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The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeals of two women who worked as domestic workers and were trafficked to the UK from the Philippines via Saudi Arabia. The appellants were arguing that they were refugees because of the risk that they would be re-trafficked if returned to the Philippines....

22nd January 2026
BY Sonia Lenegan

In the absence of a reported decision on the matter (yet), we are writing to set out our recent experience and success in challenging Home Office refusals of leave to recognised victims of trafficking, in the hope that this will help others with similar cases. Shortly before what was set...

22nd January 2026
BY Freya Wainstein

Community Lawyer (Immigration) We are recruiting an immigration lawyer to take up the exciting new role of Community Lawyer within ATLEU. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering ATLEU’s community lawyering strategy to bring about meaningful change with and for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation. The...

22nd January 2026
BY Free Movement

The High Court has ordered the Home Secretary to reinstate support to a potential victim of trafficking where the Home Secretary had made a public order disqualification and cancelled his support. The case is R (EPS) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 3462 (Admin). The claimant...

21st January 2026
BY Sonia Lenegan

Having been given a very hard time of it in the Court of Appeal, the Home Secretary has finally been vindicated in her series of appeals concerning the process for depriving people of their British citizenship. The Supreme Court has held that procedural fairness can be achieved through a statutory...

21st January 2026
BY Sonia Lenegan
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