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Apr 23, 2021 · 16 min
Podcast: when is deportation “unduly harsh”?
Do you know your PG (Jamaica) from your HA (Iraq)? Our coverage of deportation decisions over the past few years has felt non-stop, with the courts pumping out judgments sending the law in different directions. In particular, the legal test for when deportation will be “unduly harsh” on family members left behind has been subject to intense, and often contradictory, judicial analysis. Thankfully, things have now settled down a bit, so it’s a good time to take stock of where we’re at with the “unduly harsh” test in 2021. I spoke to Nick Nason of Edgewater Legal, who has written up all the big deportation cases for Free Movement in recent times. Listen to the podcast in your browser above or search for us on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you get your audio. PS: The presenters of all the other podcasts I listen to are forever asking for listeners to give the show a rating, and while I have no idea how to do that, some people have obviously figured it out because we have 4.6 stars on iTunes. If you feel inclined to add to that, we’d be grateful.
Apr 9, 2021 · 28 min
Immigration update podcast, episode 87
Welcome to episode 87 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month we’re covering two main sets of reform proposals, the New Plan for Immigration and changes to judicial review. We’ve also got a bunch of new Immigration Rules to mention, a handful of interesting cases and a proposed new code of conduct for Presenting Officers, the officials who represent the Home Office in immigration appeals. If you would like to claim CPD points for reading the material and listening to this podcast, sign up here as a Free Movement member. There are now over 100 CPD hours of training materials available to members. You can find all the available courses here. If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or by pointing your podcast player to the podcast feed for Free Movement. Using a mobile device and subscribing has the advantage that each new podcast can be automatically downloaded for listening to on the go. To access previous Free Movement immigration update podcasts click here. The downloadable 29-minute podcast follows the running order below. Timestamps indicate when a particular section begins. Asylum A first look at the “New Plan for Immigration” Does the policy of deterring asylum seekers actually work? Supreme Court reiterates that a refugee cannot be removed until claim is assessed Judicial review (9.55) Cart cases scrapped as government launches judicial review consultation Business and students (13.53) New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 1248 Immigration measures in the 2021 Budget Family immigration (16.35) Policy on fee waivers for entry clearance is unlawful, government concedes When does having a partner disqualify you from keeping a parent visa? Regulation (20.06) Censure of lawyers over asylum camp case shows difficulty of systemic litigation Human rights (22.48)
Mar 26, 2021 · 20 min
Podcast: immigration and the criminal law
The statute book is crammed with criminal offences relating to borders and immigration control, from entering the UK illegally to renting property to an unauthorised migrant. Most are rarely prosecuted, with an average of 625 prosecutions a year between 2017 and 2019. But many convictions are high-profile, with a steady stream of people being jailed for “assisting unlawful immigration” by piloting small boats across the Channel. The Home Office also announced this week proposals to increase the maximum sentences for the main immigration offences. So will criminal prosecutions increasingly become a mainstream tool of immigration control? On this episode of the podcast I speak to John Vassiliou from Shepherd and Wedderburn, one of our regular contributors and the author of a new Free Movement training course on the immigration offences.
