Updated sponsor-pay rules tighten salary reporting for Skilled Worker visa holders
Home Office recruits three chief technology officers to drive digital borders overhaul
Government updates Channel small-boat arrival figures amid renewed political scrutiny
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Sudanese asylum seekers file first legal challenge to Labour’s new ‘30-month’ refugee status
Two Sudanese refugees are asking the High Court to strike down the Home Office plan to cut refugee leave to remain from five years to 30 months. A win for the claimants could derail Labour’s headline asylum reform; a loss would impose significant new compliance obligations on employers of refugees.
Jersey works with Home Office after ETA errors leave residents stranded at airports
Several Jersey residents holding physical residence permits were wrongly refused boarding after ETA rules expanded to the Channel Islands. Jersey and the UK Home Office are rushing to upload local permissions into carrier systems and advise travellers to carry a government letter until eVisas roll out.
Summer of discontent? 900 Scottish airport staff begin strike ballots that could hit World Cup travel
Unite has opened strike ballots for nearly 900 staff at Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports. Industrial action could begin in late July, threatening flights to the US World Cup and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and forcing firms to rethink summer travel plans.