The Home Secretary gives our clients the opportunity to reach safety in the UK from Diego Garcia

We welcome the positive news that the Home Secretary is allowing our clients the opportunity to reach safety in the UK, after having spent over two years living in extreme and inhumane conditions on Diego Garcia. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg5vvkj4qko

Our clients have all fled persecution in Sri Lanka, including periods of imprisonment and torture. Entry to the UK will not only allow them the chance to start to rebuild their lives but will also enable the essential access to justice they continue to require, which has been severely inhibited throughout their time on Diego Garcia.  

We look forward to receiving the Home Secretary’s formal decision which will hopefully mark the beginning of a new chapter for our clients, free from risk and harm

Anita Vasisht, Head of Immigration speaking on this news of this development ‘We are so proud of our team of specialist lawyers who, in the most challenging of circumstances, fought on behalf of this exceptionally vulnerable group of clients with characteristic skill and tenacity. Our team comprised lawyers from both our public law and immigration department as follows: Adam Spray; Aisling Ní Chuinn; Amelia Meldau; Eoin Lewis; Kirsten Powrie; Michael Goldin; Philippa Quested; and Suhanya Jeyashiri’ 

Our team of lawyers worked with Helen Law at Matrix Chambers and Alasdair Mackenzie of Doughty Street.