; 9 Civil Unrest, Confrontation and Colonial-Style Cooption -- 9.1 Unrest and Confrontation -- 9.2 Imposition of Visa Requirements on Commonwealth Citizens -- 9.3 Government Responses to Racism and Unrest-Cooption of Communities -- 3 The UK Immigration Control Responses to Asylum: Exclusion, Disbelief, Stigma and Neglect -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Construction of Asylum-Seeking as Essentially Bogus: Choice of Destination, Credibility and Refugees 'Of Concern' -- 3 UK Responses to the First 'Asylum Crisis': Exclusion, Stigma, Disbelief and Control -- 3.1 The Slow Development of UK Asylum Law, Rules and Procedure -- 4 The Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act (AIAA) 1993 and the Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules 1994: Restrictive Legislation Amidst Administrative Turmoil -- 5 The Asylum and Immigration Act 1996-'Relegislation', 'Destitution by Design'35 and Continued Administrative Turmoil -- 6 Legal Failings and Critiques: The Issue of 'Credibility' and the Overburdening of Proof -- 7 The 1996 Housing and Benefit Restrictions: Immediate Impact and Litigation Response -- 8 Labour's Approach to Asylum: Relegislating, Destitution and Litigation -- 8.1 The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999: 'Workhouse-Style' Asylum Support -- 8.2 The Nationality, Asylum and Immigration Act 2002, Section 55 and the High Point of Human Rights Legal Activism -- 8.3 Further Relegislating: The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004 -- the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 -- 8.4 The 2006 Collapse of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate: The Legacy and Fresh Claims for Asylum -- 9 Asylum Under the Coalition and Conservative Governments: From 2010 to the 2021 New Plan for Immigration -- 4 Labour Migration: A Challenge to Social Solidarity? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Post-War Labour Shortages-Resettlement of Refugees and Displaced Persons. ; 3 Turning Commonwealth Citizens into Guest Workers: The Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962, the Immigration Act 1971 -- 4 Open Doors? Expansion of Work Permits -- the Points-Based System -- 5 Unlimited Free Movement Following EU Enlargement in 2004 -- 6 The 2008 Financial Crash and Aftermath: Brexit and Beyond -- 5 UK Immigration and Asylum Administration-A Public Administration Failure? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Catalysing Effects of Coalition and Conservative Policies -- 2.1 The 2012 'New Rules' -- 2.2 The 'Hostile Environment' and the Windrush Debacle -- 3 The Origins and Development of Poor Public Administration in Immigration Control -- 3.1 'Large Backlogs and Waiting Times' -- 3.2 'Not Fit for Purpose'-The Collapse of the Immigration and Nationality Department -- 3.3 'Not Good Enough'-The Collapse of the UK Border Agency and Aftermath -- 4 Pervading Problems of Public Administration in Immigration Control -- 4.1 Delay -- 4.2 'Harm' -- 4.3 Accuracy -- 5 'This Is Not a Way to Run an Immigration System': Official Criticisms -- 6 The EU Settlement Scheme [EUSS]-A Better Way? -- 6 UK Immigration and Asylum Administration and Adjudication: Home Office Indifference to Rule of Law Principles -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Design and Preparation of Legislation and Rules -- 3 The Rule of Law and Operational Procedures: Legal Changes by Stealth12 -- 4 Legal Conscientiousness: The Heavy Burden and Standard of Proof -- 5 Home Office Lack of Legal Conscientiousness in Decision-Making -- 5.1 Failure to Follow Its Own Policies and Guidance -- 5.2 Bad-Faith Reliance on Poor Evidence in Large Categories of Cases -- 5.3 Delay and Failure to Follow Legal Precedents -- 6 The Rule of Law and the Conduct of Appeals -- 7 Curtailing and Undermining Access to Redress-The 'Revenge Package' -- 7.1 Cuts in Legal Aid50. ; 7.2 Reduction in Rights of Appeal, Limiting Grounds of Appeal -- Limiting Access to Judicial Review -- 8 The Rule of Law and Delay, Mistakes, Legitimate Expectation and Retrospective Measures -- 8.1 People 'of Concern' -- 8.2 Retrospective Effect -- 9 Outsourcing and the Hostile Environment: 'Legal Distancing', Criminalising, Creating and Perpetuating Illegality -- 9.1 'Legal Distancing' -- 9.2 Criminalising the Very Person of the Migrant -- 9.3 Creating and Perpetuating Illegality -- 7 'In the Light of What We Know'-Immigration Control, Social Cohesion and Citizenship as Common Purpose -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Purpose and Meaning of British Citizenship -- 2.1 Review of the British Nationality Act 1948 -- 2.2 The Nationality Green Paper of 1977 -- the British Nationality Act 1981 -- 2.3 Encouraging Citizenship-The 1990 Report -- 2.4 Secure Borders, Safe Haven: Reimagining Citizenship in a Crisis of Social Cohesion -- 2.5 The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009-Proposed Downgrading of Settlement and Citizenship Rights -- 2.6 Citizenship as Common Purpose -- 3 The Legal Conditions of Migrants Living in the UK: Precarity and Insecurity -- 4 Reimagining the Purpose and Content of External Control, 'in the Light of What We Know' -- 5 Conclusion -- 8 Immigration Control and Democracy-Who Belongs, and Who Decides? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Democracy and the 'Abstract Migrant' -- 3 Democratic Accountability and UK Immigration Control -- 3.1 Citizenship -- 3.2 Legislation, Rules and Guidance -- 3.3 Legal Changes Through the Courts -- 4 Difficulties of Democratic Discussion -- 5 Conclusions on Democratic Accountability -- 6 Concluding Summary -- 7 Recommendations -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Impact of UK Immigration Law
• ISBN: 9783030987213; 9783030987206
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910574044203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II