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. 🧵

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

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...

Three of the UK’s largest children’s charities are urging a U-turn on the Government’s earned settlement changes. Proposed ILR changes would keep 90,000 children trapped in poverty. Migration policy should help reduce child poverty - not drive it. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Great news that asylum seeking doctors can now work, but legal action shouldn't have been needed to force the government into this minor concession. Asylum seekers should be allowed to work. Lift the Ban now! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️ In 2024, our client applied for a parent visa. The govt has finally processed this simple application. If it takes 18 months to process these applications, the govt has more work than it can handle. Extending settlement routes will make things 100 times worse & is the last thing they should do.

Some good news from Parliament 🧵 MPs are pushing back and harmful policies are facing growing scrutiny — pressure is building.

😢😢😢 The government has refused visa extensions for 2 grandparents of British kids. They've lived here for 2 decades. They've had visas since 2019 on the 10yr route. They've no criminal record. 1 works in the care sector. The govt says they're not of good character. This is the hostile environment.

👏👏 Great to see so many Labour MPs making it clear to the government that their so-called earned settlement model is not only unfair but will increase child poverty. These plans can't be tinkered with or modified slightly. They need scrapping entirely. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Putting voices with lived experience in places of power. 💪Last week, our Freedom at 10 group stepped inside UK Parliament as part of a mass lobby to ensure decision-makers couldn’t ignore the reality of the government’s “earned settlement” rules.

Almost 500 people are mobilising inside and outside Parliament today to send a clear message to the Government. Settlement is a RIGHT, not a privilege or reward. We’ve co-led the organisation of a public rally at 3-4pm in Parliament Square. Join us!

1/ It's absolutely right that 5 members of Iran's women's football team have been granted asylum in Australia. However, Iranians have long sought asylum in the UK, often following dangerous journeys, because of the risks they face from a brutal and oppressive regime. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Deporting sick children is a new low for our government. Stability is vital for child development, especially for kids who have faced trauma. Forced removals risk ending lifesaving medical care while tearing them from school and everything they know.

🎉🎉 1/ This week, our 69 year old client was given further leave to remain in the UK. He's lived here since the early 1990s, so has been in the UK for over 3 decades already. We're delighted he's been given his new visa, but how will the govt's so-called earned settlement model impact him? Read on 🧵🧵

📝📝📝 This is Labour's justification for ending the automatic legal duty to support asylum seekers. Question for all organisations working with people seeking asylum. How many people have you encountered who deliberately made themselves destitute to access meagre asylum support? 👇👇

😢😢 "Those who contribute less will have to wait longer. This includes low-skilled workers who arrived in recent years" 4 years ago, politicians lionised key workers who stepped up in the UK's hour of need. Today, the Home Sec says they don't contribute enough. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We often hear from people stuck in asylum hotels that they want to work. Granting asylum seekers the right to work is therefore welcome, but people shouldn't wait a year before permission is granted. The govt must go further & at least reduce the wait to 6 months. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🧵There’s a very obvious problem with withdrawing support from asylum seekers: what happens next? Let’s consider some non mutually exclusive possibilities…

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⁉️⁉️ 1/ If Sudanese & Afghan nationals have secured visas to travel here & claim asylum, haven't they done exactly what this govt has asked them to? Removing visa routes doesn't stop people from war zones needing to flee. It doesn't mean these people are now safe. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

📣📣 1/ We’ve got big news: RAMFEL is now Refugee and Migrant Justice. What started as a small advice service in an East London church has grown into 1 of the UK’s largest providers of immigration advice & a leading national voice standing for the rights of migrants, refugees & people seeking asylum.

👏👏 It's great to see MPs such as @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social opposing the government's attack on refugee rights. It's not too late for them to reverse course and recognise that everyone benefits when refugees in the UK are allowed to safely rebuild their lives.

😡😡😡 A terrible decision in so many ways. 1️⃣It will stop refugees establishing themselves in the UK 2️⃣It will create far more than work than a beleaguered Home Office can manage 3️⃣It will not stop people needing & seeking safety We'll say more as updates received. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

💔💔💔 1/ 22 children lost their lives crossing the Channel in the last 2 years. During this period, the UK paid France £473 million and authorities used ever harsher and violent methods to try and stop people crossing. This approach has failed catastrophically. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Today, we’re writing to the Prime Minister, calling on the UK Government to abolish citizenship stripping. Using these extreme powers, the Home Secretary can deprive some British citizens of legal rights simply by saying it is 'conducive to the public good' to do so. reprieve.org/uk/2026/02/2...

👏👏👏 Fantastic work, @gmiau.bsky.social. And we're so happy for the local legend, Nelson. Manchester has shown the best of the UK these past 24 hours, with real people caring for and supporting one another and rejecting hate and division.

