F1PART 5AArticle 8 of the ECHR: public interest considerations
117BArticle 8: public interest considerations applicable in all cases
1
The maintenance of effective immigration controls is in the public interest.
2
It is in the public interest, and in particular in the interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, that persons who seek to enter or remain in the United Kingdom are able to speak English, because persons who can speak English—
a
are less of a burden on taxpayers, and
b
are better able to integrate into society.
3
It is in the public interest, and in particular in the interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, that persons who seek to enter or remain in the United Kingdom are financially independent, because such persons—
a
are not a burden on taxpayers, and
b
are better able to integrate into society.
4
Little weight should be given to—
a
a private life, or
b
a relationship formed with a qualifying partner,
that is established by a person at a time when the person is in the United Kingdom unlawfully.
5
Little weight should be given to a private life established by a person at a time when the person's immigration status is precarious.
6
In the case of a person who is not liable to deportation, the public interest does not require the person's removal where—
a
the person has a genuine and subsisting parental relationship with a qualifying child, and
b
it would not be reasonable to expect the child to leave the United Kingdom.
Pt. 5A inserted (28.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 19, 75(3); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(o)