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Immigration system failure: where did it all go wrong?

On the face of it, the current immigration ‘system’ does not resemble a true system at all. A member of the public reading newspaper headlines about the latest immigration controversy; a migrant trying to understand what documents to include with ...

28th April 2021 By

Job ad: immigration solicitor, MBS Solicitors

Position: Solicitor (Immigration Law – 2+ years PQE) Term: Permanent (Full-time)  Location: MBS Solicitors, 150-152 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2NT MBS Solicitors are an award-winning, modern and busy firm established in Edinburgh since 2010. ...

22nd April 2021 By

Job ad: operations manager, Turpin Miller Solicitors

[Note 16/07/21: This position has now been filled] Law Firm Operations Manager A new position based primarily in our Oxford office with the possibility of remote working and part time or a flexible working week. Salary from £32,500 per annum pro rata ...

15th April 2021 By

Jobs: director, trustees and advisory panel members, Refugee Legal Support

Refugee Legal Support is recruiting for a director, as well as bringing on board new trustees and advisory panel members. The job description for each role is below, or you can download each one as a separate pdf from the RLS website. 1. Director Job ...

8th April 2021 By

Job ad: head of personal migration and protection, Roelens Solicitors

Head of Personal Migration and Protection: Oxford/London [Merger opportunity] We are a young and dynamic specialist Immigration law firm based in Oxford with strong links to London. We seek a qualified solicitor or barrister with a minimum of three ye ...

1st April 2021 By

Job ad: immigration/EUSS programme manager, East European Resource Centre

Job details Role Title: Immigration/EUSS Programme Manager  Grade: C  Salary: £32,029 – £35,934 per annum pro rata, depending on experience  Hours: Full time  Contract: Permanent   Location: London  Reports to: Deputy CEO  Background  ...

26th March 2021 By

Jobs: immigration advisor and volunteer coordinator, Praxis

Two new roles here with the charity Praxis, the first closing on 19 March 2021 and the second on 26 March. 1. Hackney Immigration Advisor Location: Remote working and different East London locations  Job Type: 21 hours – Part time FTE 0.6 D ...

9th March 2021 By

Jobs: Legal & Parliamentary Officer and Membership & Information Officer, ILPA

Two different roles here with the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association; do note the different closing dates (24 Feb and 22 Feb respectively). 1. Legal & Parliamentary Officer Job Title: Legal and Parliamentary Officer Start date: April ...

10th February 2021 By

Jobs: five immigration advisor and project coordinator roles, Praxis

Praxis, a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity supporting migrants in crisis or at-risk, is recruiting for several different roles as outlined below. Hackney Project Co-ordinator and Senior Immigration Caseworker Location: Mix of remote working ...

3rd February 2021 By

Job ad: senior immigration advisor / solicitor, Seraphus

Vacancy: Senior immigration advisor/solicitor     Organisation: Seraphus Salary: Minimum £36,000 per annum – maximum dependent on experience Location: The vacancy is full-time, five days per week, in London. We support flexible working hours with ...

19th January 2021 By

Jobs: project casework supervisor and project coordinator, Refugee Legal Support

Two separate roles here with Refugee Legal Support, both for a new Family Reunion from Europe pro bono project; job descriptions for each one as follows. 1. Project Casework Supervisor 6-month initial contract with a view to extension subject to need ...

6th January 2021 By

Job ad: Newham immigration advisor, Praxis

Job Title: Newham Immigration Advisor Location: Remote working and different London locations.  Job Type: Full time 35 hours  Duration: Fixed contract up to 30th September 2021 with possibility of extension.  Category: Advice, Information, Legal  ...

18th December 2020 By

Job ad: consultancy services for Latin American House

REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN HOUSE LEGAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE ADVICE SERVICES CONSULTANCY SERVICES INVITATION TO TENDER Purpose Latin American House (LAH) wishes to procure consultancy services to help us to improve and increase the provisio ...

30th November 2020 By

Job ad: Migration Coordinator, The Connection at St Martin’s

Central London, like many cities across the world, is an exciting and stimulating place. However, for some, it is a place to go when things have gone profoundly wrong and there is nowhere else. When people are on the edge, homeless, isolated and in de ...

23rd November 2020 By

Job ad: caseworker, Safe Passage

Caseworker Salary £25,500 – 27,500 pro rata per annum (depending on experience) 0.8 FTE (30 hrs per week, flexible working requests will be considered) One-year fixed term contract UK Legal and Arrivals Team London office (currently working remotel ...

4th November 2020 By

Job ad: OISC Level 2 and 3 manager, adviser and caseworker roles, RAMFEL

The Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London (RAMFEL) is a not for profit organisation led by the needs of the individuals and communities we work with. Our focus is on providing immigration advice, destitution services, integration support and c ...

3rd November 2020 By

Job ad: accredited immigration adviser, Citizens Advice Portsmouth

Accredited Immigration Adviser (OISC level 3 or IAAS level 2) Hours: 37 Salary: £35k pa Type of contract: 6-month fixed term with strong possibility of further extension Location: Citizens Advice Portsmouth head office / remote Our Purpose To provid ...

19th October 2020 By

Book review: Fake Law by the Secret Barrister

Sir James Munby once warned that public confidence in the family courts, which he ran between 2013 and 2018, was undermined by “ignorance, misunderstanding, misrepresentation or worse”. The problem affects all areas of law but takes differ ...

8th September 2020 By

Book review: The Windrush Betrayal by Amelia Gentleman

Amelia Gentleman will be familiar to Free Movement readers as the Guardian journalist who exposed what has become known as the Windrush scandal. Her account of what happened, how the scandal developed and why the Windrush generation experienced the pr ...

