We're supporting this urgent briefing calling for MPs to do more to protect the rights of domestic migrant workers and survivors of modern slavery. MPs must support these amendments👇

“People have the right to depend upon the law and not changing that substantially retrospectively. It undermines the basic rule of law if you can change the law at any time and apply it retrospectively.” Bethan Lant, lawyer at Praxis www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Research that came out last week confirms what we’ve always known. The ‘migration crisis’ is made up. It is manufactured and meant to distract.

🚨Boycott Air France 🚨 Air France is facilitating cruel and forced deportations of people who came to the UK to seek safety - including survivors of trafficking and modern slavery. Please sign and pledge to boycott until they stop – and share widely www.change.org/p/boycott-ai...

We need your help! Write to your MP and tell them a different world is possible, where people live in communities, not in camps. Tell them to put compassion first in the asylum system. #CommunitiesNotCamps

Support our Migrants’ Helpline by donating to help us reach our £15,000 goal. This will cover the helpline’s costs over the winter, providing free, confidential legal advice and support to migrants who need it now more than ever. Donate × Share www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect...

Putting people seeking safety in barracks is cruel, performative punishment. We’ve seen what went wrong at Napier, Penally & Manston: they are unsafe and inhumane. We must not repeat that. We should welcome people and house them safely in communities. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025....

The Home Office has wasted billions on a “failed and chaotic” asylum accommodation system - with the money lining the pockets of profiteering companies. People must be housed in proper housing, in communities where they can start to build their lives. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This shows how fundamentally broken the UK–France scheme is. It forces people who have been trafficked or fled war and persecution into even more danger. Instead of punishing those seeking safety, the UK must offer safe routes and protection. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The Government promised a consultation on their proposed major changes to settlement, but it’s been 6 months and we haven't heard anything. So we're taking things into our own hands and we want to hear your thoughts.

Are you someone who could be affected by these proposals? Complete our short anonymous survey to help ensure people affected are heard in Parliament and the press, and to inform our campaign for short, affordable settlement routes for all. 👉 Take the survey now: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VJ92XKF

🚨 We're hiring an immigration lawyer to join our legal team. Salary: £40k Deadline: 27 Oct 2025 You'll run your own caseload and give outreach advice. We're looking for someone who will fight for their clients, with a desire for systemic change. Apply now: jcwi.org.uk/careers/

This morning, we attended the last trial in relation to the successful resistance of forced transfers from a Peckham asylum hostel to the Bibby Stockholm prison barge in May 2024. Solidarity with the defendants and all those who resisted that day. We must stand up and protect our communities.

Migrants are forced to live in grim conditions while corporate profiteers make millions. The far‑right is exploiting anger against the cost - but it's companies like Clearsprings who are responsible and who benefit, not people seeking safety from war and persecution. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The government has rushed out another cruel anti-migrant policy to appeal to Reform voters. Humanity is not a transaction, nor something anyone should be forced to earn. We should be proud to give people the chance to build their lives here. Our piece for the Metro: metro.co.uk/2025/09/30/w...

Blaming migrants to appease the far-right does nothing to fix the cost of living, inequality, housing, the NHS or the climate. We joined 100+ organisations to demand the govt stop scapegoating migrants and focus on real solutions to the UK’s crises. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🚨 WIN AGAINST THE ODDS!!🚨 Our Ghanaian client with mental health issues & complex PTSD (detained in Yarl’s Wood last year & given removal directions) has had their asylum appeal ALLOWED 🎉 Thanks to @medicaljustice.org.uk for their vital support. Client safe, removal stopped.🙌

As the far right mobilises, migrants across the UK face enormous challenges. Our free legal helpline is a lifeline — but it’s running out of funding. Help us keep it open. Every donation counts. www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect...

✊🏾Everyone should have an equal right to work, decent pay and safe workplaces. Today, we joined RMT workers at their demonstration outside the Home Office in solidarity against the cruel and reckless changes to work visa rules.

These inhumane deportations by Air France are scheduled to start *tomorrow*. Please email, call and tag/comment on Air France’s social media to tell them not to be complicit in the forced deportations of people who came to this country to seek safety, and not to fly.

🚨 Take urgent action to stop Air France deportations next week. Call, email and @ them on social media: Tell them not to be complicit in these violent deportations of people seeking safety. Use this script to help you: docs.google.com/document/d/1qs…#STOPAIRFRANCEDEPORTATIONSNS

This govt is copying a FAILED policy, knowing full well it's inhumane and will retraumatise people- all to appease the far right. When Manston was in use, diseases spread, people were abused & driven to self-harm. We cannot let it happen again. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🚨 VICTORY! 🚨 After years of fighting Home Office failures, our client – a survivor of trafficking with severe mental health needs – has finally been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain🎉🎉🎉.

Did you know that thousands of migrants are being forced to wait over ten years until they can permanently settle in the UK? And if this Government has their way, over a million more people will be trapped in this decade-long wait. Spread the word. Share this video now. youtube.com/shorts/WDuan...

🌟 We’re hiring an Executive Director! JCWI’s fight for migrant justice is more important than ever. We’re looking for a passionate leader with the vision to guide us. If that’s you, apply here: jcwi.org.uk/careers 📍 London (hybrid, N7) 💷 £60–65k 🗓 Apply by 01 October 2025

🚨URGENT FAMILY REUNIFICATION DEADLINE ALERT - 3PM TOMORROW 🚨 The government’s cruel changes to refugee family reunion take effect tomorrow, tearing more families apart. If you’re representing clients, apply before 3pm tomorrow.

