Our service will be closed from 24th December for the holiday period and will reopen on the 2nd January. We wish you all a safe and peaceful holiday season. ⭐️🎄⭐️

Applications for this role to join us are still open! Deadline: 12th Jan 2026 Full details below👇

Our dedicated and inspirational Managing Director, Naomi, has decided it is time to hand the baton to someone new. 📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.

This is brilliant and welcome news. No-one should be forced into homelessness. Now it’s time to extend the move-on period to 56 days permanently. Well done to all involved in making this happen, it will make a huge difference! 👏💜 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

⭐We’re incredibly proud to share our Impact Report 2025. It captures what we’ve achieved over the past year supporting people through the UK’s immigration system during a time of growing hostility. You'll also hear from people we've supported directly about the difference we've made to their lives

'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...

No one should feel unsafe, isolated, and unwelcome, especially people recovering from trauma and conflict who need to settle and to rebuild their lives. Solidarity with all people currently living in unsafe asylum accommodation.

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...

Recently, we’ve received outstanding recognition for our pro bono work, particularly for our eVisa support sessions and the Windrush Legal Initiative. Read more about our achievements and the incredible pro bono partners who make this work possible: gmiau.org/wins-for-our...

Starmer wants to change the ECHR to to defeat "the forces of hate and division". Yet really, he is bowing to the forces of hate and division. The only people who dislike the ECHR are people with contempt for refugees.

🧵1/Today on #HumanRightsDay, we’re marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights and 25 years of the Human Rights Act. These protections currently feel increasingly fragile. Across the immigration and asylum system, rights are being rolled back, especially for people seeking safety.

"Ending the two-child limit is vital, but you cannot end child poverty while excluding children from support because of their parents' immigration status. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive." @josephinewy.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...

In case you missed it: Job ad: Solicitor/IAA Level 3 Caseworker (IAAS Senior Caseworker) | Free Movement

Latest post from us: “Horrifying” levels of state violence at UK-France border detailed in new report | Sonia Lenegan

Today's Child Poverty Strategy leaves thousands of migrant children - 40% of all children in poverty - out in the cold. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive. Poverty is a political choice. The Govt's failure to act for all children falls short of the scale and urgency of the crisis.

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here! Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants? Want to see an alternative plan? Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all. Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...

We're hiring! 👋 We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team! Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun... We look forward to hearing from you!

"The govt's ‘earned settlement’ plans clearly discriminate against south Asian, African and Caribbean migrants, who make up the vast majority of people on the existing 10-year route to settlement. The intersection between classism and racism is clear." @nickbeales.bsky.social @ramfel.bsky.social 👏

🚨Campaign launch🚨 Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration. Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric. Please donate here👇 www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...

Did you know we have a guide to applying for a partner or spouse visa in the UK, tailored for LGBTQI+ couples? Read it now: buff.ly/kQjJwVF Our website also has a list of lawyers who may be able to help, and answers to frequently asked questions.

Latest post from us: Job ad: Solicitor/IAA Level 3 Caseworker (IAAS Senior Caseworker) | Free Movement

We've just sent out our monthly newsletter for November 2025: mailchi.mp/gmiau/our-ne... ⭐Sign up to keep up to date with our news, events, and latest resources: gmiau.org/contact/#new...

We have made an animation, to show how the 'No Recourse to Public Funds' immigration condition, has harmed our families: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4x3... Please write to your MP using our pre-filled letter template, to ask them to call for an end to #NRPF: ✍️✉️ win.newmode.net/project17/wi...

If you're trying to get your head round Mahmood's idiotic "earned settlement" proposals that aim to keep refugees in limbo 20 years, & offer a sliding scale of crulety to all immigrants based on their pay packet, this is a great, clear explainer by @praxisprojects.bsky.social & @gmiau.bsky.social

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?

