Immigration and Migration

What safe and legal routes are available for refugees to come to the United Kingdom?

What safe and legal routes are available for refugees to come to the United Kingdom? The mantra of “safe and legal routes” is regularly repeated by the government when justifying increasingly draconian legislation in an attempt to prevent refugees from travelling to the UK under their own steam. The argument is that refugees should use ...

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Job Ad: Vacancies for full-time paralegals at Wesley Gryk Solicitors Vacancies for full-time paralegals Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP is a top-ranked specialist firm in UK immigration and nationality law, consistently recognised by The Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, and The Times Best Law Firms. We are known for our commitment to excellence, empathy, ...

High Court finds safeguarding failures by Home Office at Brook House detention centre

High Court finds safeguarding failures by Home Office at Brook House detention centre In a stinging judgment, the High Court has found that the Home Secretary failed to comply with an article 3 systems duty in the operation of the rule 35 system in Brook House immigration removal centre, at least between 28 ...

Court declares University’s failure to rescind its withdrawal of sponsorship as unlawful

Court declares University’s failure to rescind its withdrawal of sponsorship as unlawful The High Court found that a University’s failure to rescind its withdrawal of sponsorship, or at least inquire about the possibility of doing so with the Home Office, was either a fettering of its discretion or irrational conduct given the ...

Court of Session should decide on permission before transferring judicial reviews to the Upper Tribunal

Court of Session should decide on permission before transferring judicial reviews to the Upper Tribunal The Upper Tribunal has said that when the Court of Session is transferring judicial reviews to the tribunal, a decision should be made by the court on permission before the matter is transferred. The case is R (EB) v Secretary ...

Book review: The Law and Practice of Human Rights

Book review: The Law and Practice of Human Rights Panicking about a Christmas present for the human rights lawyer in your life? Landmark Chambers have you covered with the excellent “The Law and Practice of Human Rights”. This is the first (presumably of many) edition and is a huge ...

Court of Appeal upholds right to appeal in asylum support cases where Home Office withdraws...

Court of Appeal upholds right to appeal in asylum support cases where Home Office withdraws... The Home Secretary has lost her appeal to the Court of Appeal in a case where she sought to restrict the ability of people to, effectively, appeal the deemed withdrawal of their asylum claim and cessation of asylum support by ...

Home Secretary ordered to allow man to return to UK after telling airline not to...

Home Secretary ordered to allow man to return to UK after telling airline not to... This is one of those real train wrecks from the Home Office, where you may want to make yourself a large cup of coffee and read through the whole judgment. It features a person being wrongly told by the Home ...

New Immigration Services Commissioner appointed

New Immigration Services Commissioner appointed Today the Home Secretary has announced that Gaon Hart has been appointed the new Immigration Services Commissioner and will head up the Immigration Advice Authority, taking over from a no doubt very relieved John Tuckett who has been doing both ...

Migration Advisory Committee publishes review of salary requirements and annual report

Migration Advisory Committee publishes review of salary requirements and annual report The Migration Advisory Committee is clearing its desk ahead of the holiday break, publishing not one but two reports today. The first is the review of the salary requirements for work visas, where the committee has recommended keeping the general ...

What is the immigration skills charge?

What is the immigration skills charge? The immigration skills charge is an additional fee payable by a sponsoring employer when a certificate of sponsorship is issued prior to a worker beginning their employment. The sponsor is required to pay the immigration skills charge and cannot pass ...

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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #99

Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #99 Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! The best question that someone put to us at last week’s webinar on earned settlement was along the lines of how will the Home Office communicate to people that all of a sudden ...

New Editor at Free Movement Sonia Lenegan has decided to move on as Editor of Free Movement with effect from 28 January 2026. Sonia has done an incredible job in her time here. She has published or republished an article every single day other than ...

Does ‘could’ mean a ‘mere possibility’? Court of Appeal looks at exceptional circumstances and financial...

Does ‘could’ mean a ‘mere possibility’? Court of Appeal looks at exceptional circumstances and financial... In the case of Secretary of State for the Home Department v Khera [2025] EWCA Civ 1571, the Court of Appeal has given guidance on the interpretation of GEN 3.1(1)(b) of Appendix FM of the immigration rules. GEN 3.1(1)(b) is ...

Court of Appeal denies derivative rights of residence to the children in education of former...

Court of Appeal denies derivative rights of residence to the children in education of former... A longstanding provision of EU law is that the children of EU workers have the right to be educated in the EU worker’s host state, a right that continues even after the mobile EU citizen ceases to work or leaves ...

Emergency travel document delays lead to detention challenge

Emergency travel document delays lead to detention challenge The High Court has declined to order the release of a man in a case where there have been delays in his emergency travel document being issued so that he could be deported. The court did, however, order that bail ...

Court orders grant of indefinite leave in case with historic conviction

Court orders grant of indefinite leave in case with historic conviction The High Court has ordered the Home Secretary to grant indefinite leave to remain to a man who has held discretionary leave to remain for 15 years, first granted under the pre-July 2012 policy. The Home Secretary had tried to ...

First-tier Tribunal appeal receipts up 123% in a year, amid continuing concerns about Home Office...

First-tier Tribunal appeal receipts up 123% in a year, amid continuing concerns about Home Office... In July to September this year, the number of appeals received by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) increased by 123%, to 30,000, compared to the same period last year. Disposals (the number of concluded appeals) increased by 50% ...

Will I need Electronic Travel Authorisation to enter the UK?

Will I need Electronic Travel Authorisation to enter the UK? The Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme was first announced in the March 2023 Statement of Changes to the immigration rules HC 1160. The first stage of the scheme launched in October 2023 and it was then gradually rolled out in phases. So far ...

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