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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.

Immigration Law Training

We offer a huge range of immigration law training courses for solicitors, barristers, OISC advisers and others of all levels of experience

Introductory

Perfect for the Immigration Advice Authority (formerly OISC) level 1 exams and those new to immigration law.
from £600

Advanced

Taking your knowledge to the next level? Perfect for Immigration Advice Authority (formerly OISC) level 2.
from £600

Webinars

We run regular webinars and workshops on all sorts of immigration, asylum and nationality law and practice issues.
from £55

The Court of Appeal has overturned the grant of interim relief in the case of the hotel in Epping where the council sought, and at first obtained, an order for the people being accommodated in the hotel to be moved out by 12 September 2025. The Home Secretary succeeded in...

3rd September 2025
BY Sonia Lenegan

A “returning resident” is a resident of the United Kingdom with settled status who returns to the country after a lengthy absence abroad. Ordinarily, when a person refers to “returning residents” they might be talking about a temporary resident who leaves for a short time, for example on holiday or...

2nd September 2025
BY Colin Yeo

The Home Secretary has been ordered to provide asylum accommodation to a man with mental health needs who has continued to be held in immigration detention for 15 weeks after he was first granted conditional bail by the First-tier Tribunal. The High Court also granted permission for judicial review on...

1st September 2025
BY Sonia Lenegan

The mantra of “safe and legal routes” is regularly repeated by the government when justifying increasingly draconian legislation in an attempt to prevent refugees from travelling to the UK under their own steam. The argument is that refugees should use these safe and legal routes instead of arriving in small...

29th August 2025
BY Sonia Lenegan

In this article we look at how foreign Esports (competitive video gaming) competitors can use the visitor route to participate in UK competitions and what the rules say about earning prize money. We also look at options for gamers looking to apply their trade in the UK on a long-term...

28th August 2025
BY Jack Freeland

In this briefing we will take a look at what is really going on with the main features of the contemporary asylum system: arrivals, the backlog, detention, removal and resettlement. The focus is on what caused the backlog and what consequences will flow from the large number of decisions being...

27th August 2025
BY Colin Yeo

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