Immigration overview

Overview of common immigration issues and best practice when representing or supporting survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery

This training is aimed at:

• Legal advisors who are interested in working in this area

• Support professionals working with survivors of trafficking or modern slavery including those working within and those working outside of the MSVCC

• Those working at or with migrant or survivor led groups. 
  

We will discuss:

• Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Trafficking (under section 65 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022) 

• Asylum and protection claims and how these work in trafficking cases 

• Human rights arguments including Article 3, 4 and Article 8 ECHR

• Credibility issues and how to overcome them

• Other common immigration routes: Seasonal Worker Scheme. Care Worker Visas, Article 8: family and private life; Overseas Domestic Worker; Victims of Domestic Abuse; EEA nationals post-Brexit

• Discretionary Leave to Remain and who will still be eligible for this

• The right to work and when it may be available

• When legal aid is available.

The content for this session will cover legislation and case law from England and Wales as well as some international sources of law. It will have a strong focus on the Modern Slavery: statutory guidance for England and Wales (under s49 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015) and non-statutory guidance for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The session is for 2 hours with an optional 30 minutes Q&A at the end.

Irene Tsherit

Irene is a Chartered Legal Executive/Immigration Practitioner, based in ATLEU’s London office. She joined ATLEU in 2024 and leads the immigration law team. Irene has over ten years’ experience in the immigration advice sector and is accredited as a supervising senior caseworker under the Law Society’s Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme. Prior to ATLEU Irene worked at MiCLU at Islington Law Centre, Barnes, Harrild & Dyer Solicitors and Duncan Lewis Solicitors. Irene’s experience includes representing vulnerable clients, including victims of exploitation, in a variety of immigration, asylum and public law matters. Her notable cases include SSA (Ethiopia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] LON-001894, whereby the Upper Tribunal gave guidance on the meaning of a ‘trafficking-related protection claim’ for the purpose of obtaining leave to remain as a VOT under the KTT provision, and which is cited in the latest Home Office policy guidance on discretionary leave.

Johanna White

Jo is a supervising solicitor specialising in immigration law, based in our Sheffield office. Jo qualified as a solicitor in 2019 and has worked as an immigration caseworker since 2014. She advises and represents victims of trafficking and exploitation on a range of immigration, asylum and nationality issues. She is accredited as a senior immigration caseworker and supervisor under the Law Society's Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme.

A 20% discount will be automatically applied when booking 6 or more spaces in this session.