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David Bolt, the interim Unbiased Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, recentlly printed an update on the team’s work. There are two reports currently with the Home Secretary awaiting publication, these are the Nation of Origin data report on Rwanda which was despatched to her on 16 July, and an inspection of the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority which was despatched on 7 August. Each are more likely to make very fascinating studying as soon as printed.
Two new inspections had been introduced together with a name for proof. The primary is for “An inspection of the effectiveness, efficiency, and consistency of the Home Office’s management of fee waiver applications”. Delays are clearly one of many largest points on this space, however there can be different factors to boost similar to issues with utilizing price waiver tokens. The second inspection is “An inspection of the Border Force operation to deter and detect clandestine entrants to the UK”.
Reminder to anybody who wants it that OISC’s new code of standards is now in pressure, as of 1 September 2024.
On Free Motion, the final fortnight has seen the latest quarterly statistics printed in addition to a take a look at the place we’re at with the Expansion Worker route two years after it was opened. We additionally wrote up a helpful entry clearance family reunion appeal and the most recent growth within the ongoing litigation involving the people on Diego Garcia. In one other Higher Tribunal choice, an Afghan man who had been dwelling in Ukraine and recognised as a refugee there earlier than Russia’s invasion was unsuccessful in his challenge to exclusion from the Ukraine schemes.
There have been anecdotal studies of a current improve in refusal of Afghan and this, together with current adjustments to 2 of the nation coverage data notes on Afghanistan, indicate a change in approach to those circumstances.
On the coaching aspect of issues, our statelessness on-line course for members has been up to date. We even have a brand new workshop restricted to 14 locations, Understanding international surrogacy in UK immigration law.
For every little thing else on the weblog and elsewhere, learn on.
Cheers, Sonia
What we’re studying
Illegal visa network making millions fleecing students – BBC Information, 2 September
Immigration lawyers like us need more than warm words – Regulation Society Gazette, 19 August
Pope Francis: ‘To repel migrants … is a grave sin’ – The Hill, 29 August
Germany deports 28 Afghanistan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover in 2021 – Unbiased, 31 August
‘We sacrificed everything we had’: seasonal workers left without jobs after Home Office decision – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 24 August
Care Sector In “Precarious” State As Figures Show Overseas Worker Visas Plummeting – PoliticsHome, 22 August
Hundreds of modern slavery victims locked up in England’s prisons – OpenDemocracy, 21 August
Afghan women arrive in Edinburgh to finish medical degrees denied under Taliban – The Guardian, 21 August
UK government quietly suspends key scholarship for Afghan students – hyphen, 23 August
Self-Harm Rates in UK Immigration Centres Soar Following Report That Found ‘Worst Conditions Ever Seen’ – Byline Instances, 19 August
Immigration Raids: An Anatomy of Racist Intimidation – Migrants’ Rights Community, 22 August
Dozens of illegal workers detained in immigration crackdown on ‘dodgy employers’ – Unbiased, 25 August
