Immigration & Migration

Rwanda: procedural fairness and extensions of time
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Free Movement
Rwanda: procedural fairness and extensions of time As I explained in a previous blog, in its June 2023 judgment in AAA & Others v SSHD, the Court of Appeal accepted Asylum Aid’s case that, in a majority of cases, the seven day period allowed by the Home ...
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Trafficking statistics show positive decisions by the immigration enforcement competent authority are at a record...
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Free Movement
Trafficking statistics show positive decisions by the immigration enforcement competent authority are at a record... The latest modern slavery statistics have been published and show that the ‘immigration enforcement competent authority’ had made its lowest percentage of positive conclusive grounds decisions confirming that a person is recognised as a victim of trafficking since it was ...
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Rwanda scheme amended to include failed asylum seekers
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Free Movement
Rwanda scheme amended to include failed asylum seekers On Monday the Home Office updated the guidance documents relating to removals to Rwanda and retroactively amended the Rwanda agreement to include the possibility of sending failed asylum seekers there. This was done via a letter from the British High ...
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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #19
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Free Movement
Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #19 Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! It looks like the government has lost in the High Court in Northern Ireland this morning (Ed: remember the newsletter goes out by email on Mondays – sign up below!), in a challenge to the Illegal ...
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Migration Advisory Committee says Graduate route should be kept in its current form
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Free Movement
Migration Advisory Committee says Graduate route should be kept in its current form The Migration Advisory Committee has today published its “rapid review” of the Graduate route, concluding that the route is not being abused and should remain in place in its current form. The letter from the Chair states: We have not ...
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Asylum seekers on Diego Garcia granted bail to access limited areas of the island
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Free Movement
Asylum seekers on Diego Garcia granted bail to access limited areas of the island 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 of the island beyond the tiny encampment they were kept in previously. ...
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High Court in Northern Ireland orders disapplication of certain sections of Illegal Migration Act
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Free Movement
High Court in Northern Ireland orders disapplication of certain sections of Illegal Migration Act The High Court in Northern Ireland has held that the Illegal Migration Act 2023 breaches the Windsor Framework, put in place to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland, and ordered the disapplication of provisions of the Act ...
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Immigration roundup podcast: April 2024
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Free Movement
Immigration roundup podcast: April 2024 In the April roundup Colin and Sonia cover the new Rwanda Act and the process for sending a person to Rwanda, challenges to the use of the inadmissibility process, the government’s response to the increase in arrivals of Vietnamese nationals ...
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Job Ad: Rainbow Migration are recruiting a Legal Officer
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Free Movement
Job Ad: Rainbow Migration are recruiting a Legal Officer CLOSING DATE: 31 MAY 2024 Rainbow Migration, the longest-running charity in Europe dedicated to supporting LGBTQI+ people through the asylum and immigration system, is recruiting a Legal Officer to advise and help improve the representation of LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum, ...
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What is the 20 year rule on long residence and other private life applications?
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Free Movement
What is the 20 year rule on long residence and other private life applications? The immigration rules allow some people to apply to remain in the UK on the basis of long residence. Those who had periods of overstaying can apply for limited leave to remain following 20 years’ continuous residence. We have a ...
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