Colin Yeo
@colinyeo.bsky.social
Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
New from me about Labour's earned settlement proposals. wewantedworkers.substack.com/p/labours-ea...
February 5, 2026 at 11:05 AM
New from me about Labour's earned settlement proposals. wewantedworkers.substack.com/p/labours-ea...
First post from me for a while on my occasional Substack, about Labour's earned settlement proposals and the damage they will do. open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
First post from me for a while on my occasional Substack, about Labour's earned settlement proposals and the damage they will do. open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...
Important write up by @alexinlaw.bsky.social of an important Court of Appeal case on children and the immigration rules freemovement.org.uk/important-co...
January 20, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Important write up by @alexinlaw.bsky.social of an important Court of Appeal case on children and the immigration rules freemovement.org.uk/important-co...
Useful webinar tomorrow on extensions, upgrades and curtailment under the EU settlement scheme, led by expert Chris Benn of @theseraphus.bsky.social freemovement.org.uk/product/webi...
January 19, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Useful webinar tomorrow on extensions, upgrades and curtailment under the EU settlement scheme, led by expert Chris Benn of @theseraphus.bsky.social freemovement.org.uk/product/webi...
Went back to add it into the blog post I wrote when the mode of address for immigration judges was changed from "sir/madam" to "judge". It very briefly sets out the original and history of the immigration tribunal system freemovement.org.uk/tribunal-jud...
January 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Went back to add it into the blog post I wrote when the mode of address for immigration judges was changed from "sir/madam" to "judge". It very briefly sets out the original and history of the immigration tribunal system freemovement.org.uk/tribunal-jud...
Wrote about this recently from perspective of a niche publisher. This is a short term answer that’s good for a while. Still a question of how to replace existing subscribers/members though. How will potential subscribers find us in future? Social media? Probably yes.
January 12, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Wrote about this recently from perspective of a niche publisher. This is a short term answer that’s good for a while. Still a question of how to replace existing subscribers/members though. How will potential subscribers find us in future? Social media? Probably yes.
Some musing from me on AI and publishing. I’m surprised our page views have gone up not down over the last year. There’s surely going to be huge upheaval in the online content space and in how potential customers find lawyers - if they still do…
January 10, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Some musing from me on AI and publishing. I’m surprised our page views have gone up not down over the last year. There’s surely going to be huge upheaval in the online content space and in how potential customers find lawyers - if they still do…
First, Labour's "earned settlement" policy. This confuses immigration policy with citizenship policy. It won't affect numbers. It will affect integration. Very negatively.
January 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
First, Labour's "earned settlement" policy. This confuses immigration policy with citizenship policy. It won't affect numbers. It will affect integration. Very negatively.
He was a great judge. His specialism was family law but he was behind a few classic immigration law judgments too.
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
He was a great judge. His specialism was family law but he was behind a few classic immigration law judgments too.
Incredible case. Hard not to think officials acted deliberately here to try and cover up an earlier mistake freemovement.org.uk/home-secreta...
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Incredible case. Hard not to think officials acted deliberately here to try and cover up an earlier mistake freemovement.org.uk/home-secreta...
Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Cost of acquiring Nauru citizenship start from $105k and it apparently takes just 3-4 months. Here's how one legal firm sells it:
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Cost of acquiring Nauru citizenship start from $105k and it apparently takes just 3-4 months. Here's how one legal firm sells it:
Visa requirement imposed on Nauru nationals because of country's decision to introduce a citizenship by investment programme. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Visa requirement imposed on Nauru nationals because of country's decision to introduce a citizenship by investment programme. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
I'm not going to do a thread on the immigration and asylum stats but I've just been having a glance through. This jumped out. Asylum removals now higher than at any point during the Coalition and Conservative governments. www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm not going to do a thread on the immigration and asylum stats but I've just been having a glance through. This jumped out. Asylum removals now higher than at any point during the Coalition and Conservative governments. www.gov.uk/government/s...
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
The government's statement and consultation on "earned settlement" is out assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The government's statement and consultation on "earned settlement" is out assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
The whole problem with current Labour is encapsulated right here in this paragraph. One hand tries to ameliorate child poverty while the other hand makes it worse.
Some of us think immigrants and their children count. That they, too, are people. Some of us don’t.
Some of us think immigrants and their children count. That they, too, are people. Some of us don’t.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The whole problem with current Labour is encapsulated right here in this paragraph. One hand tries to ameliorate child poverty while the other hand makes it worse.
Some of us think immigrants and their children count. That they, too, are people. Some of us don’t.
Some of us think immigrants and their children count. That they, too, are people. Some of us don’t.
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...
Finally, there's to be a cap on safe and legal routes but no new details, really
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Finally, there's to be a cap on safe and legal routes but no new details, really
Looks like new asylum screening process, perhaps, with some refusals to follow immediately after initial screening. And the last example there sounds very unlikely indeed. Applications and appeals are already treated as abandoned where a person leaves the UK.
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Looks like new asylum screening process, perhaps, with some refusals to follow immediately after initial screening. And the last example there sounds very unlikely indeed. Applications and appeals are already treated as abandoned where a person leaves the UK.
Statutory definition of "family" to be introduced. Even though human rights law refuses strictly to define and limit family, in recognition of the infinite variety of human existence and the possibility of change over time. Might not seem important or have much real-world impact but this is Bad.
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Statutory definition of "family" to be introduced. Even though human rights law refuses strictly to define and limit family, in recognition of the infinite variety of human existence and the possibility of change over time. Might not seem important or have much real-world impact but this is Bad.
Some sort of further tightening of the rules that Theresa May introduced in 2012 is on the cards. Because Theresa May was such a softie.
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Some sort of further tightening of the rules that Theresa May introduced in 2012 is on the cards. Because Theresa May was such a softie.
And for this, it's "because" not "even though". Officials and judges allow cases because not to do so splits the family with an impact on the couple and any children.
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
And for this, it's "because" not "even though". Officials and judges allow cases because not to do so splits the family with an impact on the couple and any children.