R (DM) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and UNHCR

The Court of Appeal (Underhill LJ, Newey LJ and Lewis LJ) has handed down an important judgment concerning child refugees who come to the UK on their own and whose parents and/or siblings wish to join them in the UK.

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal in part, including on the basis that the Secretary of State had failed to conduct a s.55 “best interests” exercise in relation to the application of her family reunion policy to child refugees.

Jason Pobjoy KC acted for the Appellant, instructed by Duncan Lewis.

A copy of the judgment is available here. The press release may be found here.