Migration risk meaning

In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Family routes Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q&As Key developments Future developments—Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar highlights key upcoming developments for business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Home Office confirms eVisas will replace all vignettes in 2026 The Home Office has amended its eVisa guidance to state that from 12 January 2026, most recipients of visit visas and some other routes will get both an eVisa and a vignette. Those issued a valid UK vignette before that date will be able to retrieve their eVisa through their UK Visas and Immigration account. The guidance also confirms that later in 2026, vignettes will be discontinued...

In this issue: EU fundamentals Commercial Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Dispute resolution Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals European Parliament and Council agree on 2025 EU annual budget The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have struck a deal on the 2025 EU budget, amounting to €199.4bn in commitments. It is designed to advance political priorities, respond to crises, and keep backing flagship programmes such as Horizon Europe. Funding is distributed across innovation, cohesion, the environment, migration, and security. Formal sign-off is anticipated by November 2024. See: LNB News 18/11/2024 for details and reference here European Commission releases November 2024 infringement package The European Commission has issued its November 2024 infringement package, setting out which EU Member...

In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post-Brexit transition guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19) SIs Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Subsidy control and State aid State security and intelligence Information law Other Public Law updates Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit highlights Supreme Court finds Sky applied for trade marks in bad faith (SkyKick UK Ltd v Sky Ltd) In SkyKick UK Ltd and another (Appellants) v Sky Ltd and others (Respondents) [2024] UKSC 36, the Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s view that Sky pursued its trade marks in bad faith and that the first‑instance process was fair, overturning the Court of Appeal’s conclusions. It nevertheless aligned with the Court of Appeal in holding that, on the reduced specification of goods and services, Cloud Migration—SkyKick’s email migration product and service—did not infringe...

Managing contaminated land liabilities is an important consideration in construction projects Liabilities for land contamination commonly emerge within the planning framework and the contaminated land regime contained in Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990). Remediation via the planning route: across England and Wales, most contamination matters are addressed through the planning system. To make sure a site is fit for its proposed use, and to avoid unacceptable pollution risk, the effects of contamination on a scheme should be examined through planning so far as they are not dealt with by other regimes, including the EPA 1990, Pt IIA, the Building Regulations and environmental permits (see: Environmental permits and exemptions—overview). Before permission is issued, the developer together with an environmental consultant ought to evaluate the potential contamination risks. Applicants are advised to liaise early with the local planning authority and their environmental consultant, especially where land has been determined as contaminated land under the EPA 1990, Pt IIA, to agree the scope of assessment required to...

Introduction and background The State of Nature and Climate 2025 briefing from the World Economic Forum set out key conclusions: the Planetary Health Check supplies robust scientific proof that human activity is destabilising the Earth system, thereby jeopardising global economic development. Overall, planetary boundaries lie in a zone of escalating risk, with six of the nine already crossed and trends signalling further deterioration. Climate change Novel entities Biogeochemical flows Freshwater change Land system change Biodiversity Ocean acidification is worsening and is rapidly nearing its planetary threshold. These insights mirror the World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Report 2022, which found average global wildlife populations have fallen by 69% since 1970, while freshwater species have suffered the greatest losses overall, with an 83% global decline. In summary, the need to protect species is immediate...

This EU tracker covers case law in the following areas: EU immigration policy Free movement of EU citizens New Pact on Migration and Asylum with a special focus on legal immigration Case law Case: A.B. v Ministerstvo vnitra, Odbor azylové a migrační politiky, Case C-349/24 Judgment date: 5 June 2025 Key facts/Analysis: An application arose in litigation between a non-EU national and the Czech Ministry of the Interior’s Department of Asylum and Migration Policy, challenging a decision refusing that person international protection. The reference asks how Article 3 of Directive 2011/95/EU should be construed. That provision concerns the scope for Member States to introduce more generous rules within the EU framework setting qualification standards for third‑country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, establishing a uniform status for refugees or those eligible for subsidiary protection, and outlining the substance of the protection afforded. The Court determined that Article 3 must be read as excluding, from the category...