Milla Walker
@millawalker.bsky.social
Immigration, HR and public law solicitor. Legal Aid long-hauler.
Cinema-phile and amateurish horticulturist.
Cinema-phile and amateurish horticulturist.
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At least 160,000 people have been granted refugee status over the past five years. It now seems they are intended to be caught by the Government’s plans to make refugees wait up to 20 years for settlement - even for those just months away from ILR
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
At least 160,000 people have been granted refugee status over the past five years. It now seems they are intended to be caught by the Government’s plans to make refugees wait up to 20 years for settlement - even for those just months away from ILR
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
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The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
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Michala Clante Bendixen sends a Danish warning to the UK – @lbc.co.uk
I work with refugees in Denmark - copying our asylum system will backfire on Britain | LBC
Creating barriers that are impossible to overcome and a hostile approach to newcomers and minorities will backfire on any country, writes Michala Clante Benedixen
www.lbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Michala Clante Bendixen sends a Danish warning to the UK – @lbc.co.uk
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Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
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This is simply untrue, I think. The Common European Asylum System, of which the UK was part until 2020, requires these standards. Denmark is not part of the CES but pretty much everywhere else in Europe is.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is simply untrue, I think. The Common European Asylum System, of which the UK was part until 2020, requires these standards. Denmark is not part of the CES but pretty much everywhere else in Europe is.
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The Government inherited an asylum system in meltdown, and had managed to at least get cases being processed again while ending the madness of the Rwanda plan. But the policies being announced today undermine all of that, making it harder for refugees to integrate and contribute to their communities
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Government inherited an asylum system in meltdown, and had managed to at least get cases being processed again while ending the madness of the Rwanda plan. But the policies being announced today undermine all of that, making it harder for refugees to integrate and contribute to their communities
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Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
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A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
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Another Labour MP goes public with concerns.
A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Another Labour MP goes public with concerns.
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Good thread.
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Good thread.
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We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
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The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This statement not acceptable and I suspect not sustainable. Large majority of public support principle of asylum, support letting people stay permanently. Majority for that among Labour and other progressive parties’ voters is overwhelming. The Reform voters this is aimed at will never vote Labour
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This statement not acceptable and I suspect not sustainable. Large majority of public support principle of asylum, support letting people stay permanently. Majority for that among Labour and other progressive parties’ voters is overwhelming. The Reform voters this is aimed at will never vote Labour
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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 10:16 AM
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
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A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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Stephanie Harrison KC leading Tim Baldwin (@timbgclaw.bsky.social) represented Swindon Borough Council in a judicial review which upheld the decision to allow its charges against Clearsprings Homes over conditions of HMOs used for #AsylumSeekers.
Read more: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/judicial-rev...
Read more: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/judicial-rev...
Judicial Review dismissed - Decision upheld to allow prosecution of Clearsprings Ready Homes for housing standards breach in asylum support accommodation | Garden Court Chambers
Stephanie Harrison KC, leading Tim Baldwin, were instructed by Swindon Borough Council, the Interested Party and prosecution authority in this case, which is of significant public importance concernin...
gardencourtchambers.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Stephanie Harrison KC leading Tim Baldwin (@timbgclaw.bsky.social) represented Swindon Borough Council in a judicial review which upheld the decision to allow its charges against Clearsprings Homes over conditions of HMOs used for #AsylumSeekers.
Read more: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/judicial-rev...
Read more: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/judicial-rev...
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Those beads are people. Families. Friends. Neighbours. Children. Doctors and nurses. Teachers and carers. Millions of them.
Lam believes her policy would deport all of the proportion in pink - keeping the thin group in black - of the post-2021 legal migrant arrivals. (The draft legislation proposes similar thresholds/rules for all past grants too). She says jar is 3.5m people: an astonishing scale of mass deportations
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Those beads are people. Families. Friends. Neighbours. Children. Doctors and nurses. Teachers and carers. Millions of them.
I remain proud to work at such a consistently committed firm representing our clients to really high standard across the board @luqmanithompson.bsky.social
We are regarded as one of the best firms in the area of Immigration, Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation. luqmanithompson.com/news/luqmani...
We are regarded as one of the best firms in the area of Immigration, Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation. luqmanithompson.com/news/luqmani...
Luqmani Thompson is ranked as a leading Immigration Firm in Chambers & Partners UK Guide 2026 | Luqmani Thompson
Learn more about our “sustained and consistent expertise in the law” and “professionalism and attention to detail” which resulted in the positive feedback we have received from our peers
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October 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I remain proud to work at such a consistently committed firm representing our clients to really high standard across the board @luqmanithompson.bsky.social
We are regarded as one of the best firms in the area of Immigration, Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation. luqmanithompson.com/news/luqmani...
We are regarded as one of the best firms in the area of Immigration, Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation. luqmanithompson.com/news/luqmani...
Really pleased to be able to get a positive outcome for my client - it would be good to have a wider sense from other practitioners about how frequently the Home Office are exercising discretion since February 2025 change to policy.
@millawalker.bsky.social has had success with a citizenship application for a client who was an illegal entrant who fell within one of the exceptions in the new citizenship guidance.
You can read more here: luqmanithompson.com/news/citizen...
You can read more here: luqmanithompson.com/news/citizen...
Citizenship application success for a client who arrived in the UK illegally | Luqmani Thompson
Milla Walker, a Partner at Luqmani Thompson, has supported a client who came to the UK in breach of immigration rules to successful apply for British obtained via naturalisation.
luqmanithompson.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Really pleased to be able to get a positive outcome for my client - it would be good to have a wider sense from other practitioners about how frequently the Home Office are exercising discretion since February 2025 change to policy.
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New post just out:
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
On the edge
My week in the NHS
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
New post just out:
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
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Another case in which a barrister is found to have used generative AI to formulate his grounds of appeal, which amazingly turn out to be complete nonsense, & then tried to double down rather than fessing up: see the postscript at §32 onwards, which is real watch-through-your-fingers painful stuff
Tribunal decisions
tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Another case in which a barrister is found to have used generative AI to formulate his grounds of appeal, which amazingly turn out to be complete nonsense, & then tried to double down rather than fessing up: see the postscript at §32 onwards, which is real watch-through-your-fingers painful stuff
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October 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM