Welcome to the July 2018 edition of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month I start by discussing some developments in nationality law, then cover the EU Settlement Scheme that is starting to take shape and currently being piloted. While we await Brexit, EU law still applies, so we cover a judgment on the Surinder Singh immigration route as well as changes to the EEU Regulations. Then some material on asylum and detention, before the usual procedural update.

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The main content of the downloadable 30-minute audio podcast follows the (non chronological) order of content below:

Nationality

Home Office makes almost £100 million from children registering as British citizens

Part of the British Nationality Act 1981 found incompatible with human rights law

Home Office unlawfully nullifies British citizenship in hundreds of cases

People can now be deprived of their British citizenship by email

Brexit

New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: CM 9675

Campaigners publish legal analysis of EU Settlement Scheme

How will Brexit affect Irish citizens in the UK?

What the Brexit White Paper says about immigration

EU law

Court of Justice finds Surinder Singh applies to extended family members

Changes to the EEA Regulations come into force on 24 July 2018

Asylum

Home Office “misled” judge over Calais children, Court of Appeal finds

New Home Office “lines to take” in Sudanese asylum claims

New country guidance case on Kurds returned to Iraq

Supreme Court delays decision in decades-old refugee resettlement saga

Detention

Migrants detained indefinitely or made homeless by new immigration bail system

Shaw Review 2.0: follow-up report on detention of vulnerable migrants published

Torture victim wins unlawful detention claim over delay in medical assessment

Procedure

Where are we at with out-of-country appeals? The aftermath of Kiarie and Byndloss

Court of Appeal chastises barrister over conduct of asylum appeal

The ETS English language testing saga is over