This is a very good explainer about the recently released government consultation into changes to settlement by our colleagues at @praxisprojects.bsky.social and @gmiau.bsky.social

Last week the Government announced changes to settlement, turning the lives of millions of people upside down. Here's what we know so far 👉 www.praxis.org.uk/news/explain... Created with @gmiau.bsky.social

How is this not the top story on every news bulletin? This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🚨 We are deeply concerned by the announcement made this afternoon by the Home Secretary with regards to routes to settlement. Making people who have been granted refugee status wait for up to 20 years before they can settle indefinitely in this country is both cruel and counter-intuitive. 🧵1/4

New from Free Movement: Home Secretary opens consultation on “earned settlement” | Sonia Lenegan

The government have revealed their plans for so-called "earned settlement". Their proposal is of a labyrinthine and draconian system that doubles, triples or quadruples routes to settlement, and embeds discrimination. We must stand against these plans. freemovement.org.uk/home-secreta...

Find out more about exactly why these changes are a very bad idea in our joint briefing with @gmiau.bsky.social: www.praxis.org.uk/briefings/pr...

Yesterday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a new set of hostile policy changes that will undermine the security and wellbeing of people seeking safety in the UK. 🔗 We have published a blog explainer about the changes, what this means in practice, their impact, and what we think:

Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government. Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

"The Government's proposals are “a re-run of the worst and failed policies of the last [Conservative] government – to appease those people asking for more and more hate.” - Rivka, Communications Manager and Policy Officer @ GMIAU. 👇Read more: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Today, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood prepares to announce the latest attack on refugee rights in the UK. A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear. ⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:

A useful resource here from @gmiau.bsky.social for anyone anyone having 'difficult conversations' about migration. gmiau.org/greater-manc...

Last week's MDF partnership event was energising!✊🏽⚡️ We heard from... Connect Talent, our new Salford based referral partner, who shared their great work in GM. @gmiau.bsky.social shared what's known so far about changes to routes to settlement & what's being done to fight back.

🚨🚨🚨 Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today. These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof. Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life. More updates throughout the day so watch this space. www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...

Come and join our team as our Duty Scheme Legal Officer (maternity cover). You'll provide crucial support to our legal representation service, helping people seeking asylum in the UK avoid homelessness and destitution. www.asaproject.org/about/jobs-v...

Adopting a Denmark-style immigration model is a dangerous new low from our Government. Pushing temporary status, harsher family reunion rules and “parallel society” labels throws basic rights under the bus in a bid to win cheap votes. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A WIN BUT THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER... (THREAD) 🤝 (1) 5 weeks ago, Arjeta, loved member of her Liverpool community, was detained by the Home Office, despite being recognised as a survivor of trafficking and modern slavery. She was due to be removed to Albania yesterday, where she fears for her life...

We're honoured to have been awarded 'Frontline Agency of the Year' at the Greater Manchester Pro Bono Awards 2025🎉. This award recognises our eVisa support sessions, delivered as part of a pro bono initiative in partnership with Dechert LLP, Linklaters, Clyde & Co, and Squire Patton Boggs.

📣MDF are looking for a Lived Experience Project Worker to join them and help embed lived experience into their work and other MACC projects. This is a brilliant opportunity to be part of the amazing work done by MDF. Applications close on 19 November. migrantdestitution.co.uk/ruthrose-vis...

The UK Government count applications, decisions, and removals. But they don’t count the human cost of a system that forces people into danger to seek safety. A humane asylum system would protect lives, not end them. #KnowTheirNames

We’re proud to share that the Windrush Legal Initiative has been shortlisted for “Most Effective Pro Bono Partnership” at the LawWorks Awards 2025!⭐ Since 2022, we have led the Initiative in partnership with 8 law firms, providing legal support to people navigating the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

🧵1/ This #ProBonoWeek we want to thank all the brilliant pro bono lawyers who give their time and expertise to support people across GMIAU’s projects. Your commitment helps people navigate complex asylum and immigration systems and ensures that more people can access justice when they need it most.

Following the publication of their statement, members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group spoke to @manchestereveningnews.co.uk and bravely shared their personal stories of resilience, what led them to seek safety in the UK, and the challenges they have faced since arriving. ⭐Read more:

A brilliantly written and incredibly relevant article from Julia - @asylummatters.bsky.social 'Human beings belong in communities, not camps' 👏