👏👏👏 "We know that those fleeing persecution are no different to us. They want to live in safety, contribute to their communities, and build a good life for their families." This is the UK at its best and we're proud to see so many faith leaders speaking out. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Dozens of religious leaders call on PM to lead 'fresh start' with asylum warning

EXCLUSIVE: Senior figures from the UK's Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities have jointly written to Andy Burnham calling for a 'fresh start' on asylum and saying this is a moment to choose what k...

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⚠️ We’ve moved! Our new address: St Mary's Welcome Centre 8, Church End E17 9RJ Check the Support Centre page on our website - 🔗 below Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Please share widely with anyone who might need to know. 🧡

Our summer newsletter has just dropped! 🔸 Find out what we’ve been up to, our take on Belfast, the new PM, the Immigration and Asylum Bill. 🔸… and then, there’s theglimmers of hope and solidarity! ☀️We'll be having some time breaks over summer. 🧡

Summer 2026 Newsletter

It’s been a busy few months at WFMA, so expect an update packed with what we’ve been up to – that’s the good news! And, of course, there is the business as usual pile of bad news: B…

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✍️✍️✍️ 14 years ago this week, Theresa May introduced the 10-year route to settlement. RMJ's Head of Campaigning @nickbeales.bsky.social has a new blog on our website explaining why this route is not only brutal for those affected but also counter-productive. 👇 www.rmjustice.org.uk/latest-news/...

📣 We have some big news: We're moving! 🚛📦📦 ⚠️ The centre will be CLOSED on Friday 17th July. 📍We will reopen on Friday 24th July at our new address: St Mary's Welcome Centre 8, Church End E17 9RJ 🧐 Check the Support Centre page on our website - 🔗 below. Pls share widely 🙏

Have a read of Right to Remain's latest update, including: 🔸The campaign to Stop the expansion of Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre. 🔸Anti-racist movement event, 11 July 🔸 Refugee Week reflection - featuring our event at Walthamstow Trades Hall

Right to Remain@right-to-remain.bsky.social · 4w ago

Right to Remain July Update; find out what were doing this month! 🟠 Call to Action: Stop the Expansion of Campsfield Detention Centre! 🟠 Refugee Week 2026 🟠 July Workshops 🟠 Anti-Racist Movement National Event – The Power of Transformative Organising, 11 July! righttoremain.org.uk/right-to-rem...

Medical Justice says “shocking” immigration detention reforms will weaken existing safeguards for vulnerable detainees www.ein.org.uk/news/medical...

Medical Justice says “shocking” immigration detention reforms will weaken existing safeguards for vulnerable detainees

New policy will focus on managing needs in detention rather than identifying people at increased risk of harm

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📣 ONLY TWO DAYS TO GO!!! Wherever you live in Waltham Forest, there is still time to contact your local candidates & ask them to pledge their support for migrant justice! More details about the campaign ⬇️

The Telegraph is attacking schools for reading books that encourage understanding. Stories have always been how children learn to care for others. Show them that most people think that refugee kids deserve compassion & understanding - please support our work: www.justgiving.com/charity/city...

📣 ONE WEEK to go till the local elections!!  ... still time to contact candidates & ask them to pledge their support for migrant justice! You can find out more about the campaign & who your candidates are⬇️ Help us make 7th May a vote for migrant justice! In solidarity 🧡

Local Elections Campaign

Make 07th May A Vote for Migrant Justice Why local elections matter The local elections will be held on 07th May 2026 – amid political turmoil in the UK and globally. These are likely to be s…

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Ask any candidate to pledge their support for migrant justice to get a sense of their value - it’s the ultimate litmus test!

HOPE not hate@hopenothate.org.uk · 3mo ago

Given the diversity of Reform UK candidates in some parts of London, one might think that the local branches in the capital were home to a more moderate, inclusive version of the party. Unfortunately not. Meet David Davies, Reform candidate for Wanstead Village. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/23/i...

