Immigration and Migration

Court of Appeal dismisses Vietnamese humanitarian protection appeal
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Court of Appeal dismisses Vietnamese humanitarian protection appeal The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the Upper Tribunal to allow the Home Secretary’s appeal against a First-tier Tribunal decision allowing the appeal of a Vietnamese national on humanitarian protection grounds. The court held that the First-tier ...
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Briefing: How expensive are UK immigration applications and is this a problem?
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Briefing: How expensive are UK immigration applications and is this a problem? The cost of making an immigration or nationality application has risen extremely steeply. Annual increases of 20% or 25% per year have become standard, but now we’re seeing increases of 120%. An example is the Certificate of Sponsorship fee, which ...
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Immigration white paper impacts on the Higher Education sector and international students
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Immigration white paper impacts on the Higher Education sector and international students The immigration white paper contains broad changes affecting swathes of UK immigration policy, including workers, students, family, settlement, citizenship and asylum. Here I look at the changes affecting higher education and the student’s journey. Why they are making changes The government ...
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Immigration white paper – the case for optimism and what sponsors should do
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Immigration white paper – the case for optimism and what sponsors should do The foreword to the white paper contained little affirmation of the legitimate reasons employers have for recruiting from overseas, or of the contribution many skilled migrants have made to the UK. The Prime Minister made a decision to refer to high ...
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What does the immigration white paper say about family, deportation and other areas?
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What does the immigration white paper say about family, deportation and other areas? Following on from my look at the proposals for work and student routes, I have now tackled the rest of the immigration white paper. There is a lot of repetition and bumf about how well the government is doing (this ...
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Job Ad: Children’s Rights Immigration Litigation Solicitor – Islington Law Centre
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Free Movement
Job Ad: Children’s Rights Immigration Litigation Solicitor – Islington Law Centre We are looking for an experienced Immigration  Solicitor to join our highly successful, creative, and dynamic immigration team.  The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit at Islington Law Centre has a much-respected Immigration Team. We are a category 1 Legal ...
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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #68
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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #68 Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! The government’s long awaited (and dreaded?) white paper on immigration has been published today, following a weekend of some fairly grim language from ministers, including the PM (I think the “lab” analogy in particular ...
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Your questions answered: the ‘Self-Sponsorship route’ for overseas businesses establishing a UK presence
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Your questions answered: the ‘Self-Sponsorship route’ for overseas businesses establishing a UK presence Thank you to everyone who attended our webinar, ‘The “Self-Sponsorship” route for overseas businesses establishing a UK presence’. We had a fantastic turnout and received a huge number of thoughtful questions (nearly 100!). Time constraints made it impossible to answer ...
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What does the immigration white paper say about workers and students?
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What does the immigration white paper say about workers and students? This morning I did a quick post to let everyone know that the immigration white paper had been published, along with the summary recommendations from the paper. Let’s now take a closer look at what is being proposed for workers ...
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The immigration white paper has been published
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The immigration white paper has been published The immigration white paper has been published containing proposals for future legislation. The summarised proposals from the paper are set out in full below. We have also published a more detailed look at the proposals affecting work and student routes ...
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Immigration roundup podcast: April 2025
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Free Movement
Immigration roundup podcast: April 2025 It was a relatively quiet April ahead of what looks to be a busy May. Sonia is joined by Andrew again this month. Sonia runs through the amendments made at committee stage of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration one ...
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What amendments are being made to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill?
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What amendments are being made to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill? The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has completed its committee stage in the House of Commons and report stage will take place on Monday 12 May 2025. The Bill as first introduced has had a couple of amendments at ...
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Fresh claim rejection successfully challenged in Upper Tribunal
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Free Movement
Fresh claim rejection successfully challenged in Upper Tribunal The Home Secretary has had an absolute howler in the Upper Tribunal, it is one of those decisions that is worth a read in full if you have the time. It is a successful judicial review challenging a refusal to ...
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