3rd October 2019 By

I advise investment visa clients. Channel 4’s undercover investigation was all too familiar

“I have a client,” said the tax lawyer with splayed finger tips connected, “and this client may or may not have deposited half a million pounds into a bank account in the Cayman Islands in the 1980s”. The room erupted with hearty laughs an ...

24th July 2019 By

How Twitter reacted to the BBC’s immigration law documentary

Last night the BBC concluded its three-part documentary about immigration lawyers and their clients, Who Should Get to Stay in the UK?. The series followed a variety of visa applicants and asylum seekers on their journey through the UK’s immigra ...

28th June 2019 By

Looking after the mental health of immigration practitioners

As we reach the end of Mental Health Awareness Week, it seems like a good time to reflect on the impact that the current immigration system can have on the mental health not only of migrants, but also their legal representatives. We regularly hear of ...

18th May 2018 By

Job ad: Katani & Co Solicitors

Owing to continued and steady growth we are seeking to recruit an experienced immigration law solicitor. Whilst we will give due consideration to applicants from all levels of experience, we would particularly be interested to hear from practitioners ...

19th February 2018 By

Job ad: Westkin Associates

  Job Summary A boutique immigration law firm based in the heart of London’s Mayfair is currently looking for an experienced immigration lawyer. Applicants must hold level 1 OISC / LSC accreditation or better and/or be actively working towa ...

9th February 2018 By

Job ad: A Y & J Solicitors

Immigration Solicitor £30,000 — £50,000 pa depending on experience — Full-time, Permanent We offer the right candidate the possibility of developing skills and career progression. You will get to work on various and challenging immigration cases ...

22nd January 2018 By

Job ad: Solicitor – Immigration at Drummond Miller LLP

Job Title: Solicitor – Immigration (NQ – 2 years PQE) Organisation: Drummond Miller LLP Website: www.drummondmiller.co.uk Location: City Centre, Glasgow Deadline for Applications: 26th January 2018 Salary: Competitive Contact: Sam Leek Due ...

15th January 2018 By

Job ad: UK Migration Lawyers – private immigration barristers/solicitors

Private immigration barristers/solicitors Salary: £35,000-£40,000/starting per annum Location: Hall Green, City and Borough of Birmingham Company: UK Migration Lawyers Ltd Description We are looking to recruit two senior Immigration Barristers and / ...

5th January 2018 By

An immigration lawyer reviews Paddington 2: life in the hostile environment

Warning: contains spoilers. And information about the plot too. Let me say at the outset that Paddington 2 is a deeply unrealistic film. As a Paddington fan and father of two young children I had no problem suspending my disbelief to allow for a talki ...

13th November 2017 By

Book review: The Making of an Immigration Judge by James Hanratty RD

James Hanratty RD, known as a compassionate and sometimes rather unconventional judge, will be a familiar name and indeed face to any London-based barrister specialising in immigration work. I for one was relieved rather than panicked when I would see ...

11th October 2017 By

Job ad: UK Migration Lawyers – Immigration barristers and caseworkers required

  IMMIGRATION BARRISTERS AND CASEWORKERS REQUIRED UK Migration Lawyers is excited to be seeking to recruit two Immigration barristers and / or caseworkers to join its Birmingham based team on a fixed term contract. We are seeking candidates with ...

3rd October 2017 By

Glasgow Brexitcon: report

Last week was Glasgow Brexitcon (don’t worry, no-one but me is calling it that), a whole day conference in Glasgow dedicated to the immigration aspects of Brexit. The idea and organisation was all the work of the wonderful Bilaal Shabbir of MBS ...

12th September 2017 By

Job Ad: Westkin Associates

SENIOR IMMIGRATION LAWYER/CASEWORKER Organisation: WESTKIN Associates website: www.westkinassociates.com Location: Mayfair, central london deadline: ONGOING SALARY: Dependent on experience and ability (circa 80,000 plus plus inclusive of and subject t ...

4th September 2017 By

Job ad: Crowley & Company

Crowley & Company is a well-established Cardiff firm specialising in asylum, human rights, immigration and nationality law.  We seek an experienced caseworker to join our small specialist team. We are looking for someone who is competent in condu ...

15th August 2017 By

Book review: Bureaucracy, Law and Dystopia in the United Kingdom’s Asylum System by John Campbell

The first thing to say about this book is that it has a really excellent and entirely appropriate title. The contents do not fail to deliver. Campbell seeks to place immigration and asylum decision making by officials and judges within a wider context ...

19th May 2017 By

Job ad: Solicitor / IAAS Level 2 Caseworker at JCWI (full time)

Do you want to play an important role in a high profile national charity? JCWI (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants) is looking for a dynamic and committed Solicitor or Level 2 caseworker with at least 2-3 years’ experience of working in imm ...

8th May 2017 By

Job ad: UK Migration Lawyers

UK Migration Lawyers is excited to be seeking an immigration caseworker to join its Birmingham based team. We are seeking a candidate with immigration law experience who is passionate, organised, self-motivated and who want to show their abilities in ...

17th April 2017 By

Job ad: Head of Legal Protection & Medico-Legal Services, Helen Bamber Foundation

The Helen Bamber Foundation is renowned for its work with refugees and asylum seekers who have experienced torture, human trafficking and other forms of extreme human cruelty. We are looking for an experienced legal expert to provide direction to the ...

23rd March 2017 By

Review: Finding Home: Real Stories of Migrant Britain

Finding Home: Real Stories of Migrant Britain is a new book by Emily Dugan. Emily is Social Affairs Editor at The Independent and has reported with empathy on immigration issues on a number of occasions. I generally try to avoid films, television and ...

3rd August 2015 By