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Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #77

Release Date: 2025-07-15
Media: Free Movement
Summary: This is a summary of the latest Free Movement newsletter regarding UK immigration updates:

A written statement is expected today from the Home Secretary on the processing of Syrian protection claims, following a pause since December.

The major development last week was a new pilot agreement between the UK and France. It allows for one-to-one transfers: for each person returned to France after crossing the Channel, one person will be brought to the UK from France. Although some call this a "safe route," the scheme's reliance on another person making a dangerous journey raises doubts. UNHCR has cautiously welcomed the agreement but emphasized the importance of adhering to international law. Like the Rwanda plan, this scheme likely hinges on the UK's inadmissibility rules to reject asylum claims and send individuals back to France.

Separately, the government has extended the trial of the 56-day move-on period for asylum seekers until the end of the year.

On Free Movement, Chris Benn explains the new, more generous approach to absences under the EU Settlement Scheme. Additionally, the Home Office was found to have acted unlawfully in how it handles complaints by immigration detainees. However, it won a deportation appeal involving an EEA national who had also lived in the UK as a non-EEA family member of another EEA national.
Tags: United Kingdom

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