About this episode
The episode covers major immigration policy proposals from November 2025, including updates on refugee settlement and earned settlement proposals.
What a month. Sonia kicked off the podcast with a runthrough of the major policy proposals which came out in November, including the changes to refugee settlement periods and a look at the earned settlement proposals (though not in too much detail as she is doing a full webinar with Colin on the topic for Free Movement members on Wednesday 10 December at 11am). Barry had provided oral evidence to the House of Lords’ Justice and Home Affairs Committee inquiry into Settlement, Citizenship andIntegration the day before we recorded, so he gave us an update on that (as mentioned by Sonia, the call for written evidence is here and the deadline is 23 January 2026). Sonia also ran through some of the lowlights from the latestquarterly statistics and gave updates on the latest eVisa and section 3C leave challenges. Barry looked at a useful post on what MPs are able to help with in immigration matters, and added his expert insights to posts on unmarried partner applications as well as a recent reported case on overseas adoptions. There were also several case updates and much more! Policy (01:20) Home Secretary opens consultation on “earned settlement” Home Secretary announces major asylum…
People in this episode
Host: Sonia
Guest: Barry
Topics covered
- immigration policy
- refugee settlement
- earned settlement proposals
- House of Lords inquiry
- quarterly statistics
- eVisa challenges
- immigration assistance
Keywords
- immigration
- refugee
- settlement
- House of Lords
- statistics
- eVisa
- asylum
- policy proposals
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: House of Lords, Free Movement
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