Colin Yeo
@colinyeo.bsky.social
Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
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Colin Yeo
@colinyeo.bsky.social
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An immigration lawyer reviews Paddington in Peru: A very British bear - Free Movement
They grow up so fast. As we will see, Paddington himself has almost certainly reached the age of ursine majority, whatever that might be. When I took my
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“It isn’t unusual for a former asylum seeker like Paddington to become British. In fact, 70% of all refugees granted asylum over ten years ago ultimately went on to naturalise as British. What are the requirements that Paddington must have fulfilled?” freemovement.org.uk/an-immigrati...
New from FM: Suitability refusals: owing a debt to the NHS | Nath Gbikpi
Part Suitability: owing a debt to the NHS - Free Movement
Owing a debt to the National Health Service is a ground for refusing applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK. Such debts arise because
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November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New from FM: Suitability refusals: owing a debt to the NHS | Nath Gbikpi
New from Free Movement: Part Suitability: owing a debt to the NHS | Nath Gbikpi freemovement.org.uk/general-grou...
Part Suitability: owing a debt to the NHS - Free Movement
Owing a debt to the National Health Service is a ground for refusing applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK. Such debts arise because
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November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
New from Free Movement: Part Suitability: owing a debt to the NHS | Nath Gbikpi freemovement.org.uk/general-grou...
New from FM: Interview failures lead to refusal of application for representative of an overseas business | Sonia Lenegan
Interview failures lead to refusal of application for representative of an overseas business - Free Movement
The Home Secretary has won an appeal in a case involving an application under Appendix Representative of an Overseas Business. The Court of Appeal concluded
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November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New from FM: Interview failures lead to refusal of application for representative of an overseas business | Sonia Lenegan
New from Free Movement: Interview failures lead to refusal of application for representative of an overseas business | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/interview-fa...
Interview failures lead to refusal of application for representative of an overseas business - Free Movement
The Home Secretary has won an appeal in a case involving an application under Appendix Representative of an Overseas Business. The Court of Appeal concluded
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November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New from Free Movement: Interview failures lead to refusal of application for representative of an overseas business | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/interview-fa...
In case you missed it: Permission granted for judicial review of the Home Office’s eVisa policy | Unkha Banda
Permission granted for judicial review of the Home Office’s eVisa policy - Free Movement
The High Court has granted permission to our clients, BSC and JS, in a judicial review challenge to the Home Office’s eVisa policy. The claim argues that the
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November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In case you missed it: Permission granted for judicial review of the Home Office’s eVisa policy | Unkha Banda
New from FM: Upper Tribunal stops Home Office resiling on a concession that the EUSS Derivative Rights rules were met | Chris Benn
Upper Tribunal stops Home Office resiling on a concession that the EUSS Derivative Rights rules were met - Free Movement
The Upper Tribunal found no error of law in a First-Tier Tribunal decision that allowed an EU Settlement Scheme derivative rights appeal, following a Home
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November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New from FM: Upper Tribunal stops Home Office resiling on a concession that the EUSS Derivative Rights rules were met | Chris Benn
New from Free Movement: Upper Tribunal stops Home Office resiling on a concession that the EUSS Derivative Rights rules were met | Chris Benn freemovement.org.uk/upper-tribun...
Upper Tribunal stops Home Office resiling on a concession that the EUSS Derivative Rights rules were met - Free Movement
The Upper Tribunal found no error of law in a First-Tier Tribunal decision that allowed an EU Settlement Scheme derivative rights appeal, following a Home
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November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New from Free Movement: Upper Tribunal stops Home Office resiling on a concession that the EUSS Derivative Rights rules were met | Chris Benn freemovement.org.uk/upper-tribun...
Turns out the figure was not accurate. Incorrect fraud accusations were not 3% but 46%! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Turns out the figure was not accurate. Incorrect fraud accusations were not 3% but 46%! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Lawyers Are Using AI to Slop-ify Their Legal Briefs, and It’s Getting Bad gizmodo.com/lawyers-are-...
Lawyers Are Using AI to Slop-ify Their Legal Briefs, and It's Getting Bad
There's a growing movement within the legal community to track the AI fumbles of their peers.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Lawyers Are Using AI to Slop-ify Their Legal Briefs, and It’s Getting Bad gizmodo.com/lawyers-are-...
Reposted by Colin Yeo
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
From yesterday: Court highlights difference between asylum accommodation and accommodation provided under schedule 10 | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/court-highli...
Court highlights difference between asylum accommodation and accommodation provided under schedule 10 - Free Movement
The High Court has said that in cases where accommodation is provided under schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016, location can in some circumstances be
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November 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
From yesterday: Court highlights difference between asylum accommodation and accommodation provided under schedule 10 | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/court-highli...
