About this episode
Sonia and Barry review December 2025's immigration developments, including new legislation and case updates.
That's officially a wrap on 2025 as Sonia and Barry run through December's various happenings, including the final statement of changes for the year and our latest resources on the earned settlement proposals. The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act is now in force and the latest tribunal statistics show that the Home Office's insistence on filling the appeals system with challenges to poor quality decisions remains a huge problem. Sonia talks about the resumption of processing of settlement protection applications from Syrian nationals. There were also lots of case updates as usual, including a particularly egregious one covered by Barry where the Home Office left a man street homeless in Turkey for months. We finished up with a reminder about the important of awareness about vicarious trauma, and an update on some changes at Free Movement along with a new vacancy. The 48 minute podcast follows the running order below: Statement of changes (01:45) Visit visa requirement imposed on Nauru because of “Citizenship by Investment” scheme Earned settlement (07:20) Briefing: the implications of the “earned settlement” proposals and what they might mean in practice Asylum (08:23)…
People in this episode
Hosts: Sonia, Barry
Topics covered
- immigration
- asylum
- settlement
- legal updates
- vicarious trauma
Keywords
- immigration
- asylum
- earned settlement
- Home Office
- Turkey
- vicarious trauma
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Home Office, Free Movement
Places: Turkey
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