BY Colin Yeo
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My name is Colin Yeo and I am a barrister, writer, campaigner and consultant specialising in immigration law. I founded Free Movement in 2007.
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When navigating the UK immigration system, people will naturally aim for the best status they can obtain. For victims of domestic abuse, that usually means an application under Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse of the Immigration Rules, which – if successful – leads straight to indefinite leave to remain. It...
BY Nath Gbikpi
The Home Secretary has accepted she can grant leave on the five-year route without imposing a no recourse to public funds condition. The concession was made in judicial review proceedings brought by a woman with disabilities who had been granted further leave on the five-year route with the no recourse...
BY Nakita Hedges
The High Court has quashed a negative conclusive grounds decision made against a man rescued by police from a cannabis house he was forced to tend. The judgment confirms that there is no minimum standard of detail required for a positive conclusive grounds decision for a potential victim of trafficking....
BY Karen Staunton
Applications for costs in immigration appeals are relatively rare. In fact, many practitioners can spend years, or even their entire career, without making one. While such applications should be made sparingly, in some circumstances they are justified and, in the authors’ opinion, underutilised. This article is intended as a quick...
BY Leanna Burnard
On 6 March 2026, the Home Office updated its guidance for sponsors to include new duties around right to work checks. The changes appeared to extend the duty to conduct right to work checks beyond sponsored workers, potentially capturing anyone ‘engaged’ by the sponsor. ‘Engaged’ was not defined. A further...
BY James Lamont
The European Court of Human Rights has handed down its judgment in a case concerning an Afghan asylum seeker for the first time since the Taliban takeover in 2021. The case addresses issues surrounding ‘westernisation’, the persecution of ethnic groups in Afghanistan and systemic human rights breaches in the country....