Immigration and Migration

What are the immigration dimensions to the new Employment Rights Bill?
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What are the immigration dimensions to the new Employment Rights Bill? The new Employment Rights Bill has been published. It is a substantial document: it weighs in at 158 pages. There are several aspects of the Bill relevant to immigration issues. Before I go any further, the context to this legislation ...
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When can someone be refused a passport because of their name?
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When can someone be refused a passport because of their name? It was recently reported that the passport application for a British child was refused over “copyright infringement”. The child in question’s name was Loki Skywalker Mowbray and he was born on 4 May (also known as Star Wars Day for ...
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How to apply for leave to remain as a bereaved partner
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How to apply for leave to remain as a bereaved partner This post is about what happens to a migrant who is in the UK on a partner visa if their sponsor passes away. If their partner dies before the migrant becomes settled, the last thing on their mind will be ...
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CJEU: designation of a third country as a safe country of origin must cover its...
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CJEU: designation of a third country as a safe country of origin must cover its... The European Court of Justice has handed down a case reminding EU member states that they can only designate whole countries, not parts of countries, as safe: The Court of Justice specifies the conditions for the designation by a Member ...
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Briefing: applications for adult dependent relatives
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Briefing: applications for adult dependent relatives Since July 2012 the immigration rules for adult dependent relatives have been, in practice, almost impossible to meet. Adult dependent relative visas have one of the highest refusal rates of all immigration routes. Between 2017 and 2020, 96% of applications were refused. ...
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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #39
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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #39 Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! I am away this week, so if anything big has happened since Thursday, that’s why it isn’t in here.  The latest tribunal statistics are out and it continues to be bad news for a government ...
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How child relatives of refugees can apply to enter or remain in the UK
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How child relatives of refugees can apply to enter or remain in the UK In this post, we will look at who is eligible to apply under Appendix Child staying with or joining a Non-Parent Relative (Protection), what the requirements are, what leave is granted if successful and routes to settlement. Appendix Child staying ...
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CJEU: discriminatory measures faced by women under the Taliban regime constitute acts of persecution
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CJEU: discriminatory measures faced by women under the Taliban regime constitute acts of persecution The European Court of Justice has handed down a judgment stating that the discriminatory measures adopted in respect of women by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan constitute acts of persecution: First, the Court answers that some of the measures in ...
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Immigration roundup podcast: September 2024
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Immigration roundup podcast: September 2024 In this episode of the podcast Barry does everyone a big favour by taking us through the autumn statement of changes in detail. Sonia and Barry also have a bit of a call to arms on discretionary grants of indefinite ...
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Upper Tribunal gives guidance on when non-Afghan nationals can be granted indefinite leave to remain...
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Upper Tribunal gives guidance on when non-Afghan nationals can be granted indefinite leave to remain... The Upper Tribunal has given useful guidance on when such grants can be made to non-Afghan nationals as well as setting out a summary of the legal principles to be followed on the interpretation of policy. The case is R ...
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Updated Home Office guidance on withdrawing asylum claims
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Updated Home Office guidance on withdrawing asylum claims The Home Office has published a new version (10.0) of its guidance “Withdrawing asylum claims“. The Home Office describes the changes as: Guidance updated: structure and language used across the guidance has been simplified; the process around the requirement to ...
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Asylum appeal backlog rises to 33,000 cases, likely to rise further
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Asylum appeal backlog rises to 33,000 cases, likely to rise further New figures published today show the asylum appeals backlog had risen to 33,227 cases at the end of June 2024, under the last government. In the period April to June 2024, the immigration tribunal received 9,318 asylum appeals and disposed ...
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Ensuring confidentiality and safety in overseas immigration applications based on same sex relationships
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Ensuring confidentiality and safety in overseas immigration applications based on same sex relationships We have written this article to share knowledge on the importance of ensuring the confidentiality and safety of clients who make visa applications for entry clearance based on same sex relationships, and our experience of the steps that can be ...
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