Mar 12, 2021 · 38 min
Immigration update podcast, episode 86
Welcome to episode 86 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. There were quite a lot of significant court judgments this month, so the episode is almost entirely case law. We start with the Supreme Court decision in the Shamima Begum case (where else) and the Court of Appeal judgment on child registration fees. We then proceed through other cases on immigration detention, human rights, asylum and deportation, and finally a couple of judgments on highly technical but important general immigration matters. For a treat at the end, we discuss a useful new report on reform of immigration enforcement and the hostile environment. If you would like to claim CPD points for reading the material and listening to this podcast, sign up here as a Free Movement member. There are now over 100 CPD hours of training materials available to members. You can find all the available courses here. If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free via iTunes here, Stitcher here or point your podcast player to the podcast feed for Free Movement. Using a mobile device and subscribing has the advantage that each new podcast can be automatically downloaded for listening to on the go. To access previous Free Movement immigration update podcasts click here. The downloadable 38-minute podcast follows the running order below. Timestamps indicate when a particular section begins. Deprivation of citizenship Shamima Begum loses case in Supreme Court Children (4.52) £1,012 child citizenship fee confirmed unlawful by Court of Appeal Detention (10.10) Lack of legal advice for migrants in prison ruled “discriminatory” Home Office given 48 hours to release immigration detainee despite coronavirus High Court judge threatens Priti Patel with contempt of court proceedings Human rights (15.35) Eviction of failed asylum seeker a breach of human rights Human rights court criticises CPS for prosecuting trafficking victims Asylum (20.20) Government unlawfully denied refugee status to Egyptian dissident on national security grounds Upper Tribunal guidance on credible documentary evidence Deportation (25.15)
Feb 26, 2021 · 23 min
Podcast: the new-look grounds for refusal
Part 9 of the Immigration Rules consists of a long list of reasons why someone can be refused permission to enter or stay in the UK. These are known as the “general grounds for refusal”. Part 9 was recently overhauled, with the Home Office simultaneously making cosmetic and substantive changes to the general grounds. On the cosmetic side, the existing rules have been rewritten and restructured. (The word “general’ no longer appears in the title to Part 9, for one thing, so my terminology is already out of date.) Gone are the familiar reference points for lawyers: paragraph 320, paragraph 322(5) and all the rest of it. But more to the point, and hard to spot amid the general reorganisation, the substance of many of the rules has also been changed — in many cases to make it easier to dish out a refusal. That’s the subject of this episode of the podcast. I spoke to Alex Piletska from Turpin Miller, who has been painstakingly working through all the changes to bring our OISC training materials on the subject up to date. Her general assessment is that the Home Office has made things stricter overall. But there are some silver linings buried in there which seem to make some individual grounds for refusal more lenient — so it’s not all bad news, for a change.
Feb 12, 2021 · 27 min
Immigration update podcast, episode 85
Welcome to episode 85 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast (not in fact episode 84 as we incorrectly say in the intro). We again start with developments in asylum law before going to business immigration and the Hong Kong BNO visa which is now open for applications. There is also an interesting tribunal decision on long residence to go over and we end with a quick discussion of the hostile environment, giving me a chance to subtly plug my new academic article on the subject. If you would like to claim CPD points for reading the material and listening to this podcast, sign up here as a Free Movement member. There are now over 100 CPD hours of training materials available to members. You can find all the available courses here. If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free via iTunes here, Stitcher here or point your podcast player to the podcast feed for Free Movement. Using a mobile device and subscribing has the advantage that each new podcast can be automatically downloaded for listening to on the go. To access previous Free Movement immigration update podcasts click here. The downloadable 27-minute podcast follows the running order below. Timestamps indicate when a particular section begins. Asylum Important Court of Appeal judgment on expert evidence and “credibility” New UK approach to refugees and safe third countries Home Office can make exceptions to rules stopping asylum seekers working Points Based System (9.56) New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: CP 361 Procedural unfairness arguments unlikely to help in Points Based System refusals In the tribunal (14.10) Tribunal defines “historic injustice” When can an immigration decision involving human rights be appealed? BNO visa (18.42) BNO visa app launches in February 2021 Long residence (19.36)
Jan 22, 2021 · 19 min
Podcast: visa options for musicians touring the UK
In 2019, Roger Daltrey of The Who swore at a reporter who asked him about Brexit. “What’s it got to do with the rock business?”, the veteran singer scoffed. “As if we didn’t tour in Europe before the ******* EU”. The end of free movement for workers has a fair bit to do with the ******* EU. British artists are upset that the Brexit trade deal contained no meaningful replacement, leaving them to comb through European work permit laws country-by-country to work out where a visa is required. An open letter protesting to the government has been signed by over 100 stars, including Ed Sheeran, Elton John — and Roger Daltrey. The visa problem cuts both ways: it’s also harder for European musicians to play on this side of the pond, and since UK immigration law is what we know, in this podcast we look at the situation that way round. Solicitor Gemma Tracey of Latitude Law walks us through the various options for EU musicians coming to the UK post-Brexit, which are as follows (with links to the relevant Immigration Rules): * Permitted creative activities on a standard visitor visa * Permit free festivals on a standard visitor visa * A permitted paid engagement visitor visa * A T5 temporary creative worker visa You can read Gemma’s summary on the Latitude Law website. At the end of the episode I also give a quick plug to a Free Movement article by George Peretz QC, which goes into more detail on the situation for British acts heading to Europe.
