Welcome to the weekly Free Motion publication!
Friday morning noticed one more avoidable tragedy as four people died while trying to cross the Channel to achieve the UK. Whereas the Prime Minister has sensibly declined to commit to “stopping the boats” (they won’t stopped however will be decreased), the federal government’s concentrate on prison gangs moderately than offering individuals with an alternative choice to trying this harmful journey implies that additional deaths appear inevitable.
The Guardian has reported that the brand new authorities is evaluating current routes earlier than creating any new ones. The fact is that there’s little or no to judge, as my latest replace to our safe and legal routes post reveals. A small step that might usefully and shortly be taken now’s to publish up to date and lawful steerage on biometric enrolment that addresses all of the concerns that have been raised.
In different information, the Residence Workplace has apparently had a “technical fault” that has led to it mistakenly telling those who their asylum claims had been profitable, with grant letters and biometric residence permits apparently being issued. These had been then later retracted with individuals being instructed to destroy and return their lengthy awaited permits. It’s unclear how many individuals have been affected, and the opposite incidents talked about within the article appear separate to this as no grant letters had been issued.
There have been some attention-grabbing developments final week within the Diego Garcia litigation, which now we have covered previously as the US has withdrawn consent for legal professionals and journalists to go to the island for the listening to. The listening to was cancelled because of this and the legal professionals have written to the Foreign Secretary asking him to intervene.
On Free Motion, Jed Pennington wrote a really useful replace for these thinking about what happened in the Rwanda hearing final week. We wait to see precisely when and the way the federal government will formally finish the coverage however it is vital that these affected know that they’re now not in danger. We additionally had the most recent instalment of the care home sponsor licence litigation, a few EU Settlement Scheme case write ups (this on delaying consideration of application where there was a pending prosecution and this on the return of the “mystery” stamp).
Friday’s put up on the policy around granting leave to survivors of trafficking turned out to be very nicely timed, because the Residence Workplace introduced one more pause on determination making, saying that they won’t think about grants of short-term permission to remain for victims of human trafficking or slavery till additional discover. Right this moment we printed this useful update on the looming disaster that is eVisas.
We’ve additionally up to date our online course on the EU Settlement Scheme. For every little thing else from the final week on the weblog and elsewhere, learn on.
Cheers, Sonia
What we’re studying
News: Nelson beats the 10-year route! – Higher Manchester Immigration Help Unit, 11 July
The asylum king – Prospect Journal, 9 July
3C leave update: time to request digital proof of status – Refugee and Migrant Discussion board of Essex and London, 10 July
The Guardian view on visas for artists: a flawed system with serious consequences for art – The Guardian, 12 July
U-turn sees Ukrainian toddler reunited with refugee parents in UK as calls grow for government policy change – Impartial, 11 July
UK universities face growing struggle to recruit international students – The Guardian, 12 July
GLAA Intelligence Picture Q4 2023-2024 (Jan – March 2024) – Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
Syrian asylum seeker in UK says he ‘lost everything’ after Rwanda roundup – The Guardian, 10 July