🟢🟢🟢 1/ The result from Gorton & Denton sends a clear message: voters don't want their leaders to scapegoat & demonise migrants. They want them to focus on real problems that effect their day-to-day lives. We hope this government listens. If they are, we have some suggestions 💡

🚨 DONATE TO HELP US STOP THE GOVERNMENT TEARING FAMILIES APART Last year, Refugee Family Reunion - the main safe route for children to reunite with family - was suspended. We’re taking legal action to challenge it. Chip in now: www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-su...

⚖️⚖️ The govt's decision to suspend family reunion was shameful. It's great @safepassageintl.bsky.social are challenging this in the courts, but the govt should not waste public money defending this policy. They should withdraw & let refugee families safely reunite. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A quick recap from our Advocacy Officer Layla, before Iftar time, on how the government is pushing children into poverty to score political points.

🥳🥳🥳 1/ 12 years after being given a visa as a parent of her British children, our client has finally been given permanent status. Over this period, our client has worked in the care sector, looking after elderly people, including during the pandemic. She has in every sense contributed. 👇👇

📢"It’s like you have to choose between settlement and surviving." Essential reading from @ramfel.bsky.social exposing how families are being punished simply for accessing the support they were legally entitled to. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

🏆🏆🏆 1/ Bilal Fawaz's story rightly grabs headlines and we're thrilled for him that he has now won a British title. Like hundreds of thousands of other hard-working people though, his and his family's future prospects are harmed by being on the 10-year settlement route. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing...

📣📣📣 1/ Coverage in @theguardian.com of our research on how the govt's so-called 'earned settlement model' will plunge racialised British children into poverty by punishing their parents for receiving basic state support. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

We reject the EU’s enforcement of ICE-style immigration policy. The proposed Deportation Regulation violates human rights - and will leave people too scared to seek healthcare out of fear of deportation. Public spaces should NEVER be used for imprisonment and control.

We spoke to 68 migrant parents raising 134 children about the Government’s proposed “earned settlement” model. 👇They told us the plans would push families into government-imposed poverty and make it harder to keep their children safe, housed and secure.

NEW RESEARCH: UK gov’s plans to punish migrants who receive public funds will force parents to choose: accept basic support so their children can eat and stay warm, OR give up support to avoid being punished with an extra 10yrs stuck in temporary immigration status. www.ramfel.org.uk/earned-settl...

1/ We're pleased the Prime Minister has called out Jim Ratcliffe's disgusting, racist & dehumanising language. However, these words ring somewhat hollow when his government is imposing cruel, self-defeating immigration rules that damage social cohesion. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

🎯🎯🎯 "At a stroke, a Labour government will torpedo 75 years of successful integration policy." Bang on @colinyeo.bsky.social freemovement.org.uk/labours-earn...

⚠️Our survey reveals 3 in 5 fear family separation under new settlement plans. @minnierahman.bsky.social: "We all know migrants bring vital skills and experience. The government needs to stop penalising migrant communities and start reflecting that reality.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Over 300,000 children already living in the UK could face 5–10 extra years before they can settle permanently. Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation

Refugee homelessness has risen 400% in just four years. Instead of fixing the crisis, the government is cutting support for people seeking asylum and refugees, leaving more people on the streets. Safe housing is a human right & the Home Office is failing to protect it.

Allowing refugee children to reunite with family members settled in the UK is morally the right thing to do and also removes the need for them to take dangerous journeys in search of safety. Lord Dubs gets this. The government must listen to him. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

👏👏👏 Vital research by @ippr.org on how the government's plans to increase settlement routes will harm hundreds of thousands of children's future prospects. It doesn't have to to be this way. The government should cap settlement routes, not expand them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

⚠️New @ippr.org research: 300,000 children will be hit by the Govt’s earned settlement plans. Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty. This is precarity by design. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

"The proposals would extend insecurity for families, with damaging consequences for integration, educational opportunities and child poverty." @ippr.org Pushing more people onto this punishing route will only entrench the hardship people in our community already face. This is not the answer.

It's not that hard. We don't have to let workers or students come here in the first place - as long as we are willing to bear the economic, tax and other costs of not doing so. But if we do let them in, we should treat them decently. And their children!

The Cranston inquiry made 1 thing painfully clear: the deaths of 30 people, inc women&children, were avoidable. If the gov created safe routes, desperate people wouldn’t have to risk their lives on perilous journeys whilst human traffickers profit off their misery www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...

💔💔💔 It's so important to remember that it's people who suffer through oppressive and cruel immigration and asylum policies. Not numbers, people. Thanks for this crucial piece @diane-writer10.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

If you want practical support for answering the consultation, we together with a host of other orgs ( @migrantvoice.bsky.social, @ramfel.bsky.social, @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social) prepared a guide to help you prepare your responses👉 reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/wp-content/u...