Today the Gov announced plans to sanction ‘unscrupulous employers hiring workers illegally’& ‘remove those caught working illegally’. This sends the message that this Labour Gov is more interested in immigration enforcement than protecting workers’ rights. AND it won’t work 1/3

Youth Mobility Schemes are not "free movement". We do not have free movement with Canada, Oz, NZ, Japan and many other countries who we have Youth Mobility agreements with. This is silly.

It could be just us, we've had loads decided in the past week 🙄

🚨 NEW: The Home Office has hugely increased its action against rogue employers, but this unjustly strips migrant workers of their visas. How should the Gov. safeguard migrants whose visa is tied to their employers? Here’s 3 ways inspired by policies from overseas ⏰🔒💸

Enforcement is a pillar of the new government's immigration policy,but who suffers from the fallout of regulatory action? In the case of a recent sponsor licence revocation about 100 workers were left in limbo for months. Many are now in debt & unemployed thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

The Home Office are churning out fee waiver decisions... Whilst I'm glad to get on with our clients' applications there are only so many hours in the day!

Illegal visa network making millions fleecing students bbc.in/3MuozTt

1.2 million new migrants from outside the EU joined UK payrolls in 2022 and 2023: what do we know about their earnings? New analysis with Madeleine Sumption & Ben Brindle ukandeu.ac.uk/earnings-traje…

Excellent piece of journalism here. More very worrying stories of people losing £thousands. A year long investigation. Variations of this are still ongoing.

Our new Code of Standards has now come into effect. If the change affects you, please make sure you are familiar with the new Code and accompanying guidance notes gov.uk/government/new…

A new BBC investigation finds students are being scammed out of thousands of £s for fake visa documents. This case shows the need for safe reporting mechanisms without fear of reprisal from the Home Office, says our Head of Immigration Luke Piper bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

ICIBI’s annual report for 2023-24 has been published today. The Chief Inspector highlights key points here: gov.uk/government/new…

The piece at the beginning of the show was prepared by the investigation team at BBC Birmingham & Black Country. It is excellent. Very honoured to have played a small part in it. The praise goes to the team who spent a year investigating this important issue.

Does immigration cause crime? Jonathan Portes’ graph of overall crime against immigration suggests “high net migration has not coincided with a rise in violent crime” Econometric analysis by Steve Machin tells a similar story: “we find no causal effect of immigration on crime”

Reports of exploitation in Britain's care sector have soared. But one migrant worker has now won a significant payout in a case that Work Rights Centre says could spur other carers to pursue legal action against unscrupulous bosses. context.news/money-power-pe…

68% of Ukrainians in the UK intend to remain here for the long term, even after their country becomes safe. Their employment rate is close to the UK average and they gradually moved into private accommodation. More details in our recently updated briefing migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/brie…

🎉 Major win for migrant care workers! Our client, Kirankumar Rathod, has won a rare payout of interim relief: nearly £17,000 in unpaid wages and a monthly salary of £1,703 until the Employment Tribunal case concludes. context.news/money-power-pe…

9 months is a long time but the MAC have been commissioned to review the Minimum Income Requirements. A welcomed development. gov.uk/government/pub…

🚨NEW: I spoke to a Kurdish mother who was separated from her two children, aged 5 and 9, while attempting to cross the Channel by small boat. She and her husband have called on the Home Office to allow them urgent entry to the UK. Very sad to report. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/s…

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