Yesterday, the House of Lords debated changes to the asylum system that will make more people destitute.
These changes are part of a wider government plan to further weaponise destitution as a means of immigration control.
This is grotesque.
We're constantly hearing about converted hotels - but rarely from the people actually forced to live in them. This vital work by people housed in hotels sets out a vision of what needs to change, from the people who know the issue best:
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We are aware of the BBC’s investigation into individuals allegedly helping people fabricate LGBTQI+ asylum claims. Read the full statement on our website:
He's 16 FFS. The Home Office knows that the chances are, as with most people piloting small boats, that he was forced into doing so by gangs. He should be having his asylum claim processed, not being prosecuted.
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Zero issue with cracking down on dodgy immigration advisers, they cause significant harm. Predictably though the BBCs poor reporting on this is being used to attack LGBTQIA asylum seekers, who at last figures make up roughly 2% of claims. 1/
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The real scandal of the asylum system is the cruelty & incompetence which 1000s of people endure every day but which rarely gets spotlighted at the top of the BBC News site.
Dan here nails much of what makes me uncomfortable about the BBC’s “fake gay refugees” story but here’s a few more points 1/
Rather than its continued focus on demonising and dehumanising migrants, Labour would be better off taking a lesson from Spain. Regularisation policies which make it easier for people to gain status help:
✅Tackle exploitation
✅Improves people's lives
✅Boosts economy
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Disgusting reporting by BBC using a tiny number of cases to suggest widespread abuse of a system which routinely denies LGBTQIA+ individuals asylum and forces them back into environments of persecution. This article massively distorts the reality of the situation. 1/
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Not an island of strangers.
"My heart is broken into pieces....We worked hard to put food on the table, to care for our children, and now you are telling us that we have to wait longer for our Indefinite Leave to Remain." Peggy
Read the human impact of the Govt.'s earned settlement plans.
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1. The Home Secretary has conceded that her decision-makers were directed by internal policy to apply an unlawful evidential threshold when deciding whether there are reasonable grounds to believe a person is a victim of trafficking or modern slavery.
Legal opinion commissioned by @openrightsgroup.org highlights concerns that the Home Office's use of AI risks violating the rights of migrants, refugees + asylum-seekers. But despite govt committment to ethical principles for AI use, there is no obvious regulatory scrutiny of the Home Office.
Pressure is growing to reverse the changes to settlement - and the Government must listen.
This isn’t just about migrants. It’s about the kind of country we choose to be.
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Myranda has fought to build a life in Gateshead. She's forged a community she loves and that loves her.
As she says here, forcing her into twenty years of terrifying limbo benefits absolutely no one.
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This time last week, over 500 people marched to Parliament and met with over 100 MPs about the Government's devastating proposed changes to settlement.
And we're not stopping here. It's vital we keep up the pressure. Sign the open letter to the Home Secretary.
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𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/home-of...
Joshua Jackson co-authored a legal opinion examining the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in asylum decision-making by the Home Office.
The thing is once you have implicitly accepted that your immigration reforms are a horrible unprincipled mess that everyone hates, you cannot try and hold on to random bits of cruelty within them without looking very foolish. And everyone will still hate them. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Yesterday 100s of people from across the UK came together in Parliament to meet with their MPs about the Govt.'s disastrous earned settlement plans. Together, we shared our concerns directly with 80+ MPs.
A massive thank you to everyone who joined & helped make it happen. This is just the start.
Still reeling from brilliant @praxisprojects.bsky.social mass lobby yesterday. Final numbers tbc but 80+ MPs met with campaigners from across the country! Brilliant speakers Olivia Blake, Hannah Spencer, @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and RCN. I feel optimistic about what we can achieve.
Home Office Home Office refuses to exempt exceptional students from tough immigration rules Exclusive: Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concerned about student visa ban on female Chevening scholars from volatile countries such as Afghanistan Pippa Crerar Political editor Tue 10 Mar 2026 The Home Office rejected an appeal from the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, that would have protected outstanding students in some of the world's most dangerous countries from changes to the UK's immigration system, the Guardian understands.
That Starmer keeps Mahmood in post shows this is not just the actions of an inhumane Home Secretary, but a deeper rooted ideology of hostility and xenophobia within this government. No-one benefits from blocking Chevening scholars. This is cruelty for sake of it.
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They call it “earned settlement.”
We call it a hostile environment with a new name.
📍 Parliament Square
🗓 11 March | 3PM
Lobby inside. Rally outside.
Settlement is a right.
Join us. Stand with migrant workers, refugees and families.
#SettlementIsARight #DropEarnedSettlement #WeAreHereToStay
"Humane". "Compassionate". "Fair".
Just a few of the words the Government has used this week to describe its new asylum rules.
This gaslighting won't work. Most people understand that locking up & forcibly deporting children is the opposite of humanity.
Council unlawfully refused to reconsider Afghan asylum seeker’s age.
The Claimant was represented by Bhatia Best Solicitors and Michael Spencer of Doughty Street Chambers.
➡️ www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/council...
This government will stop at nothing to win far-right votes.
These are CHILDREN who've seen bombs destroy their homes and loved ones die. They deserve safety - nothing less.
This disgusting policy would stain our country's conscience forever.
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What are Shabana Mahmood’s changes to the asylum system?
🚨Inhumane, definitely
🚨Illegal, quite possibly
🚨Ignorant, absolutely
🚨Counterproductive, unarguably
🚨Inconsistent with Labour's claims to be "progress, most certainly
🚨Costly, without a doubt
🚨Risking lives, one hundred percent
That should answer it.
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In case you missed it: Student and work visa bans imposed on some countries to prevent asylum claims | Colin Yeo
Our Policy Officer Rivka appeared on Talk to remind listeners that there are human beings impacted by this barrage of hostility.
Home Secretary’s announcement that asylum support would be revoked for those who “have the ability to support themselves” risks pushing people who simply cannot work towards homelessness, poverty & losing access to legal aid.
Our response: www.helenbamber.org/resources/la...
The government's fresh wave of asylum policy proposals are incoherent and cruel.
They risk making our already brutal asylum system impossible to survive, while recreating measures that already exist and failing to establish genuine routes to safety.
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