17 July 2024
Our response to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill announced in the King's Speech
In today’s King’s Speech we received confirmation of the upcoming Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill that the new Government intends to introduce to tackle the on-going small boat crossings. Echoing their manifesto, the speech confirmed the Government’s intention to strengthen the border with the establishment of a new Border Security Command and enhanced counter terror powers in relation to organised immigration crime. There will also be stronger criminal penalties introduced for organised immigration crime.
12 July 2024
Ch-Ch-Changes: What’s in store for immigration and asylum law under the new Labour government?
Whether this truly was an “immigration election”, as Nigel Farage claimed it to be, the subject was certainly high on the political agenda, with each party listing immigration as a key issue in their manifestos and both Labour and the Conservatives pledging to bring down net migration and tackle so-called “illegal migration.”
1 July 2024
What a 744% increase in sponsor licence applications says about immigration policies in parties’ manifestos
The current government is intent on lowering net migration to the UK. All but eradicating the ability for students and care workers to bring family members with them to the UK are policies already significantly affecting numbers.
26 June 2024
Windrush Day - 22 June 2024
Saturday 22 June 2024 marks the seventh national celebration of Windrush Day and 76 years since HMT Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in Essex, bringing over 500 Caribbean nationals to help rebuild Britain after the Second World War.
19 June 2024
More changes to the EU Settlement Scheme
A series of changes to the EU Settlement Scheme have resulted from the February 2023 High Court judgement in the Independent Monitoring Authority (IMA) case. The judgement said that in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement when the UK left the EU, pre-settled status holders do not lose their residency right upon failure to make an application for settled status before their pre-settled status expires.
