Zahra's removal to Uganda has been cancelled pending judicial review of the Home Office's removal directions.

At the minimum, this is buying time, but what would be really good news, especially in the light of my previous post on the conditions awaiting refused asylum seekers who are returned to Uganda, would be the official acceptance that returns to Uganda are not safe.

This would still not give Zahra indefinite leave to remain, and not necessarily return her to Glasgow (she could continue to be held in a detention centre, or be housed anywhere at all in the UK pending the result of the judicial review), but it would be a start.

The imminent danger to her safety is lifted, that's a huge success, in the grand scheme, it's a small step, leaving her and her kids still in a state of great uncertainty. And in continued detention.