“My husband, who is Turkish, has applied for ILR and will hopefully be eligible for it next year...Would a Reform government insist that my husband has to take my children when he is deported or would they be allowed to stay?” Josephine, Head of Advocacy www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This is a scary announcement by Reform, 1 step away from so-called remigration. The government must call this out for what it is: racism. Anything less, such as talking about how it won't work in practical terms, is a moral failure & effectively validates these views. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The first PERSON was deported, BBC. Whilst politicians dehumanise migrants & refugees, the media enables this by failing to recognise & acknowledge that amidst the rhetoric & numbers, we're talking about people. People who, like everyone, want safety & a better life. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This attack is no different to those made by May, Rudd, Braverman, Cleverly et al. How long until the Shabana Mahood and Keir Starmer (both lawyers) start attacking other lawyers and judges for doing their jobs and upholding the rule of law?

We are in contact with people detained for the one-in, one-out scheme, the vast majority of whom are torture and trafficking survivors. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

"Fessahaye is an asylum seeker from Eritrea who fled indefinite military conscription in his home country & walked through the Sahara before being tortured & enslaved in Libya" Never forget it's human beings who politicians demonise & use as political footballs. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Powerful words from our client who's been waiting a year+ for the govt to process his simple visa renewal application. They responded to a formal complaint with bland jargon & didn't even try & justify the delay. The govt's plan to put more people on the 10 year route will make things much worse 👇👇

🤔🤔🤔 Our client's further leave to remain application was processed within 4 hours today. What possible justification can the government give for taking years to process these applications when it can easily be done, if you pay, within a couple of hours?

🚨 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

"There'll be mistakes & admin errors that will in reality not be errors but intentional bugs A permanent hostile environment, where the guy who defaces a mosque or racially abuses me in the street knows he'll get away with it" Timely from @jonathanliew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

😢😢😢 Devastating news that 3 people, inc 2 children, have lost their lives in the Channel This is the tragic consequence of militarising borders & offering no safe routes for refugees to get here & reunite with loved ones The gov must change course now, create safe routes & stop dehumanising migrants

🤔🤔🤔 Leave to remain applications cost nearly £4000 Our client applied for a fee waiver as she can't afford this The govt is assessing if she can afford £4000 & has asked her to explain an £8 transaction A perfect eg of how time consuming & inefficient the 10 year route is for everyone, govt included

Proud to stand with our friends at @praxisprojects.bsky.social @rfuk.bsky.social & @migrantvoice.bsky.social in calling out this govt's foolish & cruel plans to shove more people on the 10 year route to settlement. These routes need capping not expanding. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Proud to stand with @rfuk.bsky.social, @praxisprojects.bsky.social and @ramfel.bsky.social in calling out the "race to the bottom* we see with anti-immigration policies, and the unjust double taxation many migrants face. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Asylum hotels are awful & should be closed. Shoving people in disused barracks is worse. It's immoral, a health risk & will do nothing to stop people fleeing persecution from seeking safety in the UK. We bet it also wont help this govt win over Reform voters. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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...

This week the Government shut down the refugee family reunion scheme. Joe, legal advisor at Praxis, breaks down what this means and what you'll need to do now if you want to be reunited with your loved ones 👇

😩😩😩 Since Yvette Cooper's horrendous announcement that she's suspending refugee #familyreunion, we've been racing against the 🕐 to submit as many applications as possible before today's deadline. A herculean team effort saw us submit 15 apps in 3 days. The families now wait anxiously for decisions.

More disgusting language from Robert Jenrick, the man who told us that grieving widows benefit from the UK's immigration system, as he desperately tries to sound like Farage. #RefugeesWelcome www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

📰📰📰 August newsletter out today. In the face of relentless hostility, our casework wins show the impact of our work. ✅9 people given leave to remain ✅11 people secured permanent status ✅3 people given British citizenship ✅10 families overcame homelessness www.ramfel.org.uk/news-and-blo...

❗ACT NOW At the time of writing, you can still submit refugee family reunion applications. However new applications will not be considered after 3pm on Thursday 4th September. If you're eligible + planned to apply, we urge you to submit an online application as soon as possible, before this time.

Families belong together and are an essential part of rebuilding and healing. For people whose lives have already been torn apart, supporting family reunification is a basic step to dignity. This article by @ramfel.bsky.social outlines how this is at threat ⬇️ bylinetimes.com/2025/09/03/t...

📣📣 Our Head of Campaigning explains in @bylinetimes.bsky.social how Labour's suspension of family reunion is cruel, self-defeating, unprincipled and plays right into Reform's hands. Labour must reverse this and recognise that refugee families need to be together. bylinetimes.com/2025/09/03/t...

🔴‘The Forgotten Human Impact of Yvette Cooper’s Cruel Anti-Refugee Policies’ The Home Secretary’s decision to stop people fleeing from war and torture from reuniting with their families should shame this Government, argues refugee rights campaigner Nick Beales bylinetimes.com/2025/09/03/t...

