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Immigration roundup podcast: July 2025

July was actually a fairly busy month! Join Sonia and Barry as they run you through what happened, including the changes to the skilled worker route, everything that happened on Afghan resettlement, recent changes to the EU Settlement Scheme and the latest instalment in a far too long running Palestinian case. An article from BID flagging up a really important change being proposed to cautions got a huge number of views and has hopefully helped to raise awareness.

Other cases included one involving a questionable practice by the Home Office relating to people in prison, a successful challenge to a sponsor licence revocation. Barry and Sonia also discussed the wisdom of civil penalty appeals, the latest on climate change litigation and an important update for anyone filing judicial reviews in the Administrative Court. That’s not even all of it! 

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The 43 minute long podcast follows the running order below:

Statement of changes (00:50)

⁠Afghan scheme closed immediately and major changes to skilled worker route – statement of changes: HC 997⁠

Asylum (02:10)

⁠Secret Afghan resettlement scheme set up after government data breach⁠

⁠Successful challenge to transparency of Triples review of Afghan resettlement rejections⁠

⁠What does the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change mean for displaced people?⁠

⁠The Climate Mobility Case Database: a new movement to advance the rights of climate-displaced communities⁠

⁠Palestinian family succeed in their latest battle to reach the UK⁠

Deportation (12:30)

⁠Concern over new police powers to ensure more foreign nationals are removed from the country⁠

⁠Home Office failed to consider human rights claim before making deportation decision⁠

Detention (18:40)

⁠Student held to be unlawfully detained after Home Office wrongly cancels leave⁠

Work routes (19:50)

⁠Extending a skilled worker visa without a certificate of sponsorship⁠

⁠Care provider successfully challenges revocation following Home Office salary miscalculations⁠

⁠Failed challenge shows that civil penalty appeals can be unappealing⁠

EUSS (28:50)

⁠Changes to the absence rules for EU Settlement Scheme⁠

⁠How does absence from the UK work under the EU settlement scheme?⁠

Procedure (34:00)

⁠Which settlement category (and form) to use when completing ten years of lawful residence⁠

⁠Upper Tribunal decision on evidential flexibility and accepting new evidence in administrative reviews⁠

⁠Administrative Court gives guidance on handling e-filing issues⁠

Updated (41:00)

⁠There is no 180 day a year rule for visitors to the UK⁠

⁠Naturalising as a British citizen: the intention to settle requirement⁠

⁠What is the immigration skills charge?⁠

⁠Briefing: what is the English language requirement?⁠ 

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Sonia Lenegan

Sonia Lenegan is an experienced immigration, asylum and public law solicitor. She has been practising for over ten years and was previously legal director at the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association and legal and policy director at Rainbow Migration. Sonia is the Editor of Free Movement.

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