Immigration roundup podcast: November 2024
9 December 2024
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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
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
Following reports of planned concessions around the 31 December 2024 deadline for people to get their eVisas, today Seema Malhotra MP the Minister for Migration
The High Court has dismissed a judicial review challenging the decision of the Home Secretary to refuse to grant indefinite leave to remain to the
The statistics for the period July to September 2024 have been published today, showing a very large drop in health and care worker visas, a
The High Court has found that the Home Secretary does not have an adequate system in place for processing change of conditions application to reduce,
Statement of changes HC 334 has been published today stating that the concession allowing Ukrainians to travel to the UK without the need to enrol
The Upper Tribunal has dismissed the appeal of an EEA national who was in prison over the Brexit deadline of 31 December 2020 on the
Don’t say I didn’t warn you with that headline. The Upper Tribunal has found that the First-tier Tribunal erred in failing make a finding on
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a report of an unannounced inspection of Brook House immigration removal centre. The inspection took place between 5
The quarterly trafficking statistics for July to September 2024 have been published, with a few records set including for the number of referrals and number
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...
Following reports of planned concessions around the 31 December 2024 deadline for people to get their eVisas, today Seema Malhotra MP the Minister for Migration and Citizenship has made a written statement. A new media factsheet was also published as well as statistics on the number of eVisa accounts created...
The High Court has dismissed a judicial review challenging the decision of the Home Secretary to refuse to grant indefinite leave to remain to the claimant, Jeanell Hippolyte, under the Windrush scheme. The case is Hippolyte v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2968 (Admin). Claimant’s background...
The statistics for the period July to September 2024 have been published today, showing a very large drop in health and care worker visas, a lesser but still significant drop in students, a fall in the asylum grant rate that doesn’t seem likely to achieve much beyond creating further chaos...
The High Court has found that the Home Secretary does not have an adequate system in place for processing change of conditions application to reduce, to a reasonable and proportionate minimum, the risk of inhuman and degrading treatment caused by the “no recourse to public funds” (“NRPF”) condition. The case...
Statement of changes HC 334 has been published today stating that the concession allowing Ukrainians to travel to the UK without the need to enrol their biometrics in advance will end on 18 December 2024. As of 3pm today, subject to transitional provisions, Colombians must obtain entry clearance before coming...
The Upper Tribunal has dismissed the appeal of an EEA national who was in prison over the Brexit deadline of 31 December 2020 on the basis that he was not exercising treaty rights immediately prior to the end of the transition period. The case is Manyo (EEA deportation, Imprisonment at...
Don’t say I didn’t warn you with that headline. The Upper Tribunal has found that the First-tier Tribunal erred in failing make a finding on whether revocation of leave for a refugee on the grounds that he was deemed a danger to the UK amounted to a breach of the...
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a report of an unannounced inspection of Brook House immigration removal centre. The inspection took place between 5 and 22 August 2024 and does not make pretty reading. The last inspection took place in June 2022. Since then, of the four tests for...
The quarterly trafficking statistics for July to September 2024 have been published, with a few records set including for the number of referrals and number of conclusive grounds decisions. The impact of the latter on delays is still difficult to tell because of the reorganisation of cases within the decision...
