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Budget unveils reforms to create Europe’s ‘most pro-business migration system’ for highly skilled workers
28 October 2026
Changes to skilled worker visa salary thresholds, expanded routes for overseas graduates, and extended six-month visa curtailment for skilled workers
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Report warns use of AI in immigration system is creating an ‘automated hostile environment’ for migrants
28 October 2026
Major new Open Rights Group report details wide-ranging concerns over Home Office's AI tools
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Home Office to notify Parliament of future immigration rules concessions, but Lords Committee says scrutiny remains ‘unsatisfactory’
26 October 2026
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee provides update on its correspondence with Home Office over 'published concessions'
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King’s College London report highlights confusion over DNA evidence in UK immigration cases
22 October 2026
Comprehensive research finds decision-makers and legal practitioners do not always understand the probabilistic nature of DNA results
Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals
By Mark Henderson & Rowena Moffatt of Doughty Street Chambers and Alison Pickup & Monika Nollet of Asylum Aid
Guest blog
Connecting the Dots: From Research to Legal Practice and Policy - Introducing the UK Practice Toolkit on Climate, Disasters & Protection Claims
Climate change and natural disasters are increasingly relevant to asylum and human rights cases. However, recognising their legal significance is not always straightforward. One of the main challenges is understanding how…
Small sponsors are the canary
In August I argued that the cost of sponsorship was quietly pricing smaller employers out. Since then the enforcement numbers have climbed and the September changes to the sponsor portal have landed. Small firms are where…
Upper Tribunal trespassed upon Secretary of State’s discretion in TOEIC historical injustice case
A finding of historical injustice arising from an erroneous allegation of deception in a Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) test is not, by itself, sufficient to establish a right to settlement. The…
ECAA Settlement Refusals: Is the Home Office Moving the Goalposts?
Procedural Fairness, Inconsistent Decision-Making and the Importance of Akturk and Karagul
Introduction
Having practised immigration law for approximately 18 years, much of that time representing Turkish businesspersons…
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