Welcome to the weekly Free Motion publication!
Points across the EU Settlement Scheme proceed to make information, with the newest being the story of a Polish man who the House Workplace was making an attempt to take away regardless of his having lived right here for 20 years and having utilized twice to the EUSS.
We’re one yr on from the Brook House inquiry’s report, and final week it was reported that solely one of the 33 recommendations have been carried out to date. That suggestion is “that the Home Office and its private contractors ensure that all staff were aware of a ban on handcuffing people behind their backs when sitting down, which can result in asphyxiation”. Apparently one of many suggestions that has not been carried out is for ministers “to instruct companies running immigration detention centres, that their staff should only use force as a last resort”.
The House Workplace has introduced that from 15 October 2024 the industrial companion for UK Visa and Citizenship software companies will change from Sopra Steria to TLScontact.
The Impartial Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has extended the deadline for responding to the inspection on the House Workplace’s use of age assessments. The brand new deadline is 9 October 2024.
On Free Motion, our professional conduct and ethics in immigration advice course has been up to date and displays the brand new OISC code of requirements. Some attorneys might profit from a little bit of a refresher in that space, significantly after studying my publish on the risks of a person using a fee waiver application for part 3C go away functions solely.
Final week we additionally had a publish from Ross Kennedy taking a better have a look at what can be expected from the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of the usage of worldwide recruitment and immigration within the info know-how, telecommunications and engineering sectors.
We additionally had a few posts the place points have been raised in regards to the House Workplace’s use of nation coverage and knowledge notes (CPIN). The primary was a write up of a new commentary on the CPIN on LGBTQI+ people in Georgia after which right now’s publish is a look at the latest report from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, which features a evaluation of the (now withdrawn) CPINs on Rwanda. Each are value a detailed learn by anybody who works within the asylum sector, as the problems are of wider significance.
For every little thing else on the weblog and elsewhere, learn on.
Cheers, Sonia
What we’re studying
What can the UK learn from Italian migration management? – Colin’s Substack, 16 September
Cat that comforts trafficked women in London safe house is feline of the year – The Guardian, 18 September
Parents forced from small boat plead to join children taken to UK without them – The Guardian, 17 September
Yvette Cooper’s Plan to ‘Smash the Small Boat Gangs’ is Doomed to Fail, Warn Border Force Whistleblowers – Byline Occasions, 20 September
More than 30 arrests in crackdown on Common Travel Area abuse – GOV.UK, 22 September
The pressing case for a new emergency visa to help people fleeing Gaza and other conflicts – The Dialog, 23 September
Danish immigration minister hails ‘valuable’ Nauru tour – The Courier, 20 September
‘Scam and scandal’: ex-aid chief raises alarm over £4bn Tory asylum contracts – The Observer, 22 September
Lancs council is set to buy a group of properties to house refugees – LancsLive, 20 September
Who keeps Europe’s wealthy west going? Underpaid, invisible migrants from its east – and I went undercover to find them – The Guardian, 18 September