Our local elections campaign is in full swing. Last night we joined Waltham Forest Citizens to present our collective demands to @wfgreens.bsky.social & WF Labour. Now we need you to help us keep migrant justice on the agenda & ask your local candidates to pledge their support! Let’s do this! 🧡

🗳️Local Elections on 7th May! Let's turn Waltham Forest into a true borough of sanctuary, where EVERYONE - regardless of their immigration status - is safe, welcome, supported and treated with dignity and respect.  📣 Get involved: Write to candidates or volunteer at one of our stall. More info ⤵️

Local Elections Campaign

Make 07th May A Vote for Migrant Justice Why local elections matter The local elections will be held on 07th May 2026 – amid political turmoil in the UK and globally. These are likely to be s…

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extremely worrying trend! www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament – an exclusive visual analysis

In the past five years, MPs’ attitudes in the House of Commons towards immigration have swung harder to the right than at almost any other time in the last century

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Good morning to everyone who has stood against hate, racism and fascism over the weekend! Solidarity is a verb. Let’s do more to build the migration justice movement, and society that protects us all. Poster by @wfmigrantaction.bsky.social #migrationislife #nooneisillegal #thesewallsmustfall

Please note our drop-in winter holiday dates. See you in 2026 🧡

The final newsletter of the year is packed with updates, news, campaigns .... and of course your tricky dinner conversations' guide. Thank you for your support in 2025! Enjoy the winter break and see you in 2026. Together we are building solidarity 🧡 wfma.org.uk/news/

In case there was any doubt left in your mind about the UK government’s stance on immigration, it has aligned itself w/ the most hardline countries, incl. Denmark, Hungary & Italy, to dangerously water down ECHR. Happy International #humanrightsday www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

UK joins call for Europe’s human rights laws to be ‘constrained’

Britain aligns with some of Europe’s hardline governments in calling for change to allow Rwanda-style migration deals

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Today is international #humanrightsday … so of course our PM announced curbing human rights! But we won’t stand for it. We will fight till the bitter end for dignity, justice, freedom and liberation for all! 🧡

Curbing human rights won’t make anyone safer! Hands off ECHR. Seeking safety is a right. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right

Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

‼️Just over ONE week to go before Connections in Sound at Walthamstow Trades Hall w/ Leensaa, Jana Saleh, Zelt, Nkomba & Lewis from Mais Um Discos ... to say we are excited would be an understatement 🎉 See you on the dancefloor 🪩 🎫 Get your tickets today: wegottickets.com/event/680659

Dealing with sickness is scary enough as it is, nobody should feel like there will be consequences for seeking care. This is the sad reality of so many of our patients, stuck in our broken immigration and asylum systems.

For migrants, the NHS is a hostile environment

Asylum seekers are not receiving care they urgently need, and to which they are entitled

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Performative cruelty to appeal to voters who won’t vote for you anyway is just another level of moral decrepitude

Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office. www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...

Our November newsletter is out & it's packed to the brim with information - including an update on the horrendous changes to the immigration system that the government proposed last week. #WeAreMany 🧡

November 2025 Newsletter

It’s difficult to know where to start, because like you, we are overwhelmed and outraged by the daily deluge of anti-migrant news and hostile policies. While the UK faces multiple crises…

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Excellent piece by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social about Shabana Mahmood, the new darling of the right and far-right, daughter of migrants spearheading the most cruel anti-migrant reforms.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 8mo ago

Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik

There is absolutely no respite! But we won’t stop fighting for migrant justice.

UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system

Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further

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a catalogue of failures and £££ billions squandered - straight in the pockets of the private sector … finally we are hearing some truths about asylum hotels!

Home Office squandered billions on ‘failed and chaotic’ asylum accommodation

Commons committee describes successive governments’ failures to manage hotel use, contracts, spending and safeguarding

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📣 Looking for a tangible way to support migrant justice? We’ve been working behind the scenes to pull together what promises to be a magical & powerful event w/ music spanning genres & continents. 📆 11 December from 6.30 pm 📍Walthamstow Trades Hall 🎟️ £15 / £5 ⬇️ wegottickets.com/event/680659/

Connections in Sound

We are thrilled to bring you what promises to be a magical and powerful evening - a wonderful journey across cultures, with music spanning different genres and continents. Connection in Sounds is a c...

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Impt piece by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social on the flurry & folly of recent policy announcements set to create further discrimination & hardship for migrants. Community integration is not about Alevel English & volunteering, it’s about ending austerity & actual investment in social infrastructure!

A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik

It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Ma...

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