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Research Fellow - Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) | Working on Migration and Race.

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 22/06/2026
📢 NEW BLOG: The Windrush scandal was "foreseeable and avoidable". Eight years on, what should it teach us about earned settlement? Our latest blog argues the best way to honour the Windrush Generation is to ensure the same mistakes are never repeated 👇 www.ippr.org/articles/win...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Wendy Williams called 2018 Windrush scandal "foreseeable and avoidable". On Windrush Day, @ippr.org note future dangers of a mass loss of status in this parliament 2028 + starkly racialised pattern of who is at risk. An urgent need to "Windrush proof" the draft reforms www.ippr.org/articles/win...
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Windrush Day: The unfinished business of immigration reform | IPPR
As we mark Windrush Day this year, it is an opportunity both to celebrate the immense contribution of the Windrush Generation and their descendants, and to
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 17/06/2026
“People are being pushed towards homelessness at the exact moment they're meant to be starting a new chapter.” IPPR research finds that too many people granted refugee status are leaving asylum accommodation without enough time or support to secure housing, putting them at risk of homelessness. 🧵
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 11/06/2026
🚨 | NEW REPORT: No one should be pushed into homelessness after leaving asylum accommodation. Ministers must act now to prevent a repeat of the 2023 spike - with enough notice, earlier council data and practical move-on support. 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/clo...
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
5/5 ✅ Our recommendations: 🏠 Make the 42-day move-on period work in practice 🤝 Embed immigration advice in homelessness services 📋 Assess homelessness impacts when developing immigration policy 📊 Improve Home Office–council data sharing Read more: www.ippr.org/articles/clo...
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Closing the gaps: Immigration status and homelessness | IPPR
Immigration status has become one of the clearest fault lines running through England’s housing and homelessness system. Around a quarter of people rough s
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
4/5 💡 The report also highlights examples of what works. We found evidence that bringing together housing support, welfare advice and specialist immigration advice can help prevent rough sleeping, reduce destitution and improve housing outcomes.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
3/5 📈 One ongoing concern is the transition out of asylum accommodation. Reducing the asylum backlog is important, and faster decisions are generally a positive thing. But our research suggests that housing support needs to keep pace, so people don't fall through the gaps between systems.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
2/5 🏠 Our interviews found that immigration status can shape access to housing support, benefits and homelessness assistance. As a result, events such as job loss, relationship breakdown or leaving asylum accommodation can increase the risk of homelessness.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
1/5 📢 Today we published a new @ippr.org report on how asylum and immigration policy shape homelessness in England. Homelessness is rarely caused by one factor alone. It often happens when housing, welfare, employment and immigration systems fail to work together. www.ippr.org/articles/clo...
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Closing the gaps: Immigration status and homelessness | IPPR
Immigration status has become one of the clearest fault lines running through England’s housing and homelessness system. Around a quarter of people rough s
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
An excellent piece written by my colleague @aleishao.bsky.social 👇
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marleymorris.bsky.social @marleymorris.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It's very good to see the government explicitly acknowledge 'no recourse to public funds' in their child poverty strategy. The strategy commits the government to supporting vulnerable children regardless of immigration status.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
But this must be the start, not the end. I set out further steps to reduce child poverty among migrant families, including expanding access to free childcare, simplifying the process for lifting NRPF, and refreshing the list of public funds to reflect real needs. 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/mak...
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Making the Child Poverty Strategy work for migrant families | IPPR
At the time of writing, the UK government is preparing to launch a new national strategy to tackle child poverty. Weeks into being newly elected, prime min
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
New guidance for local authorities on their duties to support children in need, and plans to improve data on NRPF, are important steps. Both have been major gaps in the system and IPPR has consistently called for action here.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It’s encouraging to see the government finally acknowledge NRPF in the Child Poverty Strategy and commit to supporting vulnerable children regardless of immigration status. This is a significant shift and long overdue. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty
Strategy document setting out the government’s ambitious decade long mission to tackle the drivers of child poverty across the UK.
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 25/11/2025
👶| NEW BLOG: Migrant families are the missing piece in the UK’s child poverty strategy. Our new analysis sets out what must change to make it work for everyone. Read here ⬇️ www.ippr.org/articles/mak...
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Making the Child Poverty Strategy work for migrant families | IPPR
At the time of writing, the UK government is preparing to launch a new national strategy to tackle child poverty. Weeks into being newly elected, prime min
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marleymorris.bsky.social @marleymorris.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
'Paradigm shift' - my take on last week's asylum and settlement proposals. Home secretary is right to focus on asylum reform, particularly on appeals. But risk is that this agenda doesn't deliver on tackling small boats, while undermining integration in the process. www.ippr.org/articles/a-p...
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A ‘paradigm shift’ in asylum and immigration policy? | IPPR
The reforms – which were the culmination of years of increasingly restrictive policies – were designed to signal Denmark was no longer a welcoming country
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marleymorris.bsky.social @marleymorris.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Headline thoughts on migration stats: A sharp drop in net migration to 204,000 in year ending June 2025. While expected, it's still striking. Much of this driven by restrictions on study dependants and Health and Care visa under last govt, as well as steady rise in emigration.
