Two campaign groups have launched legal action against the government’s Immigration Exemption, contained in the Data Protection Act 2018, which passed into law in May this year.
Cuts to legal aid for immigration issues mean members of the Windrush generation may be denied justice as they try to settle their status and rebuild their lives, says the Law Society.
Two charities have called for the appointment of an Independent Commission to review the workings of the Home Office and the legal framework of the ‘hostile environment’.
A leading human rights lawyer has said the government faces a number of fresh legal challenges over its handling of cases involving the Windrush Generation.