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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 nati...
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 ...
We must stand together to stop this expansion plan, as we work towards abolishing detention altogether. We are therefore absolutely delighted that JCWI and Asylum Matters agreed to be the lead endorse...
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-democ...
In this short blog, we reflect on how Right to Remain started, and why our local communities remain a powerful and vital force for change today.
The Upper Tribunal has concluded that refusing to consider visa applications by two Palestinian families in Gaza before they gave biometrics was irrational and in breach of their rights under Article ...
In the deportation case of Kofi Osei-Bonsu v Secretary of State for The Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 1304, the Court of Appeal found that it was an error for a judge to go behind a factual concessi...
In KGT & Ors v The Secretary of State for The Home Department [2026] EWHC 2583 (Admin) an Indian family had challenged Home Office decisions around their accommodation. The child was due to sit A-leve...
Home Secretary gives Eritrea ultimatum: accept returns or lose UK visa access. | Home Office.
Home Secretary gives Eritrea ultimatum: accept returns or lose UK visa access.
Evidential flexibility allows the Home Office to ask an applicant to fill a gap in their evidence before making a decision, rather than refusing the application outright. The Home Office sets out the ...
The Home Office changed the Immigration Rules on 8 October 2026. An important change to the ‘suitability rules’ means that your immigration history can now... Read more »
On 18 September 2026, the Home Office published guidance titled ‘Foreign National Offender (FNO) conditional cautions (policy)’, the first version of this policy. The policy is important as it explain...
Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! It’s Alina filling in for Jasmine while she is away. Most of the changes in last month’s statement of changes to the Immigration Rules took effect last ...
Microsoft and seven other employers face a halt to new and pending PERM applications. Nine universities are also under investigation over J‑1 visas. For HR teams, the priority is to understand which e...
Microsoft and seven other employers face a halt to new and pending PERM applications. Nine universities are also under investigation over J‑1 visas. For HR teams, the priority is to understand which e...
In JCK (s.32 NABA 2022) (Botswana) [2024] UKUT 100 (IAC) the Upper Tribunal recognised that section 32 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 established a ‘new paradigm’ for the determination of asy...
The Home Secretary has expanded dedicated police support and launched a review into protective security for those in public life. | Home Office.
The Home Secretary has expanded dedicated police support and launched a review into protective security for those in public life.
The Home Secretary delivered an oral statement on government action to tackle national security threats and improve our protective security system.
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