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New country of origin information on children and young people from Sudan - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk This post is for those working with children and young people from Sudan in refugee status determination and humanitarian protection that new country of
Tribunal orders Home Office to disclose information on emergency travel documents for Somalia and Eritrea - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk The Home Office has been ordered to disclose data on the numbers of emergency travel documents issued for Eritrea and Somalia, and how long it took for those
Immigration roundup podcast: July 2024 - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk It's August and Colin is away on holiday so Sonia was joined by a very special guest, Barry O'Leary, for the July roundup. Sonia and Barry discussed the end
A step by step guide to applying for an eVisa - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk As someone who is in the UK with leave to remain, I recently tried the new eVisa system for myself and thought it would be useful to share my experience.
All biometric residence permit holders can now apply for an eVisa - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk In what is surely a classic of the genre of the “Updates” section of Home Office web pages being entirely misleading, yesterday the Home Office changed its
The Rwanda policy is in its death throes - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk Due to the stated position of the previous Conservative government that there would be a removal flight to Rwanda on 24 July 2024, a High Court hearing was
Briefing: a guide to applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk This post is for those who are new to the area of Windrush compensation claims, or who would like to submit their own claim, and is designed to be a
First-tier Tribunal judge carried out "wholly inappropriate" cross-examination of appellant - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk The Court of Appeal has, for the third time this year, had to intervene where the Upper Tribunal has failed to do so, in a case involving poor conduct on the
Almost four year delay in deciding trafficking claim held to be lawful by High Court - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk The High Court has said that it was not unlawful that a Kenyan refugee who had been trafficked to the UK as a domestic worker had to wait from August 2019 to
High Court decides there is no oral permission hearing in Cart judicial reviews - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk The High Court has held that, when judicially reviewing a decision of the Upper Tribunal refusing permission to appeal (known as a Cart judicial review),
Home Secretary's failure to provide digital proof of status to those with section 3C leave held to be unlawful - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk Two claimants, the charity Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London “RAMFEL” and Ms Adjei, have succeeded in a judicial review where it was held that the
Where are we now and what is the future of the Illegal Migration Act? - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk Shortly after it received Royal Assent last year, the Illegal Migration Act 2023 was described as "utterly unworkable and extortionately expensive", "deeply
Another care home sponsor licence revocation successfully challenged in the High Court - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk As the Home Office continues to step up enforcement action in the care sector, we have had another sponsor licence revocation decision involving a large care
High Court dismisses challenge to lack of legal aid for Windrush compensation scheme - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk The High Court has held that the decision to refuse to grant exceptional case funding for legal aid to a person applying to the Windrush compensation scheme
How to access old versions of Home Office guidance and identify any changes - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk Immigration law is constantly changing and the Home Office updates its guidance documents accordingly. Sometimes you will need to look at an older version of
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Rwanda – all is not lost: Asylum Aid's arguments on why the Home Office must still consider the real risk of people being sent into danger from Rwanda - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk This blog explains why Asylum Aid continues to believe that the Home Office’s interpretation of the Safety of Rwanda Act as excluding consideration of "onward
Rwanda scheme amended to include failed asylum seekers - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk On Monday the Home Office updated the guidance documents relating to removals to Rwanda and retroactively amended the Rwanda agreement to include the
Asylum seekers on Diego Garcia granted bail to access limited areas of the island - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk Following a legal challenge, the small group of Sri Lankan people seeking asylum in Diego Garcia have been granted bail so that they are able to access more
Briefing: how does the 10 year route in Appendix Long Residence work? - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk Appendix Long Residence of the immigration rules enables a person with 10 continuous and lawful years of residence in the UK to apply for indefinite leave to
Adults at Risk guidance changed from 21 May 2024 to allow more vulnerable people to be detained - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk The Home Office is proposing to change the Adults at Risk guidance in a way that will result in more vulnerable people being detained. On 30 April 2024 draft
New Tribunal Procedure Rules for Illegal Migration Act appeals published - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk As I predicted earlier today, the Lord Chancellor has today laid The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Amendment) Rules
Briefing: Safety of Rwanda Act - what happens now? - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk I have set out below what the legal process is for sending a person to Rwanda following the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024, which received
Webinar: Challenging limbo in the asylum inadmissibility process - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk This webinar looks at the potential for judicial review challenges for people stuck in the asylum inadmissibility process, including the cohort who received notices of intent prior to the Court of App...
Latest Home Office statistics show Vietnamese nationals are the government's likely next target - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk The Home Office has published its latest “ad hoc” statistics release, showing a dramatic increase in the number of Vietnamese people coming to the UK and a
Supreme Court finds no human right to legal status if it's your own fault you can't be removed - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk In AM (Belarus) v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 13, in a judgment delivered by Lord Sales, the Supreme Court has held that a man living in
Upper Tribunal gives guidance on assessing well-founded fear under the Nationality and Borders Act - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk Almost two years after changes were made by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 to the standard of proof, we have our first reported decision from the Upper
How to get clients out of inadmissibility limbo and into the asylum system - Free Movementfreemovement.org.uk The backlog of cases in the inadmissibility process was in the news again last week following senior Home Officials' evidence session at the Public Accounts