✨️Why not take a few minutes to read Ayman's article today? Ayman writes in The Big Issue about how prolonged asylum processes, poverty, and anti-immigration, transphobic and homophobic rhetoric are contributing to a mental health crisis among LGBTQ+ refugees. Find the full article:

This Pride we must fight for the rights of LGBTQ+ asylum seekers - Rainbow Migration

A new article exploring how prolonged asylum processes, poverty, and anti-immigration and homophobic rhetoric are contributing to a mental health crisis among LGBTQ+ refugees.

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More safe routes are good, but these need to be seen for what they are - numbers will be in the 100s and arrivals not until next year. Meanwhile, this government closed the Afghan resettlement schemes and has "paused" refugee family reunion, which helped 10,000s www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Mahmood outlines safe immigration routes plan to win over Labour left

Home secretary speeds up major part of bill governing asylum and refugees as new prime minister set to take over

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Labour trying to force through the most hostile and draconian anti-asylum, anti-immigration, anti-rights policy agenda in decades knowing it is exactly this level of inhumane and cruel policies which have led them to the current cluster they find themselves in. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Shabana Mahmood’s immigration and asylum bill to go before MPs next week

Refugee charities fear controversial changes, including on forced removals and age checks, are being rushed through

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Soon, when a 15-year-old asylum seeker arrives in the UK, there’s a good chance that a border officer will feed a picture of their face into an AI age estimation tool that will guess whether they are an adult or not. New @lighthousereports.com investigation shows that tool is deeply flawed

NEW: The Home Office is ploughing ahead with using AI to conduct asylum seeker age assessments despite knowing it's wildly inaccurate Its own internal report & our audit of public data find the tech often predicts kids to be adults, & performs worst on the top nationalities arriving on small boats

Lighthouse Reports@lighthousereports.com · 2mo ago

Britain will use AI to assess ages of asylum seekers in a world-first, with other countries likely to follow suit But our investigation, based on a leaked report and our own algorithmic audit, finds the technology is deeply unreliable

None of us are free until all of us are free 🏳️‍🌈 Everyone should be able to live and love in safety. No one should have to "prove" their sexuality in order to claim asylum, no one should face deportation to a country where they are at risk because of their sexuality. 🧵1/2

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It is shit like this which is why I get so angry at the people who try and defend or dismiss Labour's rampantly xenophobic and hostile policies on the basis "Reform will be worse". Yeah, they will, it doesn't excuse how utterly abhorrent Labour is though. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Home Office sends letters to children as young as five saying they must leave UK

Children of those on care worker visas – who came legally before rule change – told to leave even if parents can stay

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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...

Plan to handcuff migrant kids is 'sustained attack on children', Starmer warned

In a scathing letter, nearly 150 charities and organisations that support children have called on the Government to change course on its controversial migration shake-up

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Shabana Mahmood's reforms to settled status are an immoral crusade against those who keep our care system running. The government needs to backtrack now. My article for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social 👇 tribunemag.co.uk/2026/04/andr...

Andrea Egan: ‘Scrap the Anti-Migrant Crackdown’

Shabana Mahmood's reforms to settled status are an immoral crusade against those who keep our care system running. The government needs to backtrack now.

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✊❤️ National Day of Action for the Fair Visa Campaign Migrant care workers face exploitation and threats of deportation. This Friday 24 April, we stand with overseas colleagues who keep care running. Take action for fair visas and better treatment ⬇️ unsn.uk/4e0V4rs

He's 16 FFS. The Home Office knows that the chances are, as with most people piloting small boats, that he was forced into doing so by gangs. He should be having his asylum claim processed, not being prosecuted. news.sky.com/story/boy-be...

