Immigration and Migration

Immigration roundup podcast: December 2024
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Immigration roundup podcast: December 2024 It’s goodbye to 2024 in this month’s podcast, with Sonia and Barry wrapping up December. They spend a bit of time discussing eVisas at the beginning of the podcast, before moving on to asylum and trafficking where issues around the ...
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Home Office settles Manston inquiry judicial review
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Home Office settles Manston inquiry judicial review The Home Office has settled the judicial review claims that seek an independent Article 3 ECHR compliant inquiry into events at Manston in 2022. The claims were brought by individuals detained at Manston in autumn 2022 when there were widespread ...
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High Court gives guidance on secret correspondence for charter flight removals
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High Court gives guidance on secret correspondence for charter flight removals The Administrative Court has set some boundaries and given a warning of potential sanctions to the GLD regarding the withholding of charter flight details in removal cases. The case is R (Jasseh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ...
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Changes to guidance on requesting reconsideration of trafficking leave decisions
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Changes to guidance on requesting reconsideration of trafficking leave decisions The Home Office has published updated guidance on “Temporary permission to stay: considerations for victims of human trafficking or slavery” that applies to reconsiderations requests of permission to stay decisions under that guidance, effective from today. A comparison of the ...
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What is the Immigration Advice Authority, previously known as the OISC?
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What is the Immigration Advice Authority, previously known as the OISC? The Immigration Advice Authority, formerly known as the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner or ‘OISC’, is a governmental body established by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to regulate the provision of immigration advice and services throughout the UK. ...
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OISC renamed Immigration Advice Authority from 16 January 2025
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OISC renamed Immigration Advice Authority from 16 January 2025 The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC to everyone who knew it, is being renamed from today as the Immigration Advice Authority. A colourful new logo is also being deployed. There is not a huge amount to say ...
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Significant changes made to guidance on sponsoring workers
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Significant changes made to guidance on sponsoring workers The government published a number of significant changes to their guidance for work sponsors on 31 December 2024 and 1 January 2025. The affected guidance includes: Although several guidance documents have been updated, in many instances these updates relate to the ...
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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #51
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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #51 Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! The Times reported last week that Professor Brian Bell, chair of the Migration Advisory Committee, supports people in the asylum system being allowed to work in any role after waiting six months for their claim to ...
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How to identify whether a migrant domestic worker is a victim of modern slavery?
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How to identify whether a migrant domestic worker is a victim of modern slavery? The domestic worker route is a common trafficking route and below we look at how to identify whether a domestic worker is a victim of modern slavery. Domestic workers who live overseas can apply for a visa to visit the ...
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Home Office evaluation of GPS tagging pilot shows no impact on compliance
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Home Office evaluation of GPS tagging pilot shows no impact on compliance The Home Office has published its evaluation of the pilot scheme expanding the use of electronic monitoring of people as a condition of their immigration bail. The Home Office’s pilot monitored two groups of people on immigration bail. The first ...
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Briefing: how to apply for a Charity Worker sponsor licence
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Briefing: how to apply for a Charity Worker sponsor licence The Charity Worker route is for voluntary workers aged 18 or over who wish to come to the UK to do work for a recognised charitable organisation. Work must be unpaid and fieldwork which contributes directly to the achievement or ...
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Briefing: how to apply for a religious work visa
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Briefing: how to apply for a religious work visa The UK has two sponsored work routes for religious workers: the T2 minister of religion visa for those with a key leading role in their faith-based organisation or religious order in the UK, and the temporary religious worker visa for ...
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High Court makes mandatory order for suitable accommodation to be provided for severely disabled child
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High Court makes mandatory order for suitable accommodation to be provided for severely disabled child A mother and her severely disabled child have been successful in obtaining a mandatory order for the Home Office to provide them with suitable accommodation as part of their asylum support. The case is R (AYW & Anor) v Secretary ...
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