Welcome to episode 104 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month I am joined by “immigration lawyer about town”, as she put it, Sonia Lenegan. Taking pity on me after my solo effort last month, Sonia is the legal and policy director at Rainbow Migration, a consultant solicitor at Saltworks and a volunteer at Asylos and the Unity Project. She previously worked at Hackney Law Centre and as the legal director at ILPA.

We discuss the change of Home Secretary, the direction of government immigration policy, some changes in policy and new visas and go through the latest case law. Our discussion is a bit more free ranging than for past update episodes and we’re interested in what you think of the slightly different approach. Let us know in comments or by email.

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The 40-minute podcast follows the running order below.

Politics:

• Priti Patel: an unparalleled record of failure
• What kind of Home Secretary will Suella Braverman be?
• Pretended and actual government immigration policy
• What does the government’s new plan for legal migration and border control mean for the future?
• What will be the impact of the Bill of Rights Bill on immigration cases? 

Ideas:

• A decade of lost care and relationships for generations: the need for a post pandemic review of the Adult Dependent Rules
• Is it time for a whistleblower visa?
• Account Freezing Orders: what do immigration practitioners need to know?

Policy changes:

• Abolition of police registration requirement for migrants announced
• What is a Scale-up visa and how does it work?
• How to apply for a High Potential Individual visa

Case law:

• Upper Tribunal confirms undocumented extended family members cannot benefit from EU Settled Status scheme
• No reprieve for durable partners prevented from marrying due to COVID-19
• No human rights in EU Settled Status appeals, unless Home Office consent
• No appeal against Upper Tribunal refusal to set aside its own decision
• Home Office entitled to refuse Windrush citizenship applications on good character grounds
• Outgoing tribunal president criticises Home Office practice of drafting anonymous grounds of appeal
• Afghan evacuation litigation latest