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  1. Free Movement Articles

    We’re challenging the Home Secretary’s decision to grant temporary protection status of only 30 months

    By Freya Wainstein

    As a result of the statement of changes to the immigration rules (HC 1691) laid on 5 March 2026, the minimum duration of leave granted to refugees or those with…

  2. Free Movement Articles

    Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #119

    By Jasmine Quiller-Doust

    Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter!Last week the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner published a report warning that modern slavery in the UK is at record levels and is only expected to get…

  3. Verfassungsblog

    Litigating Externalisation under the Italy-Albania Protocol

    By Jonas Bornemann

    On 23 April 2026, Advocate General Emiliou delivered his Opinion in Sedrata (C-414/25), the first of three cases pending before the CJEU concerning the Italy-Albania Protocol. The agreement allows the…

  4. Free Movement Articles

    Immigration roundup podcast: April 2026

    By Jasmine Quiller-Doust

    In the April round-up, Jasmine is joined by Mala Savjani, an associate solicitor at Wilsons. They cover April’s most significant developments, which includes a Court of Appeal decision on what…

  5. Free Movement Articles

    Upper Tribunal finds arguable Article 3 breach in Bulgarian removal challenge

    By Jamie Bell

    The Upper Tribunal handed down judgment in R (FH and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (JR-2025-LON-000118 & Ors), a case challenging the certification of asylum claims…

  6. Missouri Lawyers Media

    Appeals court clears way for U.S. to reopen border for asylum seekers

    By The Washington Post

    Listen to this article Summary U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issues ruling President Donald Trump‘s border asylum ban declared illegal Three-judge panel with one partial…

  7. Free Movement Articles

    Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #116

    By Jasmine Quiller-Doust

    Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter!HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a second inspection report of a removal journey to France under the ‘one in one out’ scheme. The biggest…

  8. Free Movement Articles

    Immigration roundup podcast: March 2026

    By Jasmine Quiller-Doust

    In the March round-up, Jasmine is joined by Chris Dias to discuss a new practitioner’s guide to children’s protection claims, whether policies to deter asylum seekers actually work and what…

  9. Free Movement Articles

    Final Diego Garcia migrant moved from the military base to the Maldives

    By Joseph Murphy

    Following an urgent legal challenge mounted against the Home Secretary and the Foreign Secretary in light of Iranian airstrikes against Diego Garcia, the sole remaining Sri Lankan Tamil on the…

  10. The Asylumist

    USCIS Ends Some “Holds,” Including on Certain Asylum Seekers

    By Jason Dzubow

    Last December, USCIS announced that it had “halted all asylum decisions” until it could “ensure that every alien is vetted […]