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My name is Colin Yeo and I am a barrister, writer, campaigner and consultant specialising in immigration law. I founded Free Movement in 2007.
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Our October round up is here! Barry does the honours this time around with the statement of changes and Sonia foreshadows some bad news potentially coming next week. Barry shares an AI horror story that is really one for the ages (so far) after Sonia’s segment on the latest lawyers...
BY Sonia Lenegan
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission has dismissed a review of the refusal of a naturalisation application on good character grounds, based on the applicant’s previous involvement with a proscribed organisation. The case is AZ (Naturalisation: Substantive) [2025] UKSIAC SN/04/2024. Background AZ is a Turkish national of Kurdish origin. When he...
BY Sonia Lenegan
I spent a week in Calais conducting interviews with people on the move as part of Refugee Action’s new research on asylum and racial justice. What I heard and saw from refugees camped in informal living sites is a testament to the centrality of racialisation to immigration practices. The dehumanising...
BY Haleemah Alaydi
Epping Forest District Council has lost its legal challenge in which it sought an injunction to prevent the Bell Hotel being used as asylum accommodation. The case is Epping Forest District Council v Somani Hotels Limited [2025] EWHC 2937 (KB). The Home Secretary and Clearsprings Ready Homes Limited were both...
BY Sonia Lenegan
Owing a debt to the National Health Service is a ground for refusing applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK. Such debts arise because “overseas visitors” are charged for certain types of NHS treatment. The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No....
BY Nath Gbikpi
The Upper Tribunal found no error of law in a First-tier Tribunal decision that allowed an EU Settlement Scheme derivative rights appeal, following a Home Office concession that the Appendix EU rules were met. Appealing to the Upper Tribunal, the Home Office argued that the First-tier judge should not have...