Boy believed to be first charged under new border law due in court

Measures introduced under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act cover journeys by water to the UK from France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

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

Behaviour by a small number of bad-faith actors does not reflect the reality of LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum - Rainbow Migration

Almost 70 countries criminalise same-sex relations, some with the death penalty. The UK government itself recognises that in Pakistan consensual same-sex

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The 'earned settlement' changes will only deliver a fraction of claimed savings, according to the Government's own data. This totally undermines the Gov's own rationale for going ahead with the disastrous plans. Thanks to a FOI request by @jdportes.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Mahmood’s migration changes will deliver fraction of claimed savings, data suggests

Exclusive: Analysis of government figures indicates public finances will gain £600m not £10bn if migrants’ access to benefits is reduced

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Three of UK's biggest children's charities demand U-turn on migration crackdown

Coram, Barnardo’s and the Children’s Society have written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood urging her to rethink plans to change indefinite leave to remain (ILR) rules retrospectively

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In case you missed it: EVisa judicial review dismissed but court acknowledges real hardship from digital-only status | Jasmine Quiller-Doust

EVisa judicial review dismissed but court acknowledges real hardship from digital-only status - Free Movement

The High Court has dismissed the judicial review challenge to the Home Office’s eVisa policy in BSC & Anor v The Secretary of State for the Home

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Behind every policy discussion about poverty or settlement are real families making impossible trade-offs. (1/5)

Thank you to @manchestereveningnews.co.uk for covering the statement and helping to spread their message even further. Andy Burnham said: “I think we all should have concerns about the amount of money going into this poorly managed system and the profits made out of it.” We couldn’t agree more.

Andy Burnham responds to letter released by Greater Manchester asylum seekers

It follows an open letter from asylum seekers housed in Greater Manchester said they felt 'unsafe'

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Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU)@gmiau.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Recently, we have seen an increase in protests and demonstrations outside asylum hotels, driven by misinformation and fear. Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have written a statement to respond directly to the concerns and questions they’ve heard from local communities.

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

This weekend saw Britain’s largest far-right demonstration with extremist views on full display. Many of us felt unsafe to be in London. The Government’s response has been wholly inadequate. They must condemn these views for what they are, racist and dangerous. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What I saw at Saturday’s rally was racism, pure and simple. Labour won’t tackle it until we can call it what it is | Diane Abbott

Silence about the bigotry inherent in events like Tommy Robinson’s march will be seen by the thugs as tacit approval of their message, says Labour MP Diane Abbott

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Over six years, researchers have worked closely with 25 single-mother families living in the shadow of this policy - which even affects British citizens.

Homelessness, fear of starvation and racism – destitute migrant mothers and their children on the reality of life in the UK

Over six years, researchers have worked closely with 25 single-mother families living in the shadow of this policy - which even affects British citizens.

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Family unity is vital for children’s wellbeing. While we welcome the prioritisation of families in the UK-France agreement, safe and regular routes for unaccompanied children remain urgently needed. Read more: www.barnardos.org.uk/news/respons...

Barnardo's response to the suspension of refugee family reunion applications

We are deeply concerned by this week’s announcement of the suspension of the family reunification route, which will only make it harder for children to reunite with their parents in the UK.

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Bordering social reproduction: Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson published this important book with @manchesterup.bsky.social spotlighting how UK immigration control reaches inside families via #NRPF policies and drawing attention to how migrant mothers and children make lives in the shadows

Welcome to the Shadows research project, which will investigate the deep and enduring effects of #NRPF on the lives of families and unaccompanied young people with insecure migration status in England. Read about our project, team & partners here 👇 nrpfintheshadows.com

Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?

🚨 Thousands of trafficking survivors continue to be denied permission to stay in the UK despite their critical need for safety and support — a new report by @helenbamber.bsky.social, ATLEU & @ecpatuk.bsky.social reveals. Instead survivors are left in fear and at risk of further exploitation. 🧵1/3

Absolutely wild to get this brand new and still in cellophane!

Children who have already endured so much in their lives deserve our compassion and the chance to build safe and happy lives.

Refugee children deserve our compassion – and a chance to build safe, happy lives

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Thousands of unaccompanied children sought asylum in the UK last year. These children need care, not complexity. This #RefugeeWeek, we stand with @refugeeweek.bsky.social to call for a better future for displaced children and families. #CommunityAsASuperpower