Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
New: Successful legal challenge for survivor of trafficking forced to steer small boat across Channel — by Emily Soothill
Successful legal challenge for survivor of trafficking forced to steer small boat across Channel - Free MovementThe Home Office has conceded an important judicial review claim brought by a survivor of trafficking who had been forced at gunpoint to pilot a small boatfreemovement.org.ukNew: Fee waivers: what can you do if you cannot afford to pay your immigration application fee? — by Nath Gbikpi
Fee waivers: what can you do if you cannot afford to pay your immigration application fee? - Free MovementThis article will look at when it is possible to get a fee waiver on an immigration application submitted from within the UK. If you are interested in feefreemovement.org.ukNew: Fee waivers: what can you do if you cannot afford to pay your immigration application fee? — by Nath Gbikpi
Page Not Found - Free Movementfreemovement.org.ukBurnham's spanner in the works leaves UK government tech scattered across Whitehall www.theregister.com/public-secto...
Burnham's spanner in the works leaves UK government tech scattered across WhitehallSplitting up responsibility for digital transformation and procurement while AI gets a seat at Cabinet risks incoherencywww.theregister.comNew: Secret Home Office policy capping trafficking leave at 12 months declared unlawful — by Ralitsa Peykova
Secret Home Office policy capping trafficking leave at 12 months declared unlawful - Free MovementThe Upper Tribunal has ruled that the Home Office unlawfully operated a secret, unpublished practice of limiting many recognised victims of trafficking to 12freemovement.org.ukNew: Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #130 — by Jasmine Quiller-Doust
Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #130 - Free MovementWelcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter!freemovement.org.uk“Yes I used a quote/case/CPIN that my dodgy mate that for some reason everyone calls Hallucinating Bill gave me and I didn’t check it but it’s his fault”
Colin Yeo2/2 It’s getting to the point where mentioning AI is beside the point. Doing so minimises personal responsibility by blaming another “person”. Firstly, when did that ever work? Secondly, AI isn’t a person. These cases are better described as straight up fabrications by the actual person responsible.
1/2 This and similar incidents should be called out for what it is. A Home Office official manufactured country information to refuse an asylum case. Some lawyers have been doing the same to try to win their cases. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggestsUpper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’www.theguardian.comNew: No special weight to be given to National Age Assessment Board decisions as tribunal finds assessment ‘quite wrong’ — by Jamie Bell
No special weight to be given to National Age Assessment Board decisions as tribunal finds assessment ‘quite wrong’ - Free MovementThe Upper Tribunal has rejected the Home Office’s argument that special weight should be afforded to age assessments carried out by the National Agefreemovement.org.ukNew: Job ad: IOM (UK) are recruiting a Caseworker
Job ad: IOM (UK) are recruiting a Caseworker - Free MovementIntroductionfreemovement.org.ukNew: Over 1,000 people seeking sanctuary convicted of illegal arrival in the UK — by Victoria Taylor
Over 1,000 people seeking sanctuary convicted of illegal arrival in the UK - Free MovementSince June 2022, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has prosecuted over a thousand people seeking asylum in the UK for the offence of ‘illegal arrival’,freemovement.org.ukThe whole point of the original policy (which was and is terrible) was to target exactly this group. And now they’re going to introduce the policy and exempt them? Just abandon the policy! The whole thing is just a terrible idea.
Immigration Bot"Exclusive: Andy Burnham thought to be considering waiving stricter right to remain rules for people already working in the sectorHundreds of thousands of care workers could be exempted from the home secretary’s plans to toughen up the immigration system under proposals being…" — The Guardian
New: Life in the UK Test – stranger than fiction? — by James Ritchie
Life in the UK Test – stranger than fiction? - Free MovementWhen I am lawyering, I am reading. When I am not lawyering, I am also usually reading. Away from the office I am not, as a rule, reading about immigrationfreemovement.org.ukNew: Job ad : Head of Immigration. Plumstead Community Law Centre
Job ad : Head of Immigration. Plumstead Community Law Centre - Free MovementSalary: £37,000–£42,000 per annum (depending on qualifications and experience) Contract: Permanent Location: Plumstead Community Law Centre, Royal Borough offreemovement.org.ukNew: High Court quashes sponsor licence revocation over unspoken dishonesty allegation — by Jack Freeland
High Court quashes sponsor licence revocation over unspoken dishonesty allegation - Free MovementThe High Court has quashed the revocation of a construction company's sponsor licence in R (Blue Inn Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWHCfreemovement.org.ukNew: Job ad: Senior Immigration Lawyer (Level 2 / Level 3 IAA Registered) / Immigration Solicitor
Job ad: Senior Immigration Lawyer (Level 2 / Level 3 IAA Registered) / Immigration Solicitor - Free MovementWhite Rose Visas is a well established immigration law company, regulated by the IAA. We have built our reputation on our core values: being trustworthy,freemovement.org.ukSome great work from James here in this thread taking a look at the real-life impacts of the earned settlement proposals.
James BowesThe 10 and 15 year routes are largely fictitious for pre-April 2024 arrivals if the lower going rates and salary thresholds are allowed to expire (and jobs drop to low skilled). 92% of Bangladeshis, 75% of Black Africans and 69% of Pakistanis would have to leave the country.