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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #142
Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter!Last week, UNISON’s General Secretary, Andrea Egan, cancelled a meeting with the Home Secretary to discuss the earned settlement proposals. Just before the meeting, the union was told that a migrant worker due to
Home Office must return asylum-seeking mother and children to London after yo-yo accommodation dispute
The Home Office cannot rely on its general policy of dispersing asylum seekers to justify moving a family away from London after it had agreed to accommodate them there. In R (PNS) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Is the government legislating against a caricature of Article 8?
Using the Public Sector Equality Duty in immigration cases
Upper Tribunal reaffirms Tanveer Ahmed as AI makes forged documents easier to produce
Iraqi national successfully challenges visit visa refusal in SIAC
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) has allowed a challenge to a visa refusal by an Iraqi national who was detained during the western occupation of Iraq. The Home Secretary had deemed his presence in the UK ‘not conducive to
Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #141
Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter!It’s Alina filling in for Jasmine today.Last week, the Home Secretary threatened to impose a visa ban on Eritrea unless it agreed to take back its nationals with no right to be in the
Proposed trafficking credibility rules risk punishing victims for being victims
The government intends to alter the way in which the credibility of possible victims of trafficking is assessed. According to clause 36 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, matters such as having made a late disclosure, or material inaccuracies, inconsistencies
Is Part Suitability being applied lawfully to Hong Kong BN(O) applications?
Recent reporting has identified that the Home Office has been refusing British National (Overseas) visas to Hong Kong activists because of their criminal convictions arising from protesting anti-democratic laws. Lawyers representing affected applicants convicted of offences including riot have raised