Updates and comment on UK immigration law
Free Movement
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Updates and comment on UK immigration law
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Recent Episodes
July 2, 2026
Immigration round-up: June 2026
Host Jasmine speaks with associate solicitor Mala Savjani about the UK's growing asylum backlog, citizenship policy challenges, and key immigration court decisions.
June 9, 2026
Immigration round-up: May 2026
<p>This month, Jasmine is joined by Isaac Abraham, a solicitor at the Islington Law Centre. They discuss the King’s speech and the latest immigration statistics, which show a fall in net migration and asylum claims, but a steadily growing appeals backlog. The number of sponsor licence revocations has also shot up. Jasmine <a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/podcast-sponsorship-trap-migrant-workers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">interviewed Luke Piper</a> last month about the devastation this is causing to sponsored workers, particularly in the health and care sector.</p><p>Isaac discusses a number of new cases including a challenge by Syrian asylum seekers against removal to Bulgaria based on article 3 grounds and what happens to someone’s entitlement to benefits when they are subject to deportation proceedings. Jasmine talks about the problems that UK universities are creating for international student entrepreneurs and elsewhere there has been a judicial review challenge to the Home Secretary’s decision to grant temporary protection status of only 30 months to refugees. All this and much more! </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Immigration statistics and news (01:30)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/latest-immigration-statistics-show-falls-in-net-migration-and-fall-in-asylum-claims/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Latest immigration statistics show falls in net migration and fall in asylum claims</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/work-visas-employer-crackdowns-nationalities-stats-2026/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Work visas, employer crackdowns and the nationalities caught in the middle</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/nearly-90-of-conclusive-grounds-reconsiderations-result-in-positive-outcome-and-more-uk-referrals-than-ever/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nearly 90% of conclusive grounds reconsiderations result in positive outcome and more UK referrals than ever</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/immigration-legislation-re-announced-in-kings-speech/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Immigration legislation re-announced in King’s Speech</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Asylum and protection (16:13)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/challenging-the-temporary-protection-status/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">We’re challenging the Home Secretary’s decision to grant temporary protection status of only 30 months</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/article-3-breach-bulgarian-removal-challenge/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Upper Tribunal finds arguable Article 3 breach in Bulgarian removal challenge</a><br></p><p><strong>Family and human rights (23:42)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/historic-injustice-needs-to-prove-causation/">Gurkha historic injustice does not remove the need to prove causation</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/priority-family-or-immigration-proceedings/">Which takes priority: family or immigration proceedings?</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Students (30:37)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/entrepreneurship-and-the-student-visa-trap/">Sold entrepreneurship, barred from business? The student visa trap</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/student-visa-member-of-scottish-parliament/">Can a Student visa holder sit as a member of the Scottish Parliament? Yes, they can</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Deportation (37:45)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/interplay-deportation-entitlement-to-benefits/">Social security case looks at the interplay between deportation and entitlement to benefits</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Briefings – new and updated (42:15)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/briefing-registering-a-child-as-british/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Briefing: registering a child as British</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/right-to-rent-checks-practical-guide/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Right to rent checks: a practical guide for landlords and letting agents in England</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/what-is-the-no-recourse-to-public-funds-condition/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">What is the no recourse to public funds condition?</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/how-to-apply-for-a-religious-work-visa/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Briefing: how to apply for a religious work visa</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/how-does-absence-from-the-uk-work-under-the-eu-settlement-scheme/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">How does absence from the UK work under the EU settlement scheme?</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/changes-to-the-absence-rules-for-eu-settlement-scheme/">Changes to the absence rules for EU Se</a><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/changes-to-the-absence-rules-for-eu-settlement-scheme/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">t</a><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/changes-to-the-absence-rules-for-eu-settlement-scheme/">tlement Scheme</a></p>
May 5, 2026
Immigration roundup: April 2026
<p>In the April round-up, Jasmine is joined by Mala Savjani, an associate solicitor at Wilsons. They cover April’s most significant developments, which includes a Court of Appeal decision on what past ill-treatment actually has to look like to amount to persecution, a landmark European Court of Human Rights ruling on returns to Afghanistan, and a High Court judgment looking at whether single hotel rooms are ‘adequate’ for asylum-seeking families.</p><p>They also discuss the ongoing saga of the last person stranded on Diego Garcia and practical guidance on domestic abuse cases where survivors fall outside the rules. Plus costs applications, surrogacy, sponsor right to work checks, and more.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Asylum and protection (00:58)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/arrest-beating-protester-no-persecution/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Past arrest and beating of Vietnamese protester does not amount to persecution</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/ecthr-hazara-afghan-national-breach-article-3/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">European Court rules return of Hazara Afghan national would breach Article 3</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/hotel-accommodation-unlawful-adequacy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Asylum hotel accommodation unlawful where it fails basic standards of adequacy</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/early-clarification-of-grounds-of-appeal/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The importance of early clarification of grounds of appeal</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/diego-garcia-military-base-to-the-maldives/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Final Diego Garcia migrant moved from the military base to the Maldives</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Family and human rights (15:18)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/further-leave-five-year-route-public-funds/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Home Secretary accepts she can grant further leave on the five-year route without the no recourse to public funds condition</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/domestic-abuse-survivors-dont-fit-the-rules/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">When domestic abuse survivors don’t fit the rules: options and risks</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/child-adoption-surrogacy-british-nationality/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adoption and surrogacy: when is a child born overseas British?</a></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/afghan-refusal-unlawful-unpublished-guidance/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">High Court finds Afghan relocation refusal unlawful and unpublished guidance is withdrawn</a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>EU Settlement Scheme (27:16)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/continuous-residence-euss-cancellation-policy/">Continuous residence under the EU Settlement Scheme: changes to automated settlement process and expanded cancellation policy</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Work (31:40)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/confusing-changes-sponsor-right-to-work-checks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Confusing changes to sponsor right to work checks: what has changed and what is still unclear</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Procedure (33:27)</strong></p><p><a href="https://freemovement.org.uk/costs-in-immigration-cases-need-to-know/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Applications for costs in immigration cases: what practitioners need to know</a></p>
142 total episodes available with 29 transcripts
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