The domestic violence concession: for the few, not the many (Free Movement) (18 August 2020)

Public law solicitor Sulaiha Ali has written about the long-awaited Domestic Abuse Bill for Free Movement which recently progressed to the House of Lords stage of becoming law. Sulaiha notes that whilst many have been hailing the Domestic Abuse Bill as a “landmark” cross-party success, many black and minority ethnic-led specialist women’s services argue that it fails to account for one of the most vulnerable groups in our society: migrant survivors of domestic abuse who do not have recourse to public funds.