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Category Archives: Algeria
Court of Appeal upholds Algeria country guidance for gay men
YD (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1683 (14 December 2020) Lewis, Peter Jackson and Asplin LJJ have dismissed the appeal of Mr YD who alleged that the country guidance in OO (Gay men) … Continue reading
Court of Appeal: Banger is Unrestricted in Scope
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Christy [2018] EWCA Civ 2378 (25 October 2018) The Court of Appeal recently held that the derived right of facilitation identified in Banger (C-89/17, EU:C:2018:570, discussed here) cannot be read as being … Continue reading
Supreme Court: Reference to CJEU on Kefalah Children
SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visa Section [2018] UKSC 9 (14 February 2018) This appeal concerning legal guardianship under the Islamic “kefalah” system provided the Supreme Court the opportunity to refer three questions to the CJEU. The justices … Continue reading
Case Preview: SM (Algeria) (Appellant) v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visa Section (Respondent)
Three years ago in AA (Somalia) v ECO (Addis Ababa) [2013] UKSC 81, the Supreme Court considered whether a Somali child in her brother-in-law’s care under the doctrine of Kafalah – a process of legal guardianship and the Islamic equivalent … Continue reading
Algerian Jihadist poised for ILR
G v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWHC 3232 (Admin) (16 December 2016) An “Arab-Afghan” and a Salafist who joined the dreaded Fronte Islamique de Salut (FIS) in 1989, the claimant was an Algerian national who tried … Continue reading
Supreme Court: EU Law Fails ‘Nuisance’ Algerian Criminal
R (Nouazli) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 16 (20 April 2016) Algeria and immigration bring to mind the image of radical Islam. For example, in a decade long deportation battle involving six Algerian men which … Continue reading

