CJ McKinney
@cjmckinney.bsky.social
Parliamentary adviser on immigration and asylum. Child of the Common Travel Area. Views, if any, are my own. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/cj-mckinney/
The top civil servant at the Home Office has ordered a review into the culture within Border Force and Immigration Enforcement, following reports of "concerning behaviour in some of our frontline services" committees.parliament.uk/publications...
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The top civil servant at the Home Office has ordered a review into the culture within Border Force and Immigration Enforcement, following reports of "concerning behaviour in some of our frontline services" committees.parliament.uk/publications...
High Court conclusion on concern about crimes committed by the residents of the Bell Hotel, which houses asylum seekers in Epping near London www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ep...
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
High Court conclusion on concern about crimes committed by the residents of the Bell Hotel, which houses asylum seekers in Epping near London www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ep...
Reposted by CJ McKinney
Here's the judgment from the full hearing on the use of the Bell Hotel as asylum accommodation. Epping Forest unsuccessful in their attempt to prevent the hotel's continued use to accommodate people seeking asylum www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
www.judiciary.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here's the judgment from the full hearing on the use of the Bell Hotel as asylum accommodation. Epping Forest unsuccessful in their attempt to prevent the hotel's continued use to accommodate people seeking asylum www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
Reposted by CJ McKinney
We estimate the number of non-EU citizens with ILR is likely to be between 620k and 820k
More details on how we reached those figures in the commentary
More details on how we reached those figures in the commentary
A key recent discussion about UK migration has been people's rights to settle permanemently - or "indefinite leave to remain" - but how many people have this status? Our latest piece gives you the info (NB - doesn't include EU settlement scheme) migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
How many migrants in the UK have settlement? - Migration Observatory
This commentary estimates the number of non-EU citizens who currently have settlement, also known as indefinite leave to remain (ILR).
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We estimate the number of non-EU citizens with ILR is likely to be between 620k and 820k
More details on how we reached those figures in the commentary
More details on how we reached those figures in the commentary
Following the BBC's report at the weekend that "Shabana Mahmood will model some of her new measures on the Danish system" (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...), we've published some material on what Denmark has been up to.
Asylum policy in Denmark https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10391/
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Following the BBC's report at the weekend that "Shabana Mahmood will model some of her new measures on the Danish system" (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...), we've published some material on what Denmark has been up to.
Reposted by CJ McKinney
"Shabana Mahmood will model some of her new measures on the Danish system"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"Shabana Mahmood will model some of her new measures on the Danish system"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Looks like people on Graduate visas (no sponsorship required) who expected to transition onto a sponsored Skilled Worker visa, but now the job they do is no longer sponsorable. Also an issue for dental hygienists and prison officers.
RMT takes visa fight to Downing Street as rail workers face being forced to leave the UK
RMT is taking its campaign to protect transport workers from losing their UK visa status directly to the Prime Minister on Friday.
rmtunion.org/4o0yL6F
RMT is taking its campaign to protect transport workers from losing their UK visa status directly to the Prime Minister on Friday.
rmtunion.org/4o0yL6F
RMT takes visa fight to Downing Street as rail workers face being forced to leave the UK
RMT is taking its campaign to protect transport workers from losing their UK visa status directly to the Prime Minister on Friday.
rmtunion.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Looks like people on Graduate visas (no sponsorship required) who expected to transition onto a sponsored Skilled Worker visa, but now the job they do is no longer sponsorable. Also an issue for dental hygienists and prison officers.
It was an interesting discussion (although I am biased because I think everything to do with immigration is interesting). The transcript is here: committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
On 4 November, the Home Affairs Committee met with the Migration Advisory Committee to discuss the proposed changes to ILR. They brought up some very interesting points.
Part 1
Part 1
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It was an interesting discussion (although I am biased because I think everything to do with immigration is interesting). The transcript is here: committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
Home Office to trial live facial recognition cameras at a UK port to catch people arriving from Dublin in breach of a deportation order (there being no routine immigration control on journeys from Ireland) www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Home Office to trial live facial recognition cameras at a UK port to catch people arriving from Dublin in breach of a deportation order (there being no routine immigration control on journeys from Ireland) www.gov.uk/government/p...
