Welcome to the weekly Free Motion e-newsletter!
It was Refugee Week final week and so we up to date and republished a few of our explainers, together with this one which takes an in depth look at the latest data on the asylum system. The backlog has basically moved to the extremities of the asylum system, as many instances are sitting both in inadmissibility and haven’t but even been admitted to the system, or they’re post-decision and have moved into the tribunal’s backlog.
The shifting of the backlogs into the tribunal particularly was additionally coated in the Guardian last week. The Observer reported that the Residence Workplace is withdrawing some decisions which have been appealed earlier than they get to the listening to. Any experiences of the Residence Workplace appeals overview course of truly working are at all times welcome, however there may be merely no manner they’ve the assets to do that correctly in all instances given this was not occurring even earlier than the large inflow in appeals.
It could even be attention-grabbing to see if there’s a distinction within the proportion of choices which can be being withdrawn by the Residence Workplace the place the particular person interesting has a lawyer, in comparison with those that are unrepresented.
On Free Motion, our latest topical podcast is out, on this one I talk about the abroad home employee visa route with Avril from Kalayaan and the way modifications made 12 years in the past proceed to negatively affect individuals going through exploitation. I’ll attempt to do one on well being and care visas to finish my “tied visa” trilogy, but when anybody has anything they want coated in a future podcast then please do get in contact.
On the weblog, I requested Colin to jot down up an essential level that he had talked about a few instances just lately, on how the raised standard of proof in asylum claims below the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 doesn’t apply to human rights claims. Along with that, we printed a take a look at Labour’s manifesto from the business immigration perspective.
Learn on for the remainder of the week right here and elsewhere.
Cheers, Sonia
What we’re studying
Repairing the United Kingdom’s Asylum System – Colin Yeo in Political Quarterly, 17 June
Summary of visa costs analysis (2024) – The Royal Society, 20 June
Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren’t talking about – Large Problem, 22 June
Aide to home secretary says Rwanda scheme is ‘crap’ – BBC Information, 23 June
Rwanda: A Snapshot of Access to Rights and Services for Children and Young People – Asylos, June
Before and after: a brief account of how the UK Government stripped migrant domestic workers of their rights (and what to do about it) – Deal with Labour Exploitation, 17 June
Suella Braverman’s decision to drop Windrush recommendations unlawful, court rules – The Guardian, 19 June
Moroccan authorities pushed asylum seekers into ‘death trap’, NGO claims – The Guardian, 18 June
UK Foreign Office accused of blocking Bahraini activist’s citizenship bid – Center East Eye, 22 June
