We need to be honest. Today is a worrying day for all who believe in sanctuary and our country's diversity. The results so far aren't today’s only story, nor only a story of today, but the fear many of us are feeling must be acknowledged. We also need to talk about hope and how we keep fighting. 🧵

Today. Tomorrow. Always.

We stand with refugees always, no matter what.

Being British or settled doesn’t mean your spouse can live with you 🇬🇧 Earn under £29k? No visa. Can’t save £88,500? No visa. Have kids together? Doesn’t matter. 🚨 We're launching this campaign today—help us tell the gov to stop profiting from tearing families apart reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/sign

Safety isn't safety if it's temporary. Making refugees reapply for protection every 30 months completely undermines the system of refugee protection created after the Second World War. It's good to see the Government facing challenges over this unworkable proposal.

🚨French riot police are forcibly taking mothers away from their children as they attempt to reach safety in the UK.   Tearing families apart at the border is atrocious. Yet this is funded by our Government.   The Government must end its complicity and funding NOW. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

As the local elections approach, many people are discussing the issues that are important to them and the things they read in the news and see on social media. We know this can be hard. That's why we made this practical guide: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/not-in-our-n... #NotInOurName 1/2

We have published 2 guides to responding to the government's "family returns" consultation which closes on 28th May 2026. - A general guide for anyone who wishes to respond: gmiau.org/guide-to-the... - A guide specifically for local authorities: gmiau.org/family-retur...

Refugee voices are being heard in the House of Lords! We've always known that banning people seeking asylum from work is bad for all of us - now we just need the Government to listen. So we headed to the House of Lords to present crucial evidence that it's time to Lift The Ban.

It's time to lift the ban 💪

This May Day, let's talk about the workers who aren't allowed to work. The builders, teachers, hairdressers, plumbers - all banned from working in the UK because they're waiting for an asylum decision. Everyone should have the right to work. It's time to Lift The Ban.

Same old ideas, even more money wasted on putting lives at risk.

The Government's UK-France deal is being challenged in the High Court. The scheme is extremely harmful, and is failing to protect survivors of human trafficking. The barrister argues the scheme is: ❌Unlawful ❌Breaches human rights laws www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Children’s rights are under attack. Handcuffing children to forcibly remove them, detaining them, denying support, and making them homeless are just some of the abhorrent policy changes being proposed by the Home Secretary. This absolutely cannot happen. Respond to the consultation before 28 May⬇️

Stripping asylum-refused families of all financial support. Exposing children to homelessness. Handcuffing scared kids to drag them onto deportation flights. Denying thousands of migrant families a safety net. Children's rights are under attack in the UK. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Caring about children's rights means caring about the rights of every child. That's why we're speaking out against new rules that put thousands of migrant and refugee children in the UK at risk of poverty, homelessness and trauma. Asylum Matters

Imagine having to pay to live with your family? In the UK, couples/families are forced to pay £1000s every 2.5 years just to stay together - pushing them into debt & burnout whilst millions are made in visa fees ➡️✍️ Sign & share: 👇 reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/sign #TaxOnLove #FamiliesBelongTogether

Caring about children's rights means caring about the rights of every child. That's why we and 140+ organisations are speaking out against new rules that put thousands of migrant and refugee children in the UK at risk of poverty, homelessness and trauma bit.ly/4sZazUt @asylummatters.bsky.social

2000+ letters in 24 hrs! People are taking action against airlines complicit in the government’s inhumane “one in, one out” deportation scheme. The people being deported on these flights came to this country seeking safety.   Take action & keep up the pressure. jcwi.org.uk/updates/take...

We’re looking for a Grassroots Assistant to join our team! Are you: ✅ A woman with lived experience of the UK’s asylum system? ✅ Keen to build community? ✅ Passionate about supporting refugee women? Three yeses? You could be the one! More about the role: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/we-are-recru...

It doesn't matter where they're born. Every child needs stability, safety and protection from harm. This Government has attacked children's rights on all sides through a raft of hostile migration policies - it must change course, now.

Nearly 150 children's groups have accused the Government of a "sustained attack on children's rights" as they demanded a U-turn on proposals to handcuff kids during deportations.

"The resounding majority of people in this country don't want children deported, put in handcuffs or treated with force - we've all watched clips of the violent behaviour of ICE in the USA and people here do not want that on our streets." - Leyla Williams, Deputy Director, West London Welcome

Alongside +140 other orgs, we're sounding the alarm over the Government's "sustained attack on children's rights" in their migration plans - from handcuffing children to keeping 90,000 children trapped in poverty. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Caring about children’s rights means caring about every child 🧡 New rules could put thousands of migrant and refugee children in the UK at risk of poverty, homelessness and trauma. 📣 Our Legal Director says: “What goal is punishing children achieving… How does that achieve integration?”

