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The Asylumist
No Fly Zone
By Jason Dzubow
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard reports about ICE detaining asylum seekers and other non-citizens at airports during domestic travel. […]
Free Movement Articles
Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #131
Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter!Andy Burnham gave a speech on social care last week, pledging a national care service and fair pay for care workers. As the Work Rights Centre pointed…
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Why does a positive trafficking decision not automatically establish an asylum claim?
By Aya Jamal
One misconception I come across as an immigration practitioner is that a positive trafficking decision under the National Referral Mechanism is enough to establish an asylum claim. It is not.A…
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No eligibility under the Afghan relocation scheme for family members already safely settled outside Afghanistan
By Aiya Nakash
The High Court has dismissed a judicial review brought by an Afghan national who was refused relocation as an additional family member under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy. The…
Critical Legal Thinking
The Right of Asylum and the Return of “Enemy Criminal Law”
By Daria Bayer, Klaas Gerrit Müller, Igor Shoikhedbrod
Konštantín Bauer, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsCLT recently featured a translation of E.B. Pashukanis’ 1929 article “The Right of Asylum and the Practice of Bourgeois Governments,” originally published in the journal MOPR under the…
Critical Legal Thinking
Critical Legal Conference 2026 – Registration Details
Conference Information UpdateRegistration, Plenaries, and Accommodation deals are now live on the CLC2026 website.Please register by choosing one of two options, either ‘institutionally funded’ or self-funded’.More information for the ECR/PGR Workshop, that is co-organised with…
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Court of Appeal upholds rewording of Jamaica witness protection country guidance
By Joseph Maggs
The Court of Appeal has upheld the Upper Tribunal’s decision to depart from the wording contained in the headnote of the country guidance case AB (Protection, criminal gangs, internal relocation)…
Immigration Blog
District Court Declines to Stay TPS EAD Cap Under H.R. 1
On Aug. 5, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied plaintiffs’ request to stay USCIS’s implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s (H.R. 1) limits…
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Privy Council refuses permission to appeal in Diego Garcia detention case, upholding unlawful detention finding
By Ben Nelson
July saw the conclusion of a highly contested and complex piece of litigation in the Courts of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has…
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Authority to carry scheme applies to non-terrorists too
By Colin Yeo
Updates, commentary, training and advice on immigration and asylum lawDISCLAIMERThe information and commentary on this website is provided free of charge for information purposes only. The information and commentary does…