From yesterday: Court dismisses appeals of two Afghan nationals who were refused under the secret relocation scheme | Aiya Nakash
Court dismisses appeals of two Afghan nationals who were refused under the secret relocation scheme - Free Movement
Two Afghan nationals sought to appeal the High Court’s dismissal of their challenges to the Home Office’s decision to refuse their applications for relocation
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November 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
From yesterday: Court dismisses appeals of two Afghan nationals who were refused under the secret relocation scheme | Aiya Nakash
From yesterday: Student loses challenge to cancellation of leave for excess working | Sonia Lenegan
Student loses challenge to cancellation of leave for excess working - Free Movement
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a judicial review brought by a student against the cancellation of leave for working in excess of the 20 hours per week
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November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
From yesterday: Student loses challenge to cancellation of leave for excess working | Sonia Lenegan
New from FM: Court highlights difference between asylum accommodation and accommodation provided under schedule 10 | Sonia Lenegan
Court highlights difference between asylum accommodation and accommodation provided under schedule 10 - Free Movement
The High Court has said that in cases where accommodation is provided under schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016, location can in some circumstances be
freemovement.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New from FM: Court highlights difference between asylum accommodation and accommodation provided under schedule 10 | Sonia Lenegan
In case you missed it: Briefing: immigration and nationality options for children in care | Nath Gbikpi
Briefing: immigration and nationality options for children in care - Free Movement
This post looks at the options for regularising the immigration status of a child in care. Some options are open to all children, while others are
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November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In case you missed it: Briefing: immigration and nationality options for children in care | Nath Gbikpi
New from Free Movement: Court highlights difference between asylum accommodation and accommodation provided under schedule 10 | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/court-highli...
Court highlights difference between asylum accommodation and accommodation provided under schedule 10 - Free Movement
The High Court has said that in cases where accommodation is provided under schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016, location can in some circumstances be
freemovement.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New from Free Movement: Court highlights difference between asylum accommodation and accommodation provided under schedule 10 | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/court-highli...
From yesterday: When is an overseas adoption recognised for UK immigration purposes? | Nath Gbikpi
When is an overseas adoption recognised for UK immigration purposes? - Free Movement
The Upper Tribunal has handed down a significant decision on overseas adoptions and their interplay with immigration rules in the case of ST (Adoptions:
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November 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
From yesterday: When is an overseas adoption recognised for UK immigration purposes? | Nath Gbikpi
New from FM: Court dismisses appeals of two Afghan nationals who were refused under the secret relocation scheme | Aiya Nakash
Court dismisses appeals of two Afghan nationals who were refused under the secret relocation scheme - Free Movement
Two Afghan nationals sought to appeal the High Court’s dismissal of their challenges to the Home Office’s decision to refuse their applications for relocation
freemovement.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
New from FM: Court dismisses appeals of two Afghan nationals who were refused under the secret relocation scheme | Aiya Nakash
New from Free Movement: Court dismisses appeals of two Afghan nationals who were refused under the secret relocation scheme | Aiya Nakash freemovement.org.uk/court-dismis...
Court dismisses appeals of two Afghan nationals who were refused under the secret relocation scheme - Free Movement
Two Afghan nationals sought to appeal the High Court’s dismissal of their challenges to the Home Office’s decision to refuse their applications for relocation
freemovement.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New from Free Movement: Court dismisses appeals of two Afghan nationals who were refused under the secret relocation scheme | Aiya Nakash freemovement.org.uk/court-dismis...
RIP Geoffrey Bindman. This is from 1972.
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
RIP Geoffrey Bindman. This is from 1972.
From yesterday: Four in five EU Settlement Scheme administrative reviews waiting more than two years for a decision | Emily Lawton
Four in five EU Settlement Scheme administrative reviews waiting more than two years for a decision - Free Movement
In a recent freedom of information request, the S.A.F.E project asked the Home Office for information on how long EU Settlement Scheme administrative reviews
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November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
From yesterday: Four in five EU Settlement Scheme administrative reviews waiting more than two years for a decision | Emily Lawton
New from FM: Student loses challenge to cancellation of leave for excess working | Sonia Lenegan
Student loses challenge to cancellation of leave for excess working - Free Movement
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a judicial review brought by a student against the cancellation of leave for working in excess of the 20 hours per week
freemovement.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New from FM: Student loses challenge to cancellation of leave for excess working | Sonia Lenegan
New from Free Movement: Student loses challenge to cancellation of leave for excess working | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/student-lose...
Student loses challenge to cancellation of leave for excess working - Free Movement
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a judicial review brought by a student against the cancellation of leave for working in excess of the 20 hours per week
freemovement.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
New from Free Movement: Student loses challenge to cancellation of leave for excess working | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/student-lose...
In case you missed it: Job ad: Immigration Solicitor, Birnberg Peirce Solicitors | Free Movement
Job ad: Immigration Solicitor, Birnberg Peirce Solicitors - Free Movement
Immigration Solicitor
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November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In case you missed it: Job ad: Immigration Solicitor, Birnberg Peirce Solicitors | Free Movement
From yesterday: New commentary and report highlight persistent human rights violations against Afghans associated with the former government and international forces | Emily Wilbourn
New commentary and report highlight persistent human rights violations against Afghans associated with the former government and international forces - Free Movement
Today, Asylos has published new commentary on the UK Home Office’s Country Policy and Information Note: Fear of the Taliban. The commentary focuses on the
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November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
From yesterday: New commentary and report highlight persistent human rights violations against Afghans associated with the former government and international forces | Emily Wilbourn