1/ 🧵Family reunion is one of the only safe routes for refugees to reach the UK, yet the Gov is making it harder. This shortsighted policy will only force people onto dangerous journeys to be with their families when the safe, legal option is taken away.

The government wants to make it harder for people who move here to bring their families. Cruelty can’t be the basis of policy. Instead of pandering to the far right, the govt should help reunite families torn apart by war & torture, not make it harder. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

In 2 years, the ‘move-on’ period has yo-yoed: 28→7→28→56 days. Now the government wants to slash it again. People who have finally had their refugee status recognised must now find a job and private housing in 28 days - or risk winter on the streets.

Ah yes, nothing says ‘serious policy’ like a plan that’s illegal under international law and tears up centuries of UK legal tradition. Farage’s fantasy of deporting people to torture isn’t bold – it’s a headline grab that stinks of desperation.

📢 New Training !! Topic: Intro to Immigration Bail 🗓 11 Sept, 11am–1pm | Online Agata Patyna (Doughty St Chambers) Taher Gulamhussein (JCWI) Covers drafting grounds, bail apps, bail conditions, bail summaries & hearings. 🤎 Sign up here 👇 training.jcwi.org.uk/event/applyi...

It’s horrifying that racist and violent mobs are now dictating government policy. By caving in to this far-right intimidation, the Council is setting a precedent that will only embolden the far right. We must stand up to this in our communities. www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

Within this toxic targeting of asylum sites, we hear very little about the lucrative contracts the Home Office dishes out to private contractors- companies like Clearsprings who are make record breaking profits from people's misery. More ➡️ www.migrantsorganise.org/overcrowding...

This weekend saw unrest across the UK. Whipped up by the far-right, intent on stoking fear. But the counter-protests tell the real story: we - the majority - welcome our new neighbours and will stand up and fight for fair, safe and thriving communities. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Releasing the ethnicity of people suspected of serious crimes will simply fuel mistrust and division, and make Black and brown communities more vulnerable to prejudice and harm. Policing is institutionally racist. Giving them this power is dangerous. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is bragging about deporting people. Here's what he could be doing instead...

We signed this to ask the government to stop scapegoating migrants and address the real issues facing the country. We must resist the far right together and challenge the dangerous racism & far-right that the govt has so far legitimised. togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/far-right-re...

The government's latest proposals to reveal the migration status of people suspected of breaking the law are nothing short of state-sanctioned discrimination. “Policies like this send a chilling message: that some people are inherently more ‘suspect’.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

We invite people to run our public services – then rip up visa rules overnight and threaten them with deportation. That’s cynical exploitation, nothing else. People are not disposable – they’re our neighbours, families, and friends. Join us in the fight back, link 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our co-Legal Director Laura Smith spoke to Channel 5 about why the ‘ one in one out’ policy is dehumanising and wrong. People crossing the Channel are real people, not tokens to be exchanged. Treating them as such is deeply dehumanising and immoral.

The British immigration system doesn’t just enable exploitation - it is built to enforce it. We urgently need a system rooted in fairness, which protects people, not profits, and which allows them to live and thrive. From research by @iclaimeu.bsky.social. www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

NEW BLOG POST: explaining the UK–France “one in, one out” treaty - which lets the UK return small boat arrivals to France, while taking in the same number who didn’t cross👇 It's branded a “safe route" but in reality it will force people into even more dangerous journeys, putting more lives at risk.

The “one in one out” policy benefits no one. Our Legal Director Laura Smith exposes the UK’s shady deal with France and the harm it will cause.

53 organisations have joined RAMFEL to demand Yvette Cooper extend family reunion rights to those resettled under Afghan schemes. This is a vital step to fix the harm caused by the data breach, which exposed families to renewed risk from the Taliban. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

The violence & intimidation outside migrant accommodation isn't ‘local’ concern or ‘legitimate grievances’. This is a racist far-right movement encouraged by the government & media. We must go out & protect our communities. By @gferr1s.bsky.social & Sadaf Ahmed. www.bigissue.com/opinion/asyl...

Many of us will join protests in the coming days — and we have every right to. But with recent crackdowns and the UK gov targeting protestors, it’s vital to know your rights. If you’re an immigrant in the UK, read our updated protest advice 👇 🔗 jcwi.org.uk/resource/imm...

❓Did you know that hundreds of thousands of people are forced to wait over 10 years for the right to permanently settle in the place they already call home? And it’s about to get worse. 🧵

🚨🗣️ 52 influential women unite to urge the Government: do not abandon asylum-seeking survivors. Violence does not stop at the border, and neither should our compassion and support for survivors. Read more: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #WelcomeEveryWoman

A year ago the UK was rocked by widespread racist riots, with mobs attacking mosques & trying to burn down migrant accomodation. The same racist violence is again rising and spreading. We warned about this in @bigissue.com last year (by @ravsrm.bsky.social). www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-r...

This racist far-right violence and intimidation is a direct result of the government and media's repeated scapegoating of migrants. The government must stop blaming migrants for its own failures to address social and economic issues facing this country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...