Jasmine Quiller-Doust

‘One in, one out’: what has happened to asylum seekers forced to return to France? In rare interviews, some of those sent back across the Channel after arriving in the UK on small boats describe what happened next – and the risks of a system organised to get rid of them

Yet more evidence of not only how inhumane Labour's "one in one out" policy is, but also how counterproductive.

It is never a good start when you have to undermine modern slavery protections and threaten to remove basic human rights to implement a policy.

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Given the increases in Home Office enforcement, the regulatory squeeze on Skilled Workers and the general market, this webinar will explore key legal and practical issues impacting this big and (increasingly) complex group.

300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR Thinktank analysis says proposed ‘earned settlement’ changes could trap families in prolonged insecurity

Good to see some Labour MPs showing a backbone, but the problems with these proposals on settlement aren't limited to being applied retrospectively: they also favour the well-off, discriminate vs disabled people, women & people with caring responsibilities and are probably unworkable

First post from me for a while on my occasional Substack, about Labour's earned settlement proposals and the damage they will do. open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...

This week's #ECREPressReview:

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Sad to say that I come across these sorts of schemes regularly and, what is neglected in the Times piece, they are used as vehicles for modern slavery.

I have clients who have been lured into schemes (some do include 'jobs' ) and ended up Home Office recognised victims.

Step 5 is the big 🚩

Briefing: AI and immigration law - what guidance is there for lawyers? - Free Movement Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the complexity of immigration law combined with the ongoing legal aid advice crisis mean that many people

Latest post from us: Briefing: AI and immigration law – what guidance is there for lawyers? | Sonia Lenegan

ATLEU’s Changemakers are calling on the government to allow people still waiting for a decision the right to work, which will reduce the risk of re-trafficking and help survivors begin to rebuild their lives. Learn more about our lived experience work on our website www.atleu.org.uk/about#annual...

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I’ll do my best - Sonia has been an absolute force!

Briefing: Article 1D of the Refugee Convention and Palestinian refugees - Free Movement Immigration lawyers tend to have a good grasp of the definition of a refugee. We can confidently recite the “well-founded fear” definition at Article 1(A)(2) of the 1951 UN Convention on the Statu...

We have updated this briefing on Palestinian refugees to take into account UNRWA's declaration that it is unable to fulfil its mission in the region

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