📣📣 “What people want is a fair asylum system. What we currently have, with people spending years on end stuck in awful hotels & prohibited from working & developing ties with local communities, is neither fair nor functional.” Our Head of Campaigning on asylum hotels www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

A thread of just some of the times Home Secretary Yvette Cooper passionately advocated for family reunification.🧵

😡😡😡 Today is a day of national shame. Every single politician who supports Labour suspending #familyreunion for refugees should hang their heads in shame. We'll say it loud and proud, #refugeeswelcome

This is a truly awful move by the govt. Not only is #familyreunion for refugees morally the right thing to do, but its 1 of the very few safe routes available. The system is already way too restrictive & any sensible policy would expand its scope, not restrict it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spot on @zoejardiniere.bsky.social We & others in the sector would love the chance to meet with the govt & discuss how to improve #familyreunion. They themselves know that family ties & lack of safe routes force people to take dangerous journeys. Today's announcement is shameful & self-defeating.

📣📣📣 "This is an appalling & short-sighted decision & will certainly result in an increase in homelessness & destitution among new refugees." Read our asylum casework manager's response to the govt's decision to reduce asylum move-on periods from 56 to 28 days. 👇👇 www.ramfel.org.uk/news-and-blo...

We've been badgering the Home Office for ages about their overuse of RFIs (write outs) and we wrote a report with @rmcentre.org.uk @praxisprojects.bsky.social and @ramfel.bsky.social about it. It's early days, but our data since that report suggests that maybe something is starting to change 👀👀👀

🚨Vital conversations about violence against women are being hijacked by an anti-migrant agenda. We've joined 200 organisations to urge the Government to address this dangerous weaponisation of VAWG. It is #NotInOurName. Read more: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Our client applied for further leave to remain at the beginning of 2024. He's seriously ill & has a life expectancy of less than 4 years. The govt has finally processed his application today, 17 months after it was submitted... 🙃🙌

What’s your opinion on the price of current immigration fees? We are undertaking research to understand the publics opinion and knowledge about the cost of securing permanent immigration status in the UK. Click the link below to fill out our quick survey! forms.office.com/e/5TXsuTZsWV

⚡We’re one of the 53 organisations who've joined @ramfel.bsky.social to sign their letter urging Yvette Cooper to take urgent action to allow family reunion for those affected by the Afghan data breach which put their families at risk from the Taliban. Read more 👇👇

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...

By making people wait ten years to get settlement, this Government is holding people back and holding our communities down. That’s why we’re fighting to Scrap the Barriers. Now’s the time to speak up. Now’s the time to push back. 📋 Sign the petition now. act.praxis.org.uk/scrap-the-ba...

❓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. 🧵

40 MPs have signed our EDM calling for an ILR fee waiver! Thanks to all 80 of you who used our email tool to encourage your MP to sign. This collective action has been successful, and provides strong parliamentary support for our demands.

Casework win! 🥳 This week we secured British citizenship for 10 year old Alex, who was born and raised in the UK. Citizenship means he will now have easier access to healthcare and higher education, as well as one day work free from any immigration restrictions. A huge relief for Alex’s family!

🚨🗣️ 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

After a 2 year wait, the gov finally approved our client’s simple visa renewal application. There's no justification for this - the Home Office just cant cope with the sheer volume of renewal apps. Labour’s #WhitePaper plan will make things worse, with more pointless visa renewals = longer delays

🚨We have published a NEW REPORT sharing the experiences of children from our All4One youth group who were wrongly treated as adults by the Home Office. These children arrived in the UK alone seeking asylum, were declared “significantly over 18” at the border and sent alone to adult asylum hotels.

The UK and France need to introduce safe routes if they want to reduce boat crossings. We know this. The Home Office knows this. So why is the solution being completely ignored? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Get ready for yet another UK-France Summit that ignores the one solution that would save lives in the Channel – safe routes. Instead, expect more of the violent policies, cruel gimmicks and scapegoating of migrants & refugees that has defined the last decade. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

We are proud to share that we RAMFEL are one of 300 people and groups to sign this letter calling for a commitment to replace the Government’s anti-immigration rhetoric with a discourse that upholds the rights, and acknowledges the humanity of every individual who calls the UK their home.

The UK welcomed people from Ukraine and Hong Kong fleeing conflict. The same treatment should be extended to Palestinians. ESPECIALLY when they have family already in the UK to reunite with. 67 MPs are urging the PM to create a visa scheme. www.thenational.scot/news/2527616...

🚨TODAY MPs are debating the refugee citizenship ban. This ban made it nearly impossible for many refugees to become British citizens. This affects our neighbours, colleagues, and friends. 📢Your MP needs to hear from you NOW: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

We’ll be in court tomorrow, as the Gov has decided to appeal last years decision that ruled in favour of it becoming a legal duty to provide digital proof to those on 3C leave. Updates to follow in the next few days.

We need to talk about why our politics is failing to provide safety & dignity for people on the move. And why the public has such low trust in the management of immigration. This new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social asks: Is it time to split up the Home Office? carladenyer.co.uk/no-way-home/