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That’s officially a wrap on 2025, as Sonia and Barry run through December’s various happenings, including the final statement of changes for the year and our latest resources on the earned settlement proposals. The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act is now in force and the latest tribunal statistics show...
BY Sonia Lenegan
Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! Last week UNHCR published their legal observations on the government’s proposed changes to asylum. The agency said that the proposal to grant refugees only two and a half years’ leave at a time is likely to be detrimental to their “sense of security,...
BY Sonia Lenegan
In the first substantive judgment concerning the use of “public order disqualification” powers in trafficking cases under s.63 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, the High Court has found that the Home Secretary’s general approach has been unlawful to date and requires significant revision. The case is R (ABW)...
BY John Crowley
Regulations were made just before the Christmas break which brought more of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 into force from 5 January 2026. The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 2 December last year. At commencement, the following were brought into force...
BY Sonia Lenegan
In Majera v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1597, the Court of Appeal considered the right approach to the ‘very compelling circumstances’ test in deportation cases where the foreign criminal claims to have been rehabilitated. This is a useful reminder of the limited weight that...