“…ion of the Zambrano principle (Ruiz Zambrano v Office Nationale de l’Emploi (C-34/09) [2012] QB 886) SIAC cited VM v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 255 but not Patel v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 59; [2020] 1 WLR 228. Patel makes clear that the best interests of children is a factor …”
“…In paragraph 72, SIAC quoted paragraphs 60-63 of VM v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 255, a deportation case. Sales LJ (as he then was) had held that the Zambrano principle only applies in cases in which the children are ‘entirely dependent on the …”