Jan 8, 2021 · 29 min
Immigration update podcast, episode 84
Welcome to episode 84 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. We’re going over what happened in December 2020, which feels a bit like it was asylum month: we’ve got some very important changes to the Immigration Rules on claiming asylum and safe third countries; an interesting case on military service and refugee status; a big case on asylum accommodation delays; a report on the UK statelessness procedure; not one but two cases on the treatment of trafficking victims; and a slightly odd Scottish case on how country guidance cases work. We’ve also going to cover the right to benefits for EU citizens with pre-settled status, deportation and the latest Home Office plan for dealing with all this case law: stop it happening in the first place by ratcheting tight access to the Court of Appeal. CJ is also going to give a mention to a couple of blog posts on the Skilled Worker visa and the minimum income rule at the very end. Phew. If you would like to claim CPD points for reading the material and listening to this podcast, sign up here as a Free Movement member. There are now over 100 CPD hours of training materials available to members. You can find all the available courses here. If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free via iTunes here, Stitcher here or point your podcast player to the podcast feed for Free Movement. Using a mobile device and subscribing has the advantage that each new podcast can be automatically downloaded for listening to on the go. To access previous Free Movement immigration update podcasts click here. The downloadable 29-minute podcast follows the running order below. Timestamps indicate when a particular section begins. Asylum New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 1043 High Court finally calls time on asylum accommodation delays Major Upper Tribunal judgment on draft evaders and Ukraine Country guidance changes affect pending decisions if not already sent out to the parties Expert report finds room for improvement in UK’s statelessness system Trafficking (10.42) Asylum right to work policy unlawfully overlooks trafficking victims Home Office policy on leave to remain for potential trafficking victims found unlawful EU citizens (16.37)
Dec 11, 2020 · 30 min
Immigration update podcast, episode 83
Welcome to episode 83 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. It’s a case law heavy episode, with lots of judgments from the immigration tribunal, Court of Appeal and even the European Court of Human Rights to chew on. We also talk about a potentially important new policy on deporting people who arrived in the UK as young children, legal preparations for Brexit and of course the new Immigration Act. For discussion of recent changes to economic migration routes under the Points Based Immigration System, see the previous episode or our brand new training course. If you would like to claim CPD points for reading the material and listening to this podcast, sign up here as a Free Movement member. There are now over 100 CPD hours of training materials available to members. You can find all the available courses here. If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free via iTunes here, Stitcher here or point your podcast player to the podcast feed for Free Movement. Using a mobile device and subscribing has the advantage that each new podcast can be automatically downloaded for listening to on the go. To access previous Free Movement immigration update podcasts click here. The downloadable 31-minute podcast follows the running order below. Timestamps indicate when a particular section begins. Brexit The Immigration Act 2020 New regulations to wipe free movement from the statute book Appeals (6.06) Pandemic rules for immigration appeals declared unlawful Human rights (9.04) UK breached European convention in deporting man without proper human rights assessment Deporting gay asylum seeker a violation of Article 3, human rights court finds Deportation and detention (15.00) New unofficial policy on deporting Jamaicans who arrived as children reported Man assured he wasn’t being deported is, in fact, being deported
Nov 27, 2020 · 20 min
Podcast: how the immigration system froze out Commonwealth soldiers
You don’t have to be British to work here, but it helps. Citizens of the 54 Commonwealth countries can serve in the British Army and other branches of the armed forces, and are eligible to settle in the UK after discharge if they have served for at least four years. But settlement isn’t automatic, and over the years too many have ended up without the immigration status they were promised. While the situation has improved in recent years, the sheer cost of indefinite leave to remain — £2,389, or around £10,000 for a family of four — means that some remain frozen out despite policies designed to help them. On 1 December 2020, the High Court will hear argument on behalf of eight Fijian ex-servicemen trying to get justice without being shaken down for the privilege. They’re represented by Vinita Templeton of Duncan Lewis Solicitors, our guest on the podcast this month. I asked Vinita about the minimum income rule that continues to affect serving soldiers, about the linked issues of cost and paperwork for indefinite leave to remain, and what she hopes to achieve with the litigation. (For dull technical reasons we recorded over Zoom rather than anything fancier so there may be the odd audio glitch.)
