A group of 20 MPs and a Peer have raised about £40,000 to challenge the Home Office in the Courts. In the last 6 months, the group has helped 10 non-EU migrants to challenge the government for the use of 322(5), which initially referred to Terrorism Acts. Out of 10, 9 have won their cases where the appeal judge have ruled that the government's use of that paragraph was incorrect.
Steve Reed, an MP who is behind setting up the group of leaders, reportedly said, “It’s now clear the government’s ‘hostile environment’ immigration policy goes far wider than the Windrush scandal. We are seeing highly skilled migrants facing deportation for the most trivial reasons.”
The Guardian reported that Lord Dick Taverne, QC, a Liberal Democrat, said that he will start a campaign to push the UK Home Office till it stops turning UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s policy of an open Britain into a closed one, especially through 'controversial paragraph of the immigration rules.'
Highly Skilled non-EU workers, that include teachers, doctors, lawyers, engineers and IT professionals are being denied indefinite leave to remain (ILR) after allegations of lying in their applications, for either making small and legal modifications to their tax records, or for having inconsistencies in the income they have declared.