Reposted by CJ McKinney
In case you missed it: Job ad: Work Rights Centre are recruiting a Trainee Solicitor | Free Movement
Job ad: Work Rights Centre are recruiting a Trainee Solicitor - Free Movement
We’re recruiting a Trainee Solicitor (Immigration and Employment)
freemovement.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In case you missed it: Job ad: Work Rights Centre are recruiting a Trainee Solicitor | Free Movement
Existing private sector digital ID is linked up with government databases and could be used to prove that people have the right to work, private sector digital ID providers say committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Existing private sector digital ID is linked up with government databases and could be used to prove that people have the right to work, private sector digital ID providers say committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
Reposted by CJ McKinney
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally, BBC finds
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mx99ple17o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mx99ple17o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally, BBC finds
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mx99ple17o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mx99ple17o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Coming by 2029 to a general election manifesto near you www.politico.eu/article/labo...
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Coming by 2029 to a general election manifesto near you www.politico.eu/article/labo...
Reposted by CJ McKinney
Reposted by CJ McKinney
Asylum-seekers working in Ireland may have to pay between €15 and €238 a week for their accommodation in Ipas centres under plans to be discussed by the Cabinet sub-committee on migration today. jrnl.ie/6863080
Asylum-seekers with jobs will be required to pay towards their accommodation under new plans
A person may have to pay between €15 and €238 or higher.
jrnl.ie
November 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Asylum-seekers working in Ireland may have to pay between €15 and €238 a week for their accommodation in Ipas centres under plans to be discussed by the Cabinet sub-committee on migration today. jrnl.ie/6863080
The government's announcement on housing asylum seekers in military sites is all the more striking when the minister responsible for asylum (since reshuffled) was so down on them as recently as June committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The government's announcement on housing asylum seekers in military sites is all the more striking when the minister responsible for asylum (since reshuffled) was so down on them as recently as June committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
Over 40% of international students who arrived in the UK in 2022 had switched to a work visa by 2024 (mostly the Graduate visa designed for that purpose), Migration Observatory analysis shows migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Over 40% of international students who arrived in the UK in 2022 had switched to a work visa by 2024 (mostly the Graduate visa designed for that purpose), Migration Observatory analysis shows migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
Reposted by CJ McKinney
We know what migrants on work visas are doing in the labour market, but we know very little about the jobs their partners are doing and how much they're earning.
New FOI data sheds light on that.
New FOI data sheds light on that.
October 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We know what migrants on work visas are doing in the labour market, but we know very little about the jobs their partners are doing and how much they're earning.
New FOI data sheds light on that.
New FOI data sheds light on that.
"Legal sources said more migrants were attempting to cross the Channel in small boats because they were being left homeless by the French authorities" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Migrants try to return to UK after France refuses to house them
Asylum seekers deported under one in, one out deal are being left homeless by the French authorities, legal sources claim, fuelling attempted returns
www.thetimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"Legal sources said more migrants were attempting to cross the Channel in small boats because they were being left homeless by the French authorities" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Reposted by CJ McKinney
Immigration and the ECHR https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10376/
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Immigration and the ECHR https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10376/
The currently unrestricted right of Irish citizens to work in the UK is a sticking point in proposals for compulsory digital ID, Times report www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Keir Starmer’s digital ID plan at odds with Irish jobs arrangement
PM’s proposal would require Irish citizens to have a UK digital ID instead of just a passport as required under the common travel area agreement
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The currently unrestricted right of Irish citizens to work in the UK is a sticking point in proposals for compulsory digital ID, Times report www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
It doesn't seem as though the UK has much of a border if you come into port on a private boat, unless you choose to inform Border Force that you're coming, based on these inspection findings www.gov.uk/government/n...
October 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It doesn't seem as though the UK has much of a border if you come into port on a private boat, unless you choose to inform Border Force that you're coming, based on these inspection findings www.gov.uk/government/n...
Asylum accommodation: "The Home Office has undoubtedly been operating in an extremely challenging environment, but its chaotic response has demonstrated that it has not been up to the challenge", MPs report. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
The Home Office's management of asylum accommodation
publications.parliament.uk
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Asylum accommodation: "The Home Office has undoubtedly been operating in an extremely challenging environment, but its chaotic response has demonstrated that it has not been up to the challenge", MPs report. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Reposted by CJ McKinney
John Collison of Stripe: Ireland is going backwards. Here’s how to get it moving
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
John Collison of Stripe: Ireland is going backwards. Here’s how to get it moving
The Stripe co-founder looks at how the State can get out of the government-by-agency corner into which it has painted itself
www.irishtimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
John Collison of Stripe: Ireland is going backwards. Here’s how to get it moving
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Not great headlines for the asylum system
October 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Not great headlines for the asylum system