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The ECHR (European Convention on Human Rights) is an international convention that protects the human rights of people in the countries that belong to European council. UK along with all 47 states of the council signed this convention. Complete term of it is the “Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms”.   What is European Council? Council of Europe was formed in 1949 and is larger than & entirely separate from the EU (European Union). It consists of 47 members of states as compared to 28 members of state of EU. The United Kingdom became a member of council 24 years earlier than it joined the EU. The council membership of the UK will remain unaffected on the off chance that it left EU. The convention comprises several articles protecting basic human rights. Through the Human rights Act 1998, the UK made these rights part of its domestic law. How the Convention Came into Existence? After the Second World War in order to promote ...

With Brexit looming, Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes MP has dealt a devastating blow to employers in the UK by advising Parliament that in the event of a “No Deal Brexit”, employers will have to check whether their EU Citizen staff are eligible to work in the UK.  Unfortunately, Ms Nokes MP was not able to provide Parliament with detail about how these checks will be conducted. This would appear to contradict a media briefing earlier this year in which it was stated that there would be no requirement for “right to work checks” on EU Citizens. Currently, employers across the country are bracing themselves for a Post-Brexit world and with the uncertainty shown by the UK government, have thus far been unable to implement any meaningful strategies to deal with staffing issues.  The fact that employers will now have the additional task of vetting their staff for immigration documentation will only add burden to this burden. Immigration Advisors across the country fa...