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The federal government continues to reference Migration Advisory Committee recommendation in response to questions about increasing the suitable to work for these ready for an asylum choice. As I’ve identified earlier than, the committee has recommended that the right to work isn’t restricted to roles on the scarcity listing. It’s disingenuous to suggest that the constraints on the suitable to work are being maintained due to the committee’s recommendation and the federal government ought to proceed to be pressed on this level.
Final week the House of Lords debated the Immigration (Steerage on Detention of Weak Individuals) Laws 2024. In response to issues raised by friends concerning the erosion of safeguards, the federal government reiterated its commitment to broaden the usage of detention and stated that the adults in danger coverage is at the moment underneath evaluation, a course of anticipated to be accomplished by Spring 2025. Two days after the controversy, an inquest jury found that “multiple failings” on the detention centre the place he was being held contributed to the loss of life of Frank Ospina final 12 months.
Among the many questions for the Secretary of State for the House Division at House Workplace orals in the present day is one on whether or not she’s going to take into account eradicating Georgia from the listing of protected nations for removals given the latest passage of laws to severely prohibit the suitable of LGBT+ individuals there. I wrote about this issue just lately and it’s good to see it being raised instantly with the House Secretary.
There are additionally two questions from Labour MPs on felony gangs and Channel crossings for the House Secretary in the present day, however none on opening up options to individuals, simply days after a four month old Iraqi baby tragically lost his life trying the journey together with his mother and father. The Home of Lords try to make some progress on this space, with the fifth non-public member’s invoice on refugee household reunion since 2017 receiving its second reading last week.
On Free Motion, we now have added some new webinars to our schedule for the rest of 2024, together with one on bail applications that Colin will likely be presenting. Diana Baxter is doing a webinar on securing British citizenship for children and Joanna Hunt will take individuals by means of making use of for a health and care visa. On Thursday this week Barry O’Leary is once more working his extraordinarily in style webinar on exceptional circumstances in family-based immigration applications.
On the weblog, we now have an replace from Nicole Masri and Carla Mirallas Martinez on what is happening with curtailment of pre-settled status granted underneath Appendix EU. We additionally printed an extremely helpful article on which work routes can be utilized if an individual desires to finally settle within the UK. There have been additionally just a few case write ups together with a deportation appeal lost by the Home Secretary within the Courtroom of Attraction, an unsuccessful delay challenge and a trafficking case in the European Court of Human Rights.
For all the pieces else on Free Motion and elsewhere, learn on.
Cheers, Sonia
What we’re studying
Why I resigned – London Overview of Books, 17 October
The asylum legal aid crisis is costing taxpayers more than you think. Here’s why – The Large Challenge, 16 October
Home Office hires 200 staff to clear huge backlog of UK modern slavery cases – The Guardian, 18 October
The Border Crisis Won’t Be Solved at the Border – Texas Month-to-month, 14 October
Hundreds of Afghan soldiers to be allowed to relocate to UK after U-turn – BBC Information, 14 October
Government has a unique opportunity to create a humane environment for those seeking asylum – Royal Faculty of Psychiatrists, 14 October
Blow to Meloni’s Albania deal as court orders asylum seekers’ return to Italy – The Guardian, 18 October
Age assessments have huge consequences – Younger Roots, 14 October
What happens after ‘modern slavery’ rescues? A case of rescued bonded labourers in ‘waiting’ in India – The Sociological Overview, 16 October
Migrants in detention ‘faced month long wait for mental health assessments’ when man took his life – Liberty Investigates, 16 October
Has the UK fallen behind in the fight against modern slavery? – Home of Lords Trendy Slavery Act 2015 Committee, 16 October
Scabies, sexual harassment & racism: inside the UK’s asylum hotels – openDemocracy, 14 October
