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3 weeks ago |
freemovement.org.uk | Sonia Lenegan
A new report from Humans for Rights Network, Oxford Border Criminologies, Refugee Legal Support and Captain Support UK, “I told them the truth” looks at the ongoing criminalisation of people, including age disputed children, arriving in the UK in small boats from February 2024 to April 2025. This is an update to a February 2024 report which looked at the same data for the period June 2022 to January 2024.
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3 weeks ago |
openlegalblogarchive.org | Sonia Lenegan
Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter!The Home Affairs Select Committee will take evidence from the Home Secretary tomorrow and she will be questioned on the immigration white paper, among other topics. The committee will be far more difficult to stonewall than MPs’ written questions, and so there is a small hope that we will get a bit more clarity around what will happen and when, and who will be affected.
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1 month ago |
openlegalblogarchive.org | Sonia Lenegan
The Court of Appeal has once again asked the Home Office to please do something about the state of Appendix EU. The context this time was trying to understand what the rules say about the definition of a durable partner. The case is Mustaj v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 663. I know you all like seeing the immigration rules receive judicial criticism (and this appendix in particular), so I have included the best bits in full below.
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1 month ago |
openlegalblogarchive.org | Sonia Lenegan
The latest quarterly immigration and asylum statistics have been published, covering the period January to March 2025. The asylum backlog is down, but that is fairly meaningless given how atrocious decision making is at the moment, those cases are now the First-tier Tribunal’s problem. Syrians seeking asylum in the UK remain in limbo, almost six months since the Home Office paused decision making on their claims.
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1 month ago |
freemovement.org.uk | Sonia Lenegan
The immigration white paper has been published containing proposals for future legislation. The summarised proposals from the paper are set out in full below
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