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My name is Colin Yeo and I am a barrister, writer, campaigner and consultant specialising in immigration law. I founded Free Movement in 2007.
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An appellant who is a Yemeni national who has lived in China since he was one year old has lost his appeal against the refusal of humanitarian protection on the grounds that he can return to China, despite the absence of evidence that China would grant him entry. The court...
BY Sonia Lenegan
The Migration Advisory Committee has published its report on the minimum income requirement for families of British or settled migrants and has recommended that the government does not increase the minimum income threshold to the skilled worker threshold of £38,700 from the current level of £29,000. The call for evidence...
BY Sonia Lenegan
May is over and the immigration white paper has finally been published, so Sonia spends a bit of time at the beginning of this month’s podcast reliving the horrors of that. Andrew covers a very wide range of topics in this episode, from deprivation of citizenship to “self sponsorship” to...
BY Sonia Lenegan
Associate / Senior Associate – Immigration Solicitor Location: Hybrid – Office based Woking, with at least 3 days/week in office PQE: Up to 5 years Firm: Helen Smith Immigration Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience Helen Smith Immigration is a boutique, purpose-driven immigration practice handling high-quality personal and business immigration work....
BY Free Movement
In my previous article, I outlined the precipitous fall in the rate of recognition for Afghan asylum claims following the change in the Home Office policy position in October 2024. I noted that the immigration statistics indicated that 26 Afghan women had their asylum claims refused. It seemed unbelievable...
BY Jamie Bell
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the Home Office to refuse a certificate of travel to a woman granted leave to remain on family grounds following an unsuccessful asylum claim. The claimant in R (KH) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ...