Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This episode I start with the some general news and updates, I then run through a whole load of cases, most of which I think are Court of Appeal authorities, and then end with a look at Statement of Changes HC1078 and then a few of the new style of more detailed blog posts on the Immigration Rules, this time covering several more of the general grounds for refusal. These have now been collected together into a training course for those who are interested.

The material is all drawn from the March 2017 blog posts on Free Movement.

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The downloadable 25 minute audio podcast follows the (non chronological) order of content below:

News

• Immigration solicitor fined £10,000 for signing off “grossly misleading and inaccurate” court documents
• Home Office ends policy of automatic settlement for refugees after five years
• Syrian refugees to be properly recognised as refugees at last

Cases

• Tribunal on recorded video evidence and Article 8 considerations
• Children should be treated as children while their age is properly assessed
• Detention of Dublin asylum seekers held to be unlawful
• Student accused of ETS fraud found to have been unlawfully detained
• Scarring evidence in asylum cases
• High Court declares unlawful the abolition of right of appeal for Turkish nationals
• When is it reasonable to require British citizen children to leave Britain?
• Upper Tribunal wrong all along on Kareem and proxy marriages of EU citizens
• Court of Appeal reaffirms position on adult dependent relatives

Immigration rules explainers

• New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 1078
• What do immigration officers look for when assessing visit visa applications?
• General grounds for refusal: understanding re-entry bans for past breaches of immigration rules
• General grounds for refusal: contriving to frustrate the intention of the rules
• General grounds for refusal: alleged deception and innocent mistakes