Colin Yeo

Passport queue arriving at Krakow airport was nearly 3 hrs just now because of the new EU Entry/Exit System. Not much fun. Be prepared to wait if you are not EU and travelling to the EU, basically.

Yes please…

Remigration by stealth? The government’s earned settlement proposals - UK in a changing Europe James Bowes analyses the potential impact of the UK government's proposed changes to its settlement schemes to both new migrants and migrants already in the UK.

Remigration by stealth?

@jamesbowes01.bsky.social examines the impact -intended otherwise - of the government's "earned settlement" proposals. Up to two million current UK residents could be affected.

The consultation closes tonight...

ukandeu.ac.uk/remigration-...

Difference in time use between working parents of small children vs working non parents. Areas above zero are activities parents do more of; areas below are what they give up. Compiled by analyzing the Census Bureau’s American Time Use Survey. Analysis and chart by Aziz Sunderji, https://homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-parents-find-the-time

Where do parents find the time to parent? Less sleep, work and screens.

Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading.

homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p...

Powerful piece by @andreaegangs.bsky.social. Under the new 'earned settlement' proposals, migrant workers are being punished for policies that they don’t control, including low wages, which are only low because the government refuses to fund care work properly. See the issue here?

A Fairer Pathway to Settlement: statement and accompanying consultation on earned settlement (accessible)

1) Today (23:59) is the deadline for submitting responses to the Home Office "consultation" on their plans to make life a lot more difficult for foreigners living in the UK: www.gov.uk/government/c...

"The voter is always right.“
A 🧵 about a popular yet misleading sentence, the nature of representation, and a personal argument that got me thinking about (British) democracy.

Consultation — Praxis for Migrants and Refugees

The Government consultation on 'earned settlement' closes at midnight tonight. It takes ~10 minutes to respond to.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇

www.praxis.org.uk/consultation

If Starmer wants a reset - and not yet another U-turn when the parliamentary party balks at a policy - here is his chance.

300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR

The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?

Policy by Pub Bore. He's just that spittle-flecked Hate Guy in the corner of your done-up bar saying that modern beer is horrible and anyone under 50 is lazy and a loser. As beatable a politician as there'll ever be.

New analysis from @ippr.org shows the impact of the government's proposed 'earned settlement' policy on children

300,000+ children will face waits of 10yrs+ to get settled status, increasing risk of child poverty and trapping families in insecurity 👇

Aer Lingus passengers flying from Ireland to UK require passport under rule change Change to take effect from February 25th despite Common Travel Area measures

"From February 25th, all Irish nationals must have a passport to travel to the UK on Aer Lingus flights despite the long-standing Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangement, the airline said" www.irishtimes.com/life-style/t...

Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.

He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.

Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.

Home Secretary confirms that the UK government did not formally trigger the break clause in the asylum seeker relocation treaty with Rwanda until Dec 2025. (Rwanda says that delay means the UK owes £100m in payments due under the treaty).

My wife recently renewed and it took 7 days flat. Might potentially take a bit longer with a lost one as there's a security issue.

There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.

Direct quote from the Government's own child poverty strategy "We are committed to ensuring that vulnerable migrant children receive the support that they require, regardless of their immigration status."

It's not that hard. We don't have to let workers or students come here in the first place - as long as we are willing to bear the economic, tax and other costs of not doing so. But if we do let them in, we should treat them decently. And their children!

A similar incoherent argument is made about deporting a parent. “They” should have thought about it. Who should have thought about it? The child? But they haven’t done anything wrong. So why should they be punished?

This is why Shakespeare is the greatest genius who ever lived. And this is just from a few pages he wrote in someone else's play.

Child poverty is the fault of the parents, says the Labour Home Secretary. Or the fault of the children for existing. I'm not sure but it seems to be one of the two.

Briefing: how to apply for a high potential individual visa - Free Movement The high potential individual visa is aimed at individuals who have recently graduated from a top global university. There is considerable international

In case you missed it: Briefing: how to apply for a high potential individual visa | Nichola Carter

PM’s welcome words on cohesion must be followed with national action - British Future The PM has set out a vision for social cohesion. We now need to see a long-term plan to turn the vision into reality, writes Sunder Katwala.

My blog on this clash
www.britishfuture.org/pms-welcome-...

Incredible that the government can say all this yet also be pushing through immigration rule reforms that actively prevent migrants from being full or equal members of the community. Pride might well be necessary. So is equality. Labour used to know that.

New from me about Labour's earned settlement proposals. wewantedworkers.substack.com/p/labours-ea...

Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment?

"Pull factors" on steroids.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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...

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

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