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The dangerous information is that we apparently need to tolerate yet one more media contrived “small boats week”. The excellent news is that that is the precise reverse of a quiet information week and the US election will presumably drown out most different information, regardless of the consequence. Political noise apart, the immigration and asylum system continues to assert lives as final week a man died at Brook House immigration elimination centre and at least one man died making an attempt the Channel crossing.
There was a reminder of the risks of leaving the nation for these with an unresolved software underneath the EU Settlement Scheme, as a Greek Cypriot man who went to Amsterdam for a short break was given three days to leave the UK on his return. He had an impressive administrative evaluate however was forcibly removed to Amsterdam on Friday. It’s so essential that individuals are conscious that the steering modified in August this yr and now recommends that individuals don’t journey pending the result of an software. In September Chris Benn wrote up this and extra for us in his definitive guide to travelling with or without status under the EUSS.
House Workplace ministers continue to refer to Migration Advisory Committee recommendation in a deceptive method when answering questions on the best to work for these within the asylum system. What the committee has actually said about asylum and the immigration wage record is: “We question the value of restricting work to roles on the SOL. This was never the purpose of the SOL which is not suited to determining which jobs asylum seekers should work in. We therefore recommend that, if granted the right to work, asylum seekers should be able to work in any job.”
Has anybody noticed the “further information on the initiation of the move on period” that was promised earlier than the issuing of BRPs was stopped (final week Thursday)? This update to the guide on living in dispersal accommodation is clearly inadequate and it seems that a BRP is still needed to apply online for a refugee integration mortgage.
On Free Motion, we flagged up a new form introduced by the Home Office to report points with eVisas. We additionally lined the newest ICIBI report on the inspection of contingency asylum accommodation and revealed this very helpful look at various things that can go wrong during an asylum interview, and what you are able to do if any of those do occur.
In a transfer that was terribly discourteous to authorized practitioners, the First-tier Tribunal launched a brand new Apply Route on Friday, efficient from that date, with no advance public session or discover. Substantial changes have been made and everybody who’s concerned with Tribunal work should familiarise themselves with the doc in full.
For every thing else on Free Motion and elsewhere up to now week, learn on.
Cheers, Sonia
What we’re studying
‘We’re leading a horrible life’: the reality of living in UK asylum limbo – The Guardian, 3 November
Palestinian student stripped of UK visa after Gaza remarks wins human rights appeal – The Guardian, 30 October
Leaked EU document: Visas for under-30s ‘essential’ to Brexit reset – Politico, 30 October
Smuggler reveals operation to help Vietnamese reach UK – BBC Information, 28 October
Caught in the net: how migration became a criminal offence – openDemocracy, 28 October
Children prosecuted as adult ‘smugglers’ in UK, Italy, Greece – openDemocracy, 30 October
How to End the Backlog of Asylum Cases? Take Them Out of the Courts – Bloomberg, 1 November
Profits of Home Office asylum housing provider rise to £90m a year – The Guardian, 3 November
UK asylum system would descend into chaos without more hotels, says minister – The Guardian, 3 November
