Part 1 of the State Protection in Nigeria series. The legal test expressly requires access. The practical question is what "able to access the protection" means for the person whose claim is actually being decided.The familiar sentence in the refusal letterOne of the most common issues I…
Due to the backlog in the asylum system, the determination of pending settlement applications from Syrian nationals only recommenced in December 2025. This means that thousands of Syrian refugees and their dependents are currently facing Safe Return Reviews, including an examination of…
The Home Office has published version 08/26 of both Part 1 (Apply for a Licence) and Part 3 (Sponsor Duties and Compliance) of its Workers and Temporary Workers sponsor guidance. Whilst many of the amendments are administrative, together they introduce the most significant changes to the…
What does the world lose when people with skills and dreams are forced to put their lives on hold? When displacement turns waiting into a life stage, the damage stacks. For millions of refugees, displacement isn’t just the moment they flee. It’s the months, often years that follow,…
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Hirtie [2026] EWCA Civ 1000, handed down by the Court of Appeal on 30 July 2026, is a deportation appeal that turns less on the substance of Article 8 than on procedural discipline: whether a party who unequivocally withdraws a ground of appeal…
On 20 November 2025, the government published, A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, setting out the planned changes to the settlement rules. The statement was accompanied by a consultation on the changes, which closed in February 2026. The government has not yet published its response to the…
As we all settle back into our routines after Summer breaks, it seems a good moment to bring our friends and subscribers up to date with the improvements and updates we have made to EIN and to provide a brief preview of what is “in the pipeline”.I hope most of you will have noticed the…
We are amidst a sea of change in the Immigration and Asylum Sector. Part 1 of this blog dealt with the imminent (and now live) changes to timetables for all appeals lodged from the 12th August 2026 onwards. This splits the existing backlog into legacy cases that are not subject to this…
It will come as no surprise to practitioners operating in the Immigration and Asylum chamber of the Tribunal that changes are afoot, but what exactly is happening, and how should we adapt?
There are two big but separate operational changes:
Firstly, a fixed statutory timetable of 24…
The UK's proposed reforms to settlement are often presented as a debate about numbers: should the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain remain five years, become ten years, or potentially be longer for some migrants?
But beneath that debate lies a more fundamental question:…
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