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Home Office policy to remove EEA rough sleepers found unlawful by High Court

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Judgment handed down today. From the AIRE centre press release on the case -

‘Today the High Court has ruled that rough sleeping does not constitute an abuse of EU free movement rights and that the Home Office policy in this regard is unlawful… The Home Office introduced the concept of rough sleeping as an abuse of rights in their administrative removal policy of May 2016. This concept was repeated in the February 2017 incarnation of the policy… Following this ruling the Home Office may face claims for unlawful detention where it has detained individuals on the basis of this unlawful policy. Those who have been removed from the UK and face a 12 month re-entry ban may also be entitled to have that ban lifted and be admitted to the UK.’

http://www.airecentre.org/news.php/293/eea-rough-sleeper-policy-challenge-press-release

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Matthew from the Aire Centre is tweeting that -

I am hearing that the Home Office have said they are not now going to appeal the #EU #roughsleeper judgment & nor it seems will they try and get ministerial approval for their revised policy, effectively abandoning their policy and practice in this area

https://twitter.com/Mr_Matt_Evans/status/941334564731006977