"The proposed repayment scheme is unlikely to make any meaningful contribution to public finances. However, the impact on refugees’ ability to settle, integrate and become economically self-sufficient could be significant." 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/paying-for-t...

Paying for the privilege of gaining asylum in the UK - UK in a changing Europe

Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello consider the government's proposal to ask refugees to repay around £10,000 towards asylum support that they received while their claim was being proces...

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"There is little evidence that CTA is widely abused by asylum seekers to reach the UK. However, it needs to be managed." ✍️ Ali Ahmadi, @cbarnard.bsky.social & @fionacostello.bsky.social explain what the Common Travel Area is and if it is used as a route for asylum 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-common-t...

The Common Travel Area (CTA) and Asylum - UK in a changing Europe

Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello explain what the Common Travel Area is, how it works, and whether it is used as a route for those seeking asylum.

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A huge thank you for this generous recommendation.

Sean Jones KC@seanjones.org · 2y ago

I highly recommend this book. I’m not sure I’ve read anything that so clearly identifies the problem of the precariat. It is thoughtful, compassionate and fascinating in its analysis of “pragmatic law”.

New blog with @cbarnard.bsky.social on eVisas. 👇 "The real concern is that the Home Office has not learned anything from the EUSS. The same issues – lack of digital and language skills, digital glitches, delays, and lack of training – are being repeated here" 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/evisas-what-...

eVisas: what, why and when? - UK in a changing Europe

Catherine Barnard examines the problems with eVisas - online records of immigration status - and looks at several case studies

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Many thanks to @timeshighered.bsky.social Times Higher Ed for covering this story www.timeshighereducation.com/news/mps-urg...

MPs urge ESRC to rethink defunding King’s Brexit thinktank

Parliamentarians warn removal of funding for UK in a Changing Europe might be seen as ‘deprioritisation of impact-based work’, given its success

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.@anandmenon.bsky.social and his team provide impartial, timely, accessible research that is invaluable to Parliamentarians, the media + general public. That's why Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, SNP, Green, SDLP, Alliance and independent MPs and peers have all signed this letter.

.@ukandeu.bsky.social has for years produced high quality research on the UK's links with the EU. Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts. Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.

📣 The latest UK-EU Divergence Tracker has landed! 🚨 It finds that Labour is leading the UK towards closer regulatory alignment with the EU in what "amounts to a step-change in UK policy". Read the full tracker from @jreland.bsky.social now 👇 1/5 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-e...

UK-EU Divergence Tracker Q2-Q3 2024 - UK in a changing Europe

This edition of UK in a Changing Europe’s Regulatory Divergence Tracker covers developments from April-October 2024.

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Sharing our book (with @cbarnard.bsky.social & Sarah Fraser Butlin) 👇 published in April this year. Discusses the experiences of low paid EU workers in the UK, pre & post Brexit and legal problems they face. Set in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. 50% discount code in post below too! (2)

Very proud that Trinity College and university of Cambridge have worked together to deliver an amazing package of support for PhD students.

Day 2 of our celebrations for Eleanor Sharpston KC. Internal market and external relations this morning. Day 2 Link: youtube.com/live/ZivwpxV...