Disappointing to see the Home Secretary refuse to have a cuppa with constituents who wrote to remind her of the proud Brummie welcome that's conspicuously missing from her policies. The Government must stop ignoring those of us who choose community over hostility asylummatters.org/2025/12/17/b...

Feeling hopeless at our increasingly hostile political climate? Here's three simple actions you can take right now to stand with refugees and migrants - and hopefully feel a bit more hopeful: (🔗 Links in the thread below)

What👏a👏year👏 We're celebrating the incredible first year of the West Midlands Lift The Ban group. In a year marked by rising hostility nationally, read about how they've showcased joy, community, and a vision of a better asylum system for all of us: asylummatters.org/2025/12/19/w...

Imagine rebuilding your whole life in 28 days. Finding a home, getting a job, setting up a bank account. Sounds impossible, right? But that's what the Government expects from newly-recognised refugees.

Reminder: People are dying in Home Office care, and our Government doesn't even report the numbers. We should not have to fight to learn about these tragedies. The lives of people seeking sanctuary matter. We will not allow their deaths to be ignored.

Plans to make people wait decades for settlement are terrifying, dangerous - and preventable. We don't have to let hostility win. One simple thing you can do right now is support this petition, set up by refugees who are determined to fight these plans: asylummatters.org/2025/12/18/n...

Violence, terror and death. That's the reality facing far too many people on the France/UK border. The UK needs to understand its role in funding this violence - so we can stop it. Tell your MP to back calls for an inquiry and an end to criminalisation: fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...

We've got a very simple message this International Migrants Day. Migration is a basic part of the human experience, and all of our lives would be worse without it.

This #InternationalMigrantsDay, newcomers to the UK are living under threat of dangerous rule changes that could force them to wait decades to settle safely. If you believe in welcome, take a moment to sign the petition against the plans: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

'Unsafe, isolated, unwelcome' This is how so many refugees & other migrants are feeling right now. But these changes can be stopped. One simple thing anyone can do is sign this petition, from a group of refugees determined to defeat these anti-refugee plans: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

'Unsafe, isolated, unwelcome' This is how so many refugees & other migrants are feeling right now. But these changes can be stopped. One simple thing anyone can do is sign this petition, from a group of refugees determined to defeat these anti-refugee plans: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

1/🧵📣NEW STATEMENT Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety. Share on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DSXLsi3jZI...

If you live in the UK, your taxpayer money is being used to fund terrifying violence in France. We deserve real information about the UK's role in this violence, and an end to dangerous criminalisation Tell your MP to sign the motion now 👇 fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...

Last week, I hosted an event in Parliament about violence at the UK-France border. @asylummatters.bsky.social, Humans for Rights Network, Project Play and others shared reports of horrifying state neglect and violence, including towards children.

No one should have to wait decades to feel safe. A group of refugees who faced "nightmares" when they heard about dangerous proposed changes to migration rules have set up this petition against the plans. Please sign and share it now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

Lift 👏 The 👏 Ban 👏 Banning people from work is so absurd, even this frog knows it doesn't make sense. Fantastic to see people - and frogs - mobilising in the Home Secretary's constituency to demand an end to cruel extended settlement plans, and equal work & housing rights for migrants.

This morning @oliviablakemp.bsky.social explains why government CANNOT achieve aims to end child poverty & homelessness as long as immigrant families are excluded from support❤️ Proposed longer routes to settlement must not be applied retrospectively to migrants who have built lives here!

Take a moment to support & share this petition against government proposals to ambush Refugees & lock them out of settlement. It’s written by refugees, who’ve asked for your support to make this country their home. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

Absolutely - the Asylum Seeker Memorial Project has done fantastic, heart-breaking work making recording many deaths in the asylum system. But it's appalling that this vital work has been left to journalists and campaigners for so long - it's the Government's duty to track these tragedies.

#ActionOfTheWeek From @asylummatters.bsky.social A small group of refugees and people seeking asylum in the West Mids have set up a petition against: - The proposed 20-year route to settlement - The suspension of family reunion Sign it here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

If the Government won't record the deaths die in our hostile asylum system, we cannot save future lives. And it sends the appalling message that the deaths of people seeking sanctuary don't matter. Every death is a tragedy. We must #KnowTheirNames

Shipping people to military sites: ❌ Increases costs ❌ Isolates people away from legal aid and medial care ❌ Traumatises survivors of torture, war and imprisonment #CommunitiesNotCamps bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/s...

🚨 Urgent action!🚨 *This Wednesday* MPs will debate the impact of cruel new migration plans on sanctuary seekers with protected characteristics. Tell your MP to attend & speak up for people seeking safety using @rainbowmigration.bsky.social 's easy tool: rainbowmigration.good.do/speakupforlg...

🚨People are dying in the hostile asylum system. Tragically, lives are being lost. But we don't know how many, and often, who. We must #KnowTheirNames. @asylummatters.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

We're ending our week with a huge thank you to @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social for welcoming us into Parliament on Monday with @humansforrights.bsky.social and other experts who shared the reality of deadly violence on our border.

