Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 86 (Jan)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWCA Civ 10
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Toulson, Etherton and Kitchin LJJ
Representation Richard Drabble QC and Irena Sabic (instructed by Hersi & Co) for the appellants.
  Susan Chan (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the respondent.
Judgment Dates: 18 January 2012

Catchwords

Immigration - Leave to enter - Spouses, children and other dependent relatives - Sponsor being mother and aunt of appellate Somali minors living in Ethiopia - Appellants being refused entry to United Kingdom as sponsor not having refugee status, family not being able to live in UK without recourse to public funds and interference with right to family life being justified - Appellants' appeals being dismissed - Whether immigration judge failing to give adequate reasons - European Convention on Human Rights, art 8.

The Case

Immigration Leave to enter. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed the appellant minors' appeal against the conclusions of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) upholding the respondent entry clearance officer's refusal of leave to enter the United Kingdom to join their family where the first-tier tribunal had failed to give sufficient reasons for its conclusion.

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