Welcome to the weekly Free Motion publication!
Over the weekend, one other two people have died making an attempt to cross the Channel from France to the UK. A household whose eldest daughter died within the try a few weeks in the past explain why they will continue to try to make the crossing. Nonetheless nothing from the federal government on opening up or increasing any alternate options.
Final week the Supreme Court docket rejected Shamima Begum’s application for permission to appeal and her attorneys have confirmed that they intend to apply to the European Court of Human Rights. We wrote up the Court of Appeal’s decision in February this 12 months.
Additionally final week, the Dwelling Secretary wrote to the Migration Advisory Committee asking them to hold out a evaluate of the IT and engineering sectors “to understand the reasons behind their reliance on international recruitment”.
The Dwelling Workplace has set up a page detailing the numerous visa utility centre areas (together with within the UK) that can have a change of supplier between September this 12 months and January 2025.
On Free Motion, we’ve up to date our introductory course on advising employers on right to work checks. We’ve additionally added our latest webinar which is on the effective use of medical evidence and is introduced by two consultants from the Helen Bamber Basis. There are just a few locations left in our subsequent OISC level 1 live training course beginning on 2 September so in case you have been contemplating reserving finest to do it now.
In the present day’s publish is a write up of an fascinating determination from the Common Regulatory Chamber (no, actually). It’s a successful appeal by Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) in relation to a freedom of knowledge request on emergency journey paperwork. I was joined by Barry O’Leary on this month’s podcast and he gave a shout out in there to anybody who manages to search out the time to pursue these requests, so an enormous properly performed to BID on this case.
On the day we recorded the podcast, the Dwelling Workplace introduced that all biometric residence permit holders could now apply for an eVisa, so a few of our feedback on that have been instantly old-fashioned (however the remainder nonetheless maintain). After listening to that Brian Dikoff had efficiently navigated the method I requested him to jot down up his expertise for us, so we now have a really helpful step by step guide to applying for an eVisa.
For every part else on the weblog and elsewhere, learn on.
Cheers, Sonia
What we’re studying
Government saves three times what it spends on early legal advice, finds new report – Bar Council, 5 August
This time it’s worse – London Evaluation of Books, 6 August
Community resources – HOPE not hate, August
UK immigration: why public opinion is at odds with reality – Monetary Occasions, 9 August
Number applying to work or study in UK falls by more than a third – The Guardian, 9 August
Judges have refused to save Shamima Begum. Labour should bring her back to the UK to face justice – The Guardian, 8 August
‘I don’t live, I just exist’: Ukrainian families torn apart by visa changes – BBC Information, 12 August
What do asylum seekers and refugees make of the eruption of far-right violence in the UK? We asked them – The Guardian, 9 August
Homeless Link and NACCOM share new migrant homelessness briefing – Homeless Hyperlink, 1 August
Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars – Huge Concern, 9 August
