As the weekend begins, many of us are looking forward to spending time with the people we love. We're also thinking of those spending another weekend apart from loved ones/family - hoping for the day they can be together. ❤️ What's your favourite way to spend quality time with loved ones? 👇

Parliament has broken up for summer recess. MPs won't be back in Westminster until September. For the couples, families and children kept apart by immigration rules, there's no such pause. MP have however the time to listen to our concerns: 🧵 actionnetwork.org/letters/he-s...

Andy Burnham promised care "at the heart of everything I do." Keeping Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary leaves families wondering if that includes them. Are bi-national families seen as people — or just an immigration issue? Read more: reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/a-promise-is...

"I will put the care of people at the heart of everything I do." — Andy Burnham, first speech as PM, 20 July 2026 We want to hold him to that. 🧵

In case there was any doubt. Restricting access to benefits isn't enough for Conservatives/Badenoch. They want to deport/"remigrate" people who came here on legal work visas, not because of (debunked) claims about benefits/fiscal costs but because they've embraced an openly ethnonationalist agenda

Today Nigel Farage announced he's standing down as MP for Clacton, forcing a by-election he's framing as "the people vs the establishment" over his financial dealings. But that framing misses the real story entirely. 🧵

🚨 The government wants to gut Article 8: your right to family and private life. It's buried in the new immigration bill. 🧵 on what's at stake

🚨 The government wants to gut Article 8 — your right to family and private life. It's buried in the new immigration bill. 🧵 on what's at stake:

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Last week, @andyburnham.bsky.social won in Makerfield by offering a politics of hope over hate. Now we need him to bring that same energy to immigration. Here's what we're asking him to do 🧵

As we reflect on Keir Starmer's resignation, we can't help but think of what we see as one of his biggest failures: the inability to recognise the contribution people born abroad have made and continue to make to the UK. 🧵

This Father's Day, we remember thousands of dads separated from their families by the UK's harsh visa rules: stuck abroad because their partners in the UK cannot meet the requirements or unable to bring their family to the UK. So we ask children what their Daddy means to them?

🧵 Today, on @ukforunhcr.bsky.social's #WorldRefugeeDay — theme: "Until Everyone Is Safe" — we're calling out the Government for closing refugee family reunion: one of the few safe routes for people already here in the UK. 1/4

Last night Andy Burnham's victory in the Makerfield by-election with a commanding majority give us a bit of hope: For once, the anti-immigration voices and their divisive arguments have been defeated. But we can't rest yet. Should Burnham become PM, we need him to hear us clearly.

1/ Did you know the UK government decides whether you can live with your own family — based on your salary? 💔 Since April 2024, British citizens and settled residents must earn at least £29,000 to sponsor a partner's visa. Take our quiz to learn more: actionnetwork.org/surveys/coul... 🧵👇

I just took a @rfuk.bsky.social survey: Could you afford to keep your family together? . Take it here: actionnetwork.org/surveys/coul...

Could you afford to keep your family together?

The UK requires a minimum income requirement to sponsor a loved one's visa. See who that locks out — and why it matters.

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I just took a @rfuk.bsky.social survey: Could you afford to keep your family together? Take it here: actionnetwork.org/surveys/coul...

Could you afford to keep your family together?

The UK requires a minimum income requirement to sponsor a loved one's visa. See who that locks out — and why it matters.

actionnetwork.org

1/ Did you know the UK government decides whether you can live with your own family — based on your salary? 💔 Since April 2024, British citizens and settled residents must earn at least £29,000 to sponsor a partner's visa. Take our quiz to learn more: actionnetwork.org/surveys/coul... 🧵👇

Around half UK's workforce would be blocked from family life here if they had to meet Britain's spouse visa requirements Enduring long term separation Forced single parenting Children growing up without a parent ✍️ Take our 2‑min survey: actionnetwork.org/surveys/reun...

Around half UK's workforce would be blocked from family life here if they had to meet Britain's spouse visa requirements Enduring long term separation Forced single parenting Children growing up without a parent ✍️ Take our 2‑min survey: actionnetwork.org/surveys/reun...

In a recent debate, the Minister for Immigration spoke about “firm but fair” policies. But after 14 years of harsh family immigration rules, we need to ask: fair for whom?

It was never really about jobs/crime/welfare benefits etc. @pkrugman.bsky.social's discussion of MAGA's real motives - cruelty and racism - applies almost verbatim to much the anti-immigration right here in politics/media/online paulkrugman.substack.com/p/pogroms-am...

Pogroms, American Style

The Trump administration’s attack on immigrants isn’t about rule of law, crime or jobs. It’s racism and sadism all the way down

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We’re told by certain media, billionaires and politicians that immigration is a problem But imagine what the UK would look like without the people who actually help make Britain “great”? Our friends, neighbours, communities - and our families ✍️ Sign/share reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/sign

For countless families, half term means time together: a short trip, quality moments with the kids, a chance to breathe. But for families separated by the UK's spouse visa rules, it's just another painful reminder of the happy moments those rules steal from them. A short 🧵

This is a shocking indictment of the abject failure of UK news shows to get the actual facts about net migration across to the public and call out the bull**** by the likes of Nigel Farage youtu.be/WuSKdLtKHCs?...

NET MIGRATION HAS FALLEN BY 82% SINCE ITS PEAK YET NEARLY HALF OF BRITONS BELIEVE ITS INCREASED!

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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The Government is celebrating falling migration numbers. We're asking you to look at what those numbers hide. A 🧵 reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/behind-the-n...

Behind the Numbers: The Human Cost of Falling Migration Statistics - Reunite Families UK

The Government is celebrating falling migration numbers. We're asking you to look at what those numbers hide. Behind the statistics: real couples, families kept apart.

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While the far right marched through London last Saturday, we were in a Manchester community garden dancing. 🧵1/6

🧵 1/2 Imagine doing this alone For families separated by spouse visa rules, this is reality — especially for those with children who have medical or additional needs Appointments missed Sleepless nights Juggling job and childs complex needs — carried by one parent alone

🧵 1/3 💔 Growing old together shouldn't be a privilege but in the UK it is Spouse visa rules aren’t just affecting families & young couples Older partners are being forced to choose to: ➡️ Leave everything behind [home, family, healthcare] to be together elsewhere or ➡️ Live apart in later life

You cannot celebrate mental health while tearing families apart: We're deeply concerned that the King's Speech proposals to further restrict Art 8 our right to family life under the European Convention on Human Rights have gone unnoticed by press&politicians reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/quiet-attack...

While No One Was Looking: The Quiet Attack on Family Life - Reunite Families UK

Buried in today's King's Speech are proposals to further restrict Article 8 — the right to family life — with no press or political scrutiny. This Mental Health Awareness Week, we are calling out the ...

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