Nov 13, 2020 · 35 min
Immigration update podcast, episode 82
Welcome to episode 82 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month we mostly focus on a host of changes to the Immigration Rules introduced in October and mainly coming into force in December. There are also some big cases on long residence, removal windows, deportation law and fairness in sponsored worker cases, and we’re also going to talk about EU citizens and naturalisation. If you would like to claim CPD points for reading the material and listening to this podcast, sign up here as a Free Movement member. There are now over 100 CPD hours of training materials available to members. You can find all the available courses here. If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free via iTunes here, Stitcher here or point your podcast player to the podcast feed for Free Movement. Using a mobile device and subscribing has the advantage that each new podcast can be automatically downloaded for listening to on the go. To access previous Free Movement immigration update podcasts click here. The downloadable 35-minute podcast follows the running order below. Time codes indicate when a particular section begins. Statement of changes What the new Points-Based Immigration System has in store for UK work visas New, improved English language requirements for immigration applications “Compassionate” Home Office targets rough sleepers, again The Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa New-look Appendix V: changes to UK visit visa rules from 1 December 2020 Removal windows (17.22) Removal policy breaches common law right of access to a court Naturalisation (20.00) It just got even more difficult for EU nationals to get British citizenship The government can easily fix its policy on citizenship for EU nationals – here’s how Long residence (25.01) Welcome Court of Appeal U-turn on ten-year lawful residence gaps Deportation (27.37) Court of Appeal confirms change of course in deportation appeals
Oct 23, 2020 · 18 min
Podcast: where are we at with legal aid for immigration appeals?
Lawyers have spent much of this year fighting off controversial changes to legal aid for immigration appeals. In May, the government brought in adjusted legal aid arrangements for cases lodged under a new online appeal system — arrangements that spelled doom for an already under-pressure sector. I spoke to Sonia Lenegan from the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association about the legal action that defeated those proposals, the system that’s been put in place instead, and how things are looking for legal aid lawyers more generally.
Oct 9, 2020 · 30 min
Immigration update podcast, episode 81
Welcome to episode 81 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month we kick off with a big ruling on deportation law before turning to some draft laws affecting EU citizens in the UK. The visa rules for students changed on 5 October, so we discuss those tweaks before moving to economic migration and the elusive Immigration Health Surcharge rise. We finish with some judgments on asylum and immigration detention. If you would like to claim CPD points for reading the material and listening to this podcast, sign up here as a Free Movement member. There are now over 100 CPD hours of training materials available to members. You can find all the available courses here. If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free via iTunes here, Stitcher here or point your podcast player to the podcast feed for Free Movement. Using a mobile device and subscribing has the advantage that each new podcast can be automatically downloaded for listening to on the go. To access previous Free Movement immigration update podcasts click here. The downloadable 30-minute podcast follows the running order below. Time codes indicate when a particular section begins. Deportation Major Court of Appeal judgment revisits “unduly harsh” test and other key concepts Brexit (5.43) What is the legal status of EU citizens during the post-Brexit “grace period”? EU deportation protections continue after Brexit Applying for settled and pre-settled status requires genuine residence Students (13.39) Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 707 – “new Points-Based Immigration System” rules for students For much more on this subject: Podcast: the new student visa rules Business immigration (15.20) The end of the Tier 2 cooling-off period is on the horizon 70 new job types being added to Shortage Occupation List What is a frontier worker permit and will it help people commuting into the UK for work? NHS surcharge (20.01) Immigration Health Surcharge increase to £624 delayed...
