Immigration update podcast, episode 96

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Welcome to episode 96 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month we’re covering December 2021 and we’ll go over some EU rights issues, a bit on deportation, a bit on asylum, touch on human rights and address some fascinating procedural issues of law.
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The downloadable 36-minute podcast follows the running order below. Timestamps indicate when a particular section begins.
EU rights
Supreme Court overturns expansion of benefits rights for EU citizens
No EU citizenship, no extended family members
Long residence (4.41)
Court of Appeal game-changer for validity and continuous residence
Deportation (8.52)
The effect of deportation on children: Imran case reversed
Deportation law up for MORE revision: Supreme Court to hear appeal in HA (Iraq) case
Man who has never left the UK avoids deportation after seven-year legal battle
Asylum (15.23)
Seeking asylum isn’t illegal yet, criminal courts confirm, quashing small boat convictions
Inflexible biometrics policy for refugee family reunion declared unlawful
Government refuses to relax asylum seeker right to work rules
Carriers’ liability (24.06)
What counts as an “effective system” of lorry checks?