About this episode
Jasmine and Isaac discuss recent immigration statistics, legal challenges, and issues faced by international students in the UK.
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 Nearly…
People in this episode
Host: Jasmine
Guest: Isaac Abraham
Topics covered
- immigration statistics
- asylum claims
- sponsor licence revocations
- international students
- temporary protection status
- deportation proceedings
Keywords
- immigration
- asylum
- net migration
- sponsor licence
- temporary protection
- deportation
- UK universities
- judicial review
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Islington Law Centre
Places: Bulgaria, UK, Syrian, Home Secretary
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