Immigration round-up: May 2026
Notes de l’épisode
This month, Jasmine is joined by Isaac Abraham, a solicitor at the Islington Law Centre. They discuss the King’s speech and the latest immigration statistics, which show a fall in net migration and asylum claims, but a steadily growing appeals backlog. The number of sponsor licence revocations has also shot up. Jasmine interviewed Luke Piper last month about the devastation this is causing to sponsored workers, particularly in the health and care sector.
Isaac discusses a number of new cases including a challenge by Syrian asylum seekers against removal to Bulgaria based on article 3 grounds and what happens to someone’s entitlement to benefits when they are subject to deportation proceedings. Jasmine talks about the problems that UK universities are creating for international student entrepreneurs and elsewhere there has been a judicial review challenge to the Home Secretary’s decision to grant temporary protection status of only 30 months to refugees. All this and much more!
Immigration statistics and news (01:30)
Latest immigration statistics show falls in net migration and fall in asylum claims
Work visas, employer crackdowns and the nationalities caught in the middle
Immigration legislation re-announced in King’s Speech
Asylum and protection (16:13)
Upper Tribunal finds arguable Article 3 breach in Bulgarian removal challenge
Family and human rights (23:42)
Gurkha historic injustice does not remove the need to prove causation
Which takes priority: family or immigration proceedings?
Students (30:37)
Sold entrepreneurship, barred from business? The student visa trap
Can a Student visa holder sit as a member of the Scottish Parliament? Yes, they can
Deportation (37:45)
Social security case looks at the interplay between deportation and entitlement to benefits
Briefings – new and updated (42:15)
Briefing: registering a child as British
Right to rent checks: a practical guide for landlords and letting agents in England
What is the no recourse to public funds condition?
Briefing: how to apply for a religious work visa
How does absence from the UK work under the EU settlement scheme?