Immigration and Migration

Damages awarded for unlawful detention at Heathrow airport
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Damages awarded for unlawful detention at Heathrow airport A man who was detained at Heathrow for just over 17 hours has been awarded damages by the Court of Appeal. The case is R (Tazeem) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 347. The appellant ...
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Ten years after the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, safety is more elusive than...
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Ten years after the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, safety is more elusive than... This week marked ten years since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force. The trafficking statistics for October to December 2024 have been published, meaning we now have a full year of data for 2024. In the statistics before ...
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Inspector’s report finds penalty scheme for deterring clandestine entry is still lacking
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Inspector’s report finds penalty scheme for deterring clandestine entry is still lacking The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has published the report on “An inspection of the Border Force operation to deter and detect clandestine entrants“. The inspection took place between August and November 2024. In his 2018 inspection the ...
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Man unlawfully denied spouse visa wins appeal too late
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Man unlawfully denied spouse visa wins appeal too late “Although I have considerable sympathy for Mr Tomlinson, we are unable to wind back the clock so as to put right the historic injustice”. This quote perfectly summarises the bittersweet victory for the appellant in the recent Court of Appeal ...
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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #61
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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #61 Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! On Tuesday last week the Home Affairs Select Committee heard oral evidence for their inquiry into asylum accommodation from witnesses including David Bolt, the interim Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (for a little ...
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New sanctions for failure to comply with biometric regulations in eVisas changes from 27 March...
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New sanctions for failure to comply with biometric regulations in eVisas changes from 27 March... Following a consultation that took place in 2023, some important changes are being made to eVisas via the Immigration (Biometric Information etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 which were made yesterday and come into force on Thursday 27 March 2025 (although not ...
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High Court confirms ability to challenge lawfulness of withdrawal decision in asylum support appeal
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High Court confirms ability to challenge lawfulness of withdrawal decision in asylum support appeal In a decision on asylum support last year, the judge invited the Home Secretary to apply for judicial review of the tribunal so that guidance could be provided to asylum support judges on jurisdiction in implicit withdrawal cases (i.e. where ...
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Court of Appeal confirms Home Office must consult Medical Justice on immigration detention policy
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Court of Appeal confirms Home Office must consult Medical Justice on immigration detention policy The Home Secretary has been only partially successful in the Court of Appeal in relation to Medical Justice’s challenge to the introduction of a policy allowing caseworkers to refer medical evidence for a second opinion from the Home Office’s medical ...
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Home Office decision to “correct” grant of indefinite leave made in error held to be...
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Home Office decision to “correct” grant of indefinite leave made in error held to be... The Upper Tribunal has held that the Home Secretary has an implied power to correct inadvertent errors, following a judicial review brought by a man whose grant of leave erroneously referred to his being granted settlement instead of limited leave. ...
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Inspection of fee waiver applications notes improvement in processing times, concerns about decision quality
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Inspection of fee waiver applications notes improvement in processing times, concerns about decision quality The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report “An inspection of the Home Office’s management of fee waiver applications  (August 2024 – November 2024)” has been published, and as always there are various interesting bits such as what on ...
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Increases to most Home Office fees from 9 April 2025
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Increases to most Home Office fees from 9 April 2025 The government announced increases to some Home Office fees, including for electronic travel authorisation, skilled worker and naturalisation applications, earlier this year. It has now been confirmed that these and other increases, including to visitor, indefinite leave to remain and ...
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No duty for Home Office to carry out impact assessment before revoking sponsor licence
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No duty for Home Office to carry out impact assessment before revoking sponsor licence The Court of Appeal confirmed in Prestwick Care Ltd & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 184 that the Home Office is not under a duty to carry out ...
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No damages for failure to grant leave to survivor of trafficking
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No damages for failure to grant leave to survivor of trafficking The Upper Tribunal has dismissed a claim for damages for breach of article 8 ECHR following on from the Home Secretary’s failure to grant the applicant discretionary leave as a victim of trafficking. The case is R (on the application ...
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