KNOWLEDGE

CENTRE

Personal Immigration Update: October 2025 Immigration Rule Changes

On 14 October 2025, the Home Office published a Statement of Changes to the UK Immigration Rules, introducing a number of important amendments across several immigration categories. A written ministerial statement was also laid before Parliament.

The Lawfulness of Home Office Guidance on Victims of Modern Slavery

In R (on the application of SV) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (ECAT: lawfulness of policy guidance) [2022] UKUT 39 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal considered the lawfulness of the Secretary of State...

Remedy for removal following certification is to be returned

In XB v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 2557 (Admin) the claimant successfully challenged the Secretary of State’s certification of her fresh claim for asylum as being clearly unfounded....

Funding cuts place refugee and migrant children at risk

A new report by the Coram Children’s Legal Centre has found that young refugees and migrants on their own in the UK are not being provided with the advice and representation they need, with significant consequences...

Changes to migrant domestic worker rules will facilitate slavery

The government's announcement that it will be changing the rules for migrant domestic workers, including the removal of the right to change employer, will facilitate slavery and trafficking, say human rights charities Kalayaan and Anti-Slavery International.

Trafficking victims should have the chance to tell their story

Following the publication of the 'Landing in Dover' report by the Children's Commissioner for England, the Executive Director of the Centre for Social Justice, Gavin...

Major study into human trafficking

A lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University is to undertake a study into the public’s attitude towards the problem of human trafficking – and how consumers’ spending habits contribute towards it.