Sep 25, 2020 · 26 min
Podcast: the new student visa rules
“Don’t panic!” is Tom Brett Young’s message to his education sector clients. Revised student visa rules kick in next month, replacing the Tier 4 routes beloved of known to immigration lawyers since 2009. Thankfully, the VWV partner reckons it’s more evolution than revolution, with the system of student sponsorship remaining broadly familiar. Although with students from EU countries now needing visas, schools and unis have quite enough upheaval to contend with as it is. In this podcast, Tom and I talk through the new student migration rules that kick in from 5 October: where to find them, what they change and what they don’t. Some — but not all — of the details we touch on are covered in Nath’s recent article on the subject. To stay abreast of developments in business and student migration as the government continues to roll out its “new Points-Based Immigration System”, sign up for Free Movement email alerts and select the “business” option.
Sep 11, 2020 · 24 min
Immigration update podcast, episode 80
Welcome to episode 80 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month we start with the EU Settlement Scheme before turning to a couple of cases at the intersection of immigration law and family law. With the slow down in the court system, there wasn’t a whole lot of case law this month, so we take a detour via domestic abuse and sponsor licensing before getting back to the courts with a few cases on procedure and compensation for delay. To round off, there’s a couple of positive developments on legal aid and leave to remain for people falsely accused of cheating on their English test. If you would like to claim CPD points for reading the material and listening to this podcast, sign up here as a Free Movement member. There are now over 100 CPD hours of training materials available to members. You can find all the available courses here. With the end of the CPD year approaching, it’s worth mentioning we have three new training courses already available — on Tier 2 visas, international surrogacy cases and best practice in immigration case working — and two more incoming on advising employers and on lawyer ethics. As with blog posts, we’re widening the pool of training courses authors and these are by Karma Hickman of Bishop & Sewell, Jo Hunt of Lewis Silkin, Amie Higgins of the Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit and Chris Cole, formerly of Parker Rhodes Hickmotts. If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free via iTunes here, Stitcher here or point your podcast player to the podcast feed for Free Movement. Using a mobile device and subscribing has the advantage that each new podcast can be automatically downloaded for listening to on the go. To access previous Free Movement immigration update podcasts click here. The downloadable 24-minute podcast follows the running order below. Time codes indicate when a particular section begins. EU rights EU Settlement Scheme rejects majority of Zambrano carers Useful briefing on changes to Northern Ireland family immigration rules Easier access to benefits for family members of people from Northern Ireland Family law (6.11) Court of Appeal backs order to disclose refugee asylum records Local authorities may need permission to get British citizenship for children in care Domestic abuse (12.55) The domestic violence concession: for the few, not the many Sponsorship (14.49) Brexit ready? No big rise in businesses getting sponsor licences Delay (16.57) No Home Office duty of care to mig...
Aug 28, 2020 · 23 min
Podcast: helping families with international surrogacy
Commercial surrogacy — paying someone else to carry and give birth to your child — is banned in the UK, but available overseas. That allows couples and individuals who would otherwise be unable to have children to experience the miracle of life with the aid of a third party. It’s a fraught process, and getting the resulting baby a visa may not be at the forefront of the intended parents’ minds. It may, however, be necessary. A child born to a surrogate abroad will not be automatically entitled to come straight back to the UK, even if the intended parents are both British themselves. It depends on who the child’s legal parents are at the point of birth and what nationality that leaves the child with. The child may be British, or entitled to be registered as British, or entitled to the passport of the country of birth, or able to get entry clearance under a special surrogacy policy, or… Enter Karma Hickman, who has seen her share of complicated surrogacy cases and disentangled the nationality and immigration law issues. In this podcast we review three of Karma’s past international surrogacy cases — names have been changed and all the rest of it — and work out the family’s options in each case. The scenarios are the same as in Karma’s article Surrogacy, citizenship and immigration: common problem scenarios, published yesterday.