Deeply worrying to see the Foreign Secretary demand more "force" on our border, and support dangerous 'pushbacks' which make crossing attempts more deadly. State violence on the border already costs lives. We need to stop the deaths, not incite more violence.

MORE evidence it's time to Lift The Ban on work - this time from @nao.org.uk Keeping people out of work while they wait for a decision makes it so much harder to return to work once refugee status is granted - and increases costs within the system.

'We take nothing, make it shine' An absolutely beautiful, powerful display of refugee children's talent - well done Abbas and Ale 👏

Abbas and Ale, regulars at our Young Lives project, are the stars of a powerful new film on poverty and hope, commissioned by @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social 🎥🧡 The council's Lynne Canessa said: “The end result took my breath away." youtu.be/FyhkzDsB8lw?...

Reminder: 📣 Women’s rights are human rights 📣 Refugee rights are human rights 📣 Either we all have rights, or none of us do #HumanRightsDay 1/🧵

"Counterproductive quick fixes" - that's how a damning new National Audit Office report describes changes in the asylum system over the last decades. Now this Government risks repeating the pattern. We need real change to process claims fast and let people start rebuilding their lives in safety.

We must support each other to navigate this hostile asylum & immigration system to secure our safety. The Right to Remain Toolkit is an important resource that can equip ppl going through the system. ow.ly/ozhi50XGktB #NoOneisIllegal #MigrationisLife #TheseWallsMustFall

The reality of the violence at our border is horrifying. But we must not look away. We were privileged to be in Parliament today with @humansforrights.bsky.social @utopia56.bsky.social @projectplayfrance.bsky.social & others to show lawmakers what's being done in the name of UK border policies.

New from Free Movement: “Horrifying” levels of state violence at UK-France border detailed in new report | Sonia Lenegan

Are you based in London and unsure how to get to the Migrant Workers' Rally this Saturday? We've got you covered. 🚌We have booked a 60 seat coach for anyone London-based who wants to support the demo. Find out more and register now: lnkd.in/enYTfAaq

🚨EMERGENCY AT THE UK-FRANCE BORDER 🚨 Today we are launching our new collaborative report reveals that people attempting to cross the UK-France border are subjected to horrifying levels of state violence. www.humansforrights.org/state-violence

Quick reminder: the Prime Minister knows exactly what the real problems in our asylum system are, and how to fix them. Process claims quicker and let people get on with their lives. Here's what he said before he became PM - let's remind him of what he seems to have forgotten:

Deadly violence on the French border is being funded by the UK taxpayer. Our leaders need to understand what's done in their name. Tell your MP to join @humansforrights.bsky.social in Parliament next week to learn the real impact of hostile border policies: fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...

Shipping people off to military land in the middle of nowhere does nothing to solve the problems in our asylum system. It's a completely failed experiment in expensive cruelty - it shouldn't be delayed, it should be cancelled completely.

Police violence on the French border kills people. It's funded by the UK taxpayer and egged on by UK policies. Use this easy tool to urge your MP to join an upcoming event in Parliament to learn about the violence being committed in our name fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...

Mobilise on Shabana Mahmood’s Turf 📣13 December 12pm Now is the time for everyone, no matter their immigration, visa or citizenship status, to be in solidarity with migrant workers and 📢say together we work, together we rise @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @regulariseuk.bsky.social @asylummatters.bsky.social

The Government bans most people seeking sanctuary from work. So how can the Home Secretary now say she 'expects people to seek work'? It's just one of the many ways the new raft of anti-refugee laws are nonsensical and dangerous. Here's what we know 👇 lifttheban.co.uk/2025/11/20/s...

A child saved, a family lost, a legacy that warns us not to make the same mistakes. With #Refugee #FamilyReunion now restricted, we must remember the human cost of separation, and our responsibility to prevent it. 🔗 Read @suelukes.bsky.social blog here: renecassin.org/from-kindert...

"All I hope is that one day, the country I care for will look at us and care for us in return." Riffat's incredibly powerful words express how many feel about appalling plans to rip up settlement rights. She, and refugees like her, must be listened to. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Horrific. This is what happens when national leaders continue to scapegoat and dehumanise people seeking sanctuary for political gain. Real violence, real racism and real fear for real people in our communities.

Today's migration figures show that most people arriving on small boats are fleeing crisis & conflict in places like Sudan, Eritrea & Afghanistan. Deterrence policies won't end people's need for safety. The government should focus on expanding safe routes & helping refugees to rebuild their lives.

Of course people over-estimate migration rates when politicians them as a crisis. But until our leaders have the courage to focus on people, not numbers, no figure will ever be low enough for some. It's the narrative, not the numbers, that must change. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Great to hear Rachel Reeves acknowledge that "there are many reasons why people choose to have children then find themselves in difficult times. The death of a partner. Separation. Ill health. A lost job. I don’t believe that children should bear the brunt of that." So why should migrant children?

Could you rebuild an entire life in 28 days? Open a bank account, get a job, find somewhere to rent? It's an impossible task for most refugees, and it's leaving many people homeless and at risk. Important piece by @theleaduk.bsky.social 👇

We're proud to partner with the wider sector in challenging this madness. Volunteering must remain VOLUNTARY. Read about our open letter to the Home Secretary 👉 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...