https://freemovement.org.uk Updates, commentary, training and advice on immigration and asylum law Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:09:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://freemovement.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-Goose-logo-32x32.png https://freemovement.org.uk 32 32 https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-review-of-the-year-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-movement-review-of-the-year-2024 https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-review-of-the-year-2024/#respond Thu, 02 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=217897 Every year I put together a round up of what’s been going on in the immigration world and here on Free Movement over the last year. In last year’s review I predicted that the government would bring the Illegal Migration Act into force and that as a result “the backlog will come back with a […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-review-of-the-year-2024/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/half-price-sale-on-free-movement-annual-and-small-group-memberships/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=half-price-sale-on-free-movement-annual-and-small-group-memberships https://freemovement.org.uk/half-price-sale-on-free-movement-annual-and-small-group-memberships/#respond Wed, 01 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=217918 We are running a two week sale on Free Movement annual and small group memberships for new and lapsed members from 1 to 14 January 2025. The deal is half price for the first year and then membership automatically renews at full price unless cancelled in the meantime. Small groups are groups of up to […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/half-price-sale-on-free-movement-annual-and-small-group-memberships/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/book-training-now-to-avoid-upcoming-price-increases/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-training-now-to-avoid-upcoming-price-increases https://freemovement.org.uk/book-training-now-to-avoid-upcoming-price-increases/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=217895 We’ll be increasing the prices of our webinars and workshops from 2 January 2025 to account for inflation. It’s not going to be a massive increase but we’ve set up as many of the courses as we can now to allow readers to book now to avoid the price hike if they want to. Webinars […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/book-training-now-to-avoid-upcoming-price-increases/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/job-ad-trainers-sought-for-free-movement-immigration-law-courses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=job-ad-trainers-sought-for-free-movement-immigration-law-courses Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=217609 We are looking to recruit one or more consultant trainers to deliver our introductory and advanced four-week immigration and asylum law courses. We started delivering these in 2023 and they have proven to be very popular. Each one has sold out so far, in fact, so we’re planning to run them more frequently in 2025. […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/why-i-am-voting-for-labour-and-thangam-debbonaire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-i-am-voting-for-labour-and-thangam-debbonaire Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=210270 I am looking forward to voting Labour on 4 July. I live in the Bristol Central constituency and am fortunate to have Thangam Debbonaire as my local MP. I’m doubly pleased to be able to vote for a Labour government and for Thangam personally. She would be a brilliant Secretary of State for Culture, Media […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/new-pricing-for-free-movement-membership-from-1-may-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-pricing-for-free-movement-membership-from-1-may-2024 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:15:50 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=204885 It is ten years since I launched Free Movement membership. In that decade, I’ve increased the cost just once, in 2022. Two years later, it is time for another increase. The new prices will take effect from 1 May 2024 for all renewed subscriptions and for entirely new subscriptions. If you are not currently a […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-review-of-the-year-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-movement-review-of-the-year-2023 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=201080 Every year I try to take stock, look back at the year that was and look ahead to the year that will be. I also take a quick look at what’s been going on at Free Movement. There were only two Home Secretaries appointed in the year just gone. That’s literally half the number of […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-website-will-be-down-over-the-weekend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-movement-website-will-be-down-over-the-weekend Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=199209&preview=true&preview_id=199209 https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-is-recruiting-come-join-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-movement-is-recruiting-come-join-us Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=197269 We are looking to recruit more specialist freelance contributors to Free Movement. If you can write fluently, you are interested in being read by a wide audience and you are fascinated by immigration law and practice then have a think about joining our small team of contributors. Free Movement is a platform now read by over 1.3 […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-2023-reader-survey-results/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-movement-2023-reader-survey-results https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-2023-reader-survey-results/#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=194915 We had slightly over 1,100 responses to our 2023 Free Movement reader survey. A big thank you to everyone who took the time to respond. We really appreciate it. Every single response has been read and