Aug 14, 2020 · 23 min
Immigration update podcast, episode 79
Welcome to episode 79 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month we’re starting with a few asylum decisions, then talk a little about the Shamima Begum case and go over the latest on coronavirus immigration changes. We look at the Hong Kong BNO visa, mention a couple of things about immigration detention and access to benefits, and end with some rather disparate tribunal and procedural cases. If you would like to claim CPD points for reading the material and listening to this podcast, sign up here as a Free Movement member. There are now over 100 CPD hours of training materials available to members. You can find all the available courses here. If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free via iTunes here, Stitcher here or point your podcast player to the podcast feed for Free Movement. Using a mobile device and subscribing has the advantage that each new podcast can be automatically downloaded for listening to on the go. To access previous Free Movement immigration update podcasts click here. The downloadable 23-minute podcast follows the running order below. Time codes indicate when a particular section begins. Asylum Landmark decision on “particular social group” Judge orders Home Office to bring asylum seeker back to the UK Upper Tribunal ruling on discretion to reunite refugee families under Dublin III Citizenship deprivation (6.36) This is what the Court of Appeal decided about Shamima Begum – and what happens next Coronavirus (9.22) Coronavirus and the UK immigration system (updated) Hong Kong (11.42) The Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa Detention (14.11) Immigration bail legislation means what it says, High Court confirms Rule 35 isn’t working – and there’s data to prove it Benefits (15.52) Huge increase in no recourse to public funds applications Briefing: can EU citizens with pre-settled status claim Universal Credit? Costs (17.37) When are costs in a Cart type judicial re...
Jul 24, 2020 · 23 min
Podcast: applying for a representative of an overseas business visa
The representative of an overseas business visa wasn’t mentioned once in the government’s blueprint for a new immigration system, but that doesn’t mean it’s going anywhere. Or at least we hope not; as Joanna Hunt tells me in this podcast, stranger things have happened in immigration law. We mostly proceed on the assumption this route has life in it yet and that, as an immigration lawyer, you need to know about it. Jo explains what the representative of an overseas business visa is, why it’s sometimes called the “sole rep” route, what the requirements are and why it’s often trickier than other work-based routes. We also touch on recent changes to the route in May 2020, which saw the Home Office give itself more powers to refuse this kind of visa application for fear that independent businesspeople are trying to use it instead of the bungled Innovator route. The discussion is partly based on Jo’s recent article on the subject, What is a representative of an overseas business visa and why are people talking about it?.
Jul 10, 2020 · 30 min
Immigration update podcast, episode 78
Welcome to episode 78 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month we start with some general discussion about the immigration system and my new book, Welcome to Britain, move on to cover a couple of deportation cases and then look at some material on appeals, asylum, family immigration and EU law. We end with a reminder on refunds for the Immigration Health Surcharge for NHS and social care workers. If you would like to claim CPD points for reading the material and listening to this podcast, sign up here as a Free Movement member. There are now over 100 CPD hours of training materials available to members. You can find all the available courses here. If you listen to podcasts on your mobile phone, you can subscribe for free via iTunes here, Stitcher here or point your podcast player to the podcast feed for Free Movement. Using a mobile device and subscribing has the advantage that each new podcast can be automatically downloaded for listening to on the go. To access previous Free Movement immigration update podcasts click here. The downloadable 30-minute podcast follows the running order below. We’ve added time codes to indicate when a particular section begins. Race and the immigration system Race, racism and immigration in the United Kingdom: Black Lives Matter What is in Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System? Home Office doesn’t know, doesn’t care whether the hostile environment even works Deportation (8.05) When is a foreign criminal not a foreign criminal? What is an offence causing “serious harm”? Appeals (13.32) Tribunal tackles law on disclosure Immigration appeals are much more likely to succeed if there’s an oral hearing Asylum (18.16) Refugee Week: asylum in the UK, by numbers Worrying Strasbourg decision on sending asylum seekers back to Sudan No European Convention on Human Rights jurisdiction over humanitarian visa refusal Family immigration (23.10)
Jul 3, 2020 · 1 hr 1 min
Podcast: Welcome to Britain book launch, with Satbir Singh of JCWI
In this bumper bonus episode, Free Movement editor Colin Yeo is interviewed by Satbir Singh, chief executive of the migrants’ rights charity JCWI. The subject of the interview is of course Colin’s book, published on 29 June 2020. Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System explains the workings and non-workings of the immigration system to the general public. You can read a detailed overview of the contents here. To mark publication day, Satbir kindly agreed to host a lockdown-approved launch event over Zoom to talk about the themes of the book and to put some questions to Colin from Free Movement readers. The interview is also available on our YouTube channel if you would like to see Colin’s and Satbir’s splendid lockdown beards in their full glory.