Caring about children's rights means caring about the rights of every child That's why we're speaking out, with @asylummatters.bsky.social & others, against new rules that put thousands of migrant & refugee children in UK at risk of poverty, homelessness & trauma www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

TAKE ACTION NOW TO STOP INHUMANE AND RACIST DEPORTATIONS. These 5 airline companies are facilitating these deportations. The people being deported on these flights came to this country seeking safety - from war, persecution, poverty & climate breakdown. jcwi.org.uk/updates/take...

The Government wants to cut child poverty & educational inequality. But at the same time it's baking poverty and trauma for children into its migration policy. We're proud to join children's charities, social workers & lawyers in saying: every child's rights matter. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Locking people seeking safety up won't stop the war in Sudan. Trying to send people back won't make Afghanistan or Iran suddenly safe. More cruelty and violence on our border does absolutely nothing to stop crossings: it just puts more lives and risk. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

"We cannot allow society, media and politicians to continue blaming migrants for VAWG. If we do, we risk never eradicating it." Absolutely vital words from our friends at @lawrsuk.bsky.social and Hibiscus 👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/pink...

This week we've seen violence in Epsom after horrific reports of an attack on a woman were appropriated by people with a dangerous, racist agenda. When violence against women is used to justify racism, it gets in the way of what we all need: real work to end VAWG. Here's how to respond effectively:

Tomorrow, there's a planned protest outside of the Home Office purporting to 'protect and defend our women and girls'. But let's be clear: hostility, racism, and division does NOT protect women and girls. Nor does scapegoating people seeking safety here, or stoking fear. 1/2

Today the Government pledged another £662m of YOUR money to fund violent tactics by French police on our borders. Tactics that we already know cost lives, traumatise children, and utterly fail to prevent crossings. We must stop funding violence. Public inquiry now.

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: gmiau.org/greater-manc...

The Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group has released its vision for how people should be housed while awaiting an asylum decision. Their vision is a reminder that, whatever comes next, human beings must remain at the centre. Please read and share widely: gmiau.org/greater-manc...

A family of four living for four years in one tiny room with three single beds. A mum forced to share a single room with two beds with her two teenage sons for three years. Converted hotels have never been suitable places for people to live. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The BBC’s claims do not reflect reality. Our organisations see victim-survivors facing suspicion, delays and barriers to safety. Misuse is the exception, not the norm. With 92 organisations, we reject this framing and call for evidence-led change ooted in lived experience.

Want the facts about LGBTQIA+ people seeking asylum? Here's a legal expert explaining the reality behind last week's narrow, misleading "investigation" by the BBC: leftfootforward.org/2026/04/we-n...

This is what happens when our leaders refuse to stand up for sanctuary. This horrific idea would once have been unthinkable, but attacks on asylum rights under successive Governments have emboldened anti-migrant politicians. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today marks the start of Lesbian Visibility Week and we wanted to share these words from Olu.🏳️‍🌈❣️ We are happy to say that Olu was granted refugee status in 2024. You can read her story here: buff.ly/zh1EzcV

Families belong together! 🫂 Yet, in September last year, the Government suddenly suspended refugee family reunion. Blessing – who was able to reunite with her children before this cruel suspension – shares her experience to demonstrate why family reunion is so important. 👇 1/🧵

Recent BBC articles highlight misconduct by a small number of unscrupulous advisers who charge thousands to fabricate asylum claims. This is fraud & must be stopped. But the coverage is selective, harmful & risks obscuring the wider reality of access to legal advice. 🧵

This week's BBC coverage about fraudulent 'immigration advisers' has sparked concern across the sector. Our full statement can be found on our website, but we've broken it down for you. 🧵

Great to see this guide launch on how to talk about about the weaponisation of #VAWG as part of the #NotInOurName campaign by @sbsisters.bsky.social & partners @evawuk.bsky.social @4refugeewomen.bsky.social @lawrsuk.bsky.social @imkaanuk.bsky.social @asylummatters.bsky.social & Hibiscus Initiatives👏

BBC’s claims on MVDAC-DVILR misuse do not reflect frontline reality. Misuse is the exception, not the norm. With 92 organisations, we reject this framing and call for evidence-led debate rooted in lived experience. Read the full statement: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/false-d...

We are aware of the BBC’s investigation into individuals allegedly helping people fabricate LGBTQI+ asylum claims. Read the full statement on our website:

Women and girls should be able to live a life free from violence. However, many people in power are using the issue of violence against women and girls as a way to spread misinformation and hatred, benefiting their own agendas. (1/4) 🧵

Women and girls should be able to live a life free from violence. However, many people are using the issue of violence against women and girls as a way to spread misinformation and hatred, benefiting their own agendas. (1/4) Read our guide: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/not-in-...

The human arguments against Mahmood's earned settlement model are obvious. It will make families' lives far worse & hinder their ability to reach their potential in the UK. But now the economic arguments are falling apart too. The govt must scrap these plans now. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

All women and girls should be able to live free from violence. But you might have noticed more people using false or misleading claims about gendered violence to justify political attacks on people seeking sanctuary and other minoritised people. Here's why that's a problem - and how to respond: 🧵 👇