considered. As we did last time, we’ve tried to summarise as well as analyse what you all think about Free […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-2023-reader-survey-results/feed/ 1 https://freemovement.org.uk/the-free-movement-reader-survey-is-back-for-2023-how-are-we-doing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-free-movement-reader-survey-is-back-for-2023-how-are-we-doing Mon, 11 Sep 2023 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=193757 Who are you? What do you want? To find out, we are running another reader survey. Long-time followers of Free Movement may remember that we’ve done this several times in the past. More specifically, in 2013, 2016 (online and email), 2018 and 2020. We’ve taken action on the back of previous results, including recruiting a […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/twitter-musks-x-threads-social-media-and-free-movement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twitter-musks-x-threads-social-media-and-free-movement Wed, 09 Aug 2023 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=192442 The so-called summer is upon us. The final rush of judicial jottings to precede their holidays has abated. The silly season rush of confected immigration stories has begun. The weather is terrible. Time has slowed, particularly for those of us with children off school. I’m recently back from my annual fortnight away. I used it […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/big-news-at-free-movement-new-editor-and-new-live-oisc-level-1-training-course/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-news-at-free-movement-new-editor-and-new-live-oisc-level-1-training-course https://freemovement.org.uk/big-news-at-free-movement-new-editor-and-new-live-oisc-level-1-training-course/#comments Mon, 22 May 2023 10:45:00 +0000 https://env-7121714.mightybox.site/?p=189061 Some big news at Free Movement. Two bits of big news, in fact. New Editor Firstly, I am delighted to announce that Sonia Lenegan is joining Free Movement as the new Editor in August. She will be replacing me, although I’ll still be lurking in the background and contributing from time to time. Josie Laidman […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/big-news-at-free-movement-new-editor-and-new-live-oisc-level-1-training-course/feed/ 1 https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-review-of-the-year-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-movement-review-of-the-year-2022 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://env-7121714.mightybox.site/?p=177169 Every year I try to take stock and look ahead to the coming year. Last year I picked out delays in the asylum system, historically low figures for the removal of failed asylum seekers, low levels of asylum support and small boat crossings as major issues. Two of these have been major news stories. Asylum support […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/book-review-against-borders-by-gracie-mae-bradley-and-luke-de-noronha/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-review-against-borders-by-gracie-mae-bradley-and-luke-de-noronha Wed, 12 Oct 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://env-7121714.mightybox.site/?p=172737&preview=true&preview_id=172737 Imagine a scene. Prime Minister Liz Truss finds herself reading Free Movement blog tomorrow, sees the terrible harm her and her predecessors have been causing to documented and undocumented non-British citizens and decides to get rid of Britain’s borders. All of them. Those at port as well as those operating internally, like right to rent […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/write-for-free-movement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=write-for-free-movement Wed, 14 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://env-7121714.mightybox.site/?p=59954 There is a lot going on in immigration law at the moment and we are looking to recruit more specialist contributors to Free Movement. If you can write fluently, you are interested in being read by a wide audience and you are fascinated by immigration law and practice then have a think about joining our small team of contributors. […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/cj-mckinneys-last-day-at-free-movement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cj-mckinneys-last-day-at-free-movement Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:23:08 +0000 https://env-7121714.mightybox.site/?p=169010 “Theresa May exercised her free movement rights with a trip to Florence on Friday…” So began CJ’s first blog post for Free Movement, published on 26 September 2017. Nearly five full years later — a period sufficient to see off three Home Secretaries — CJ is moving on to a new role at the House […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-is-recruiting-for-a-new-editor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-movement-is-recruiting-for-a-new-editor Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:54:00 +0000 https://env-7121714.mightybox.site/?p=167822 After five years with Free Movement, CJ McKinney is, sadly, moving on for a new job at the House of Commons Library. He started here as deputy editor in 2017 and was promoted to editor in 2021. His final day will be Friday 22 July. I’ll be putting together a proper appreciation of CJ and his […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/job-ad-deputy-editor-training-free-movement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=job-ad-deputy-editor-training-free-movement Tue, 03 May 2022 10:40:26 +0000 https://env-7121714.mightybox.site/?p=159227 We are recruiting for a new Deputy Editor (Training). The previous post-holder has had to step down for personal reasons unconnected to the job, unfortunately. The job is to commission and edit new courses and keep our existing training materials up to date, including our range of ebooks. It is a really important role within […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/new-pricing-for-free-movement-membership-from-1-april-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-pricing-for-free-movement-membership-from-1-april-2022 Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://env-7121714.mightybox.site/?p=163991