https://freemovement.org.uk Updates, commentary, training and advice on immigration and asylum law Fri, 17 Jan 2025 09:15:40 +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/immigration-roundup-podcast-december-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-december-2024 https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-december-2024/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=218237 It’s goodbye to 2024 in this month’s podcast, with Sonia and Barry wrapping up December. They spend a bit of time discussing eVisas at the beginning of the podcast, before moving on to asylum and trafficking where issues around the quality of decision making have been raised in a couple of different posts. Barry covered […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-december-2024/feed/ 0 https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-november-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-november-2024 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=216888 Barry returns and joins Sonia to run you through November on Free Movement. It was statistics galore for Sonia who covered the latest immigration, asylum and trafficking figures. A surprise statement of changes contained bad news for Colombians and Ukrainians. Barry was a really big fan of Colin’s review of the latest Paddington movie and […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-october-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-october-2024 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=215653 Colin’s back! But for how long? All is revealed in our October roundup podcast. Plus Sonia and Colin discuss hot topics such as the new practice direction for appeals in the First-tier Tribunal, appeals backlogs, issues in asylum interviews and reaccreditation for the Law Society’s immigration and asylum scheme. We also cover the latest Supreme […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-september-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-september-2024 https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-september-2024/#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=213803 In this episode of the podcast Barry does everyone a big favour by taking us through the autumn statement of changes in detail. Sonia and Barry also have a bit of a call to arms on discretionary grants of indefinite leave to remain and tackling the ten year route. The importance of scrutinising country policy […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-september-2024/feed/ 1 https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-august-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-august-2024 https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-august-2024/#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=212879 Barry joins Sonia again this month to look back at what happened in August. We cover the latest statistics on asylum, immigration and trafficking. There are a couple of cases relating to asylum family reunion, as well as a policy change for those separated during Operation Pitting. Other cases covered included deprivation of citizenship, an […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-august-2024/feed/ 1 https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-july-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-july-2024 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=211353 It’s August and Colin is away on holiday so Sonia was joined by a very special guest, Barry O’Leary, for the July roundup. Sonia and Barry discussed the end of the Rwanda scheme and the resumed processing of asylum cases, things not to do when carrying out an asylum backlog clearance, and the latest pause […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-june-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-june-2024 Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=210662 Here is your June round up of Free Movement. In this episode Colin and Sonia discuss why the Illegal Migration Act should be repealed, an appalling decision on trafficking delays, a much better decision on section 3C leave, the raised standard of proof in asylum claims, one and a bit cases on challenging judicial behaviour, […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/new-podcast-exploitation-of-overseas-domestic-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-podcast-exploitation-of-overseas-domestic-workers Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=209759 In this podcast Sonia discusses Kalayaan’s new report “12 years of modern slavery” with Avril Sharp, immigration lawyer and policy officer. The report looks at the history of the overseas domestic worker visa, and the harmful changes that have made. They also discuss the impact of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, delays within the […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-may-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-may-2024 https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-may-2024/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=209672 Here is your May round up of Free Movement. In this episode Colin and Sonia look at the latest immigration, asylum and trafficking statistics, including discussion of the fee waiver backlog. They also cover the latest on “safe and legal” routes for those in Afghanistan and Gaza. Sonia nerds it up on archived Home Office […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-may-2024/feed/ 1 https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-april-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-april-2024 Mon, 13 May 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=208381 In the April roundup Colin and Sonia cover the new Rwanda Act and the process for sending a person to Rwanda, challenges to the use of the inadmissibility process, the government’s response to the increase in arrivals of Vietnamese nationals and the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report into deprivation of British Citizenship. […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-march-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-march-2024 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=207353 In the March roundup, Sonia and Colin discuss the latest with Albanian cases as uncovered in the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report on asylum casework. We cover articles looking at recent changes to the Ukraine schemes, as well as a reminder of the existence of Hamid cases and how to avoid being […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-february-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-february-2024 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=205472 Your February roundup is here as promised. Colin and I discuss Shamima Begum’s latest appeal, the pause on some asylum cases, a run of decisions involving poor conduct on the part of either the Tribunals or the Home Office, as well as corporate transactions, the sudden closure of the Ukraine Family scheme and much more. […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-january-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-january-2024 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=204892 Colin and I have rounded up January 2024. We cover the government’s claims to have cleared the ‘legacy’ asylum backlog and look at the three backlogs that have replaced it. We discuss the latest in an increasingly long list of cases in which the Home Office has behaved poorly. Also covered are gender based asylum […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-december-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-december-2023 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=201220 In our December 2023 round up, Colin and Sonia discuss the latest developments with Home Office evictions and withdrawals, as well as the new Rwanda legislation. We also cover the government’s five point plan to reduce net migration as well as the latest case law and Tribunal statistics. If you listen to podcasts on your […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-november-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-november-2023 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=198965 Our November roundup is here, where Colin and I cover the latest asylum and trafficking statistics, changes to the way late applications to the EU settlement scheme are treated, questions the Solicitors Regulation Authority still hasn’t answered, a couple of articles on the situation for Palestinians as well as quite a lot of case law. […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/rwanda-discussion-and-immigration-round-up-podcast-october-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rwanda-discussion-and-immigration-round-up-podcast-october-2023 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=198160 Our October immigration round up is here and as we recorded shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Rwanda litigation we included discussion of that at the beginning. Do keep listening after that though, as Colin and I cover everything from fishing to legal aid shortages via eSports, medico-legal reports, public funds and the […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/new-podcast-exploitation-of-seasonal-agricultural-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-podcast-exploitation-of-seasonal-agricultural-workers https://freemovement.org.uk/new-podcast-exploitation-of-seasonal-agricultural-workers/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:41:07 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=196334 In this podcast, Jamila Duncan-Bosu of the Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit discusses how the seasonal agricultural workers scheme facilitates exploitation, the barriers to people raising complaints about their treatment, and what the government can and should be doing about it. Last week, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Independent published an article on […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/new-podcast-exploitation-of-seasonal-agricultural-workers/feed/ 1 https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-september-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-september-2023 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=195788 Our September roundup is here, featuring the latest statement of changes and new parts of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 being brought into force. We also discuss the Brook House inquiry, the Rwanda litigation, new immigration fees and illegal working fines and have an impromptu book club.  If you listen to podcasts on your mobile […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-august-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-august-2023 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 07:30:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=194903 Here is our August roundup and the first podcast with Sonia both leading and at the editing helm (eek!). This month we cover statistics, illegal working fines, asylum support, homeless refugees, adult dependent relatives, some EUSS updates and all things OISC.  If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free […]]]> https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-roundup-podcast-july-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigration-roundup-podcast-july-2023 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://freemovement.org.uk/?p=193921 We are a bit behind the times this month, catching up from the summer. This time Sonia and I cover not one but two statements of changes, the Illegal Migration Act, asylum withdrawals, the massive increase in fees, several legal updates on the rights of EU citizens and a load of cases, including one from […]]]>