European Roma Rights Centre v Immigration Officer at Prague Airport

Guy Goodwin-Gill was again counsel for UNHCR as Intervener in this appeal to the House of Lords, which raised two important issues: (1) whether the operation of immigration control at Prague airport in relation to Czech citizens wishing to fly to the UK involved unlawful discrimination against Czech citizens who are Roma; and (2) whether such immigration control was compatible with the 1951 Refugee Convention and with customary international law. Guy Goodwin-Gill also represented UNHCR in the Court of Appeal: [2003] 4 All ER 247.  UNHCR’s Written Case to the House of Lords is published in 17 International Journal of Refugee Law 427 (2005).