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Emma Norris @emmanorris.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Today the government is lifting the 2-child limit – a major IPPR win that boosts incomes and improves opportunities for ~ 1.6m children. Extra income in low-income families boosts health and attainment. By the end of the parliament, 450,000 fewer children will live in poverty. A landmark moment.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
With the Chancellor’s Budget tomorrow and the Child Poverty Strategy to follow, this is a pivotal moment. A credible plan to cut child poverty must account for the challenges facing migrant families. Every child in the UK deserves a fair start in life, regardless of where their parents were born.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The number of children in poverty within migrant families is not a set of isolated cases, but a result of how welfare, immigration and asylum systems interact. This is a crisis hidden in plain sight. Behind these numbers are families working, contributing and raising children who call Britain home.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
4.45 million children in the UK live in poverty, and nearly 4 in 10 are in families where both parents were born abroad. My blog sets out why this must be recognised in the upcoming Child Poverty Strategy. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/yc8mp55p
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Making the Child Poverty Strategy work for migrant families | IPPR
At the time of writing, the UK government is preparing to launch a new national strategy to tackle child poverty. Weeks into being newly elected, prime min
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The PM says “social confidence” depends on an asylum system that is fair, effective and humane. That can’t be achieved if the debate is shaped through blame, suspicion and dehumanising language. Real confidence requires evidence-based policy and communication based on accuracy, dignity and respect.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
At IPPR, our work on asylum accommodation, destitution and the hostile environment shows the system is not easy to navigate, nor is it consistently fair or effective. Asylum decision-making has not been fast enough, frequent enough, or of sufficient quality - not because people are exploiting it.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
This framing reinforces harmful narratives and disproportionately impacts racialised and marginalised communities, including those already navigating the immigration system. It suggests that people seeking sanctuary are trying to “work against” the system, a claim not supported by evidence.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Last week’s asylum + immigration plans raised major concerns, with measures that could deepen delays, increase destitution + further strain the system. Equally troubling is the rhetoric used to justify them. Terms like “asylum shoppers” or “abusing generosity” rely on divisive tropes, not evidence.
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 28/10/2025
⚖️| NEW BLOG: British policy continues to entrench racial inequality, from economic exclusion to digital surveillance. Our latest blog calls for urgent reform to redress the impact on Black lives. Read here www.ippr.org/articles/unf...
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Unfinished business: Redressing inequality in British policy and Black lives | IPPR
The economics of exclusion: Policy, poverty, and the cost of inequalityDeep disparities in wealth and opportunity continue to shape outcomes for Black comm
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marleymorris.bsky.social @marleymorris.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Important new report on the failures of the asylum accommodation system by Home Affairs Committee.
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Billions squandered on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement – Home Affairs Committee report finds - Committees - UK Parliament
Flawed contract design and incompetent delivery left the Home Office unable to cope with the surge in demand for asylum accommodation, a report by the Home Affairs Committee has found.
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Lucy Mort @lucyhbmort.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
…picking back up with some news from this week 👇 The Home Affairs Select Committee has just published its report on asylum accommodation – and I’m pleased to see many of IPPR’s recommendations reflected in it.
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 22/10/2025
The ten year route to settlement has already proven to be punishing for many. Listen to @amreenqureshi.bsky.social on BBC radio discussing the potential impact of increasing the default from five to ten years - on individuals, families and society.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I helped @theipaper.com with this article, explaining how further restrictions to accessing welfare is unlikely to reduce the number of people coming to the UK. Read below ⬇️
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 26/08/2025
A classroom of children dies every day in Gaza. Yet since the war started in October 2023, only 80 children have been granted visas to come to the UK. ✏️ @amreenqureshi.bsky.social writes about the need for a Gaza Family Visa Scheme 👇 www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-gaza-f...
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The UK must introduce Gaza Family Visa as it did for Ukraine
With dozens of children dying in Gaza every day, the UK must show the same flexibility it demonstrated in past crises
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Lucy Mort @lucyhbmort.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This time last week I spoke at the Home Affairs Select Committee about fixing our asylum accommodation system. We urgently need to shift power regionally and locally, improve safeguarding, and move away from mass sites - towards community solutions that work for everyone.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
ICYMI: A fantastic piece by my colleague @lucyhbmort.bsky.social - www.ippr.org/articles/cit... When public confidence in immigration is shaped as much by perception as reality, Labour has a choice: follow the race to the bottom or build a system that strengthens communities - not fracture them.
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Citizenship: A race to the bottom? | IPPR
A dangerous shift in citizenship policyThis progression provides individuals with security, fosters stronger communities as people establish their lives in
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
3️⃣The government must also take steps to ensure that providers of family services are better equipped to help migrant families understand and take up the entitlements they are eligible for. Read the full report: www.praxis.org.uk/news/report-...
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Report Launch: Every Child is Equal — Praxis
Praxis and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) reveal the harmful impacts of being excluded from childcare support on migrant families in the new report - Every Child is Equal, Bridging...
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
REVEALED: A huge 30% of migrant parents not using childcare are struggling to make ends meet. Our new report with @ippr.bsky.social is out now and here’s what you need to know 🧵 Authors @josephinewy.bsky.social & @lucyhbmort.bsky.social
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The govt's child poverty strategy must support all children, regardless of immigration status: ✅ Remove NRPF for families after 5 years of residence ✅ Statutory guidance for councils to support families in crisis ✅ Extend childcare to working parents with NRPF The @IPPR report🔗 tinyurl.com/yrbjptmb
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Hidden hardships: The immigration system and child poverty | IPPR
In 2022/23 it was estimated that 4.3 million children live in relative poverty, and this number has risen in recent years. Among those disproportionately i
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
📢Parents shared the reality of raising children under these conditions: "I can’t buy clothes for my children, shoes, or even snacks" – Hafsa, a skilled worker visa holder "I've dealt with immigration for 24 years and have yet to rest or feel at ease" – Sharon, a mother married to a British citizen
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Families face legal, institutional & social barriers: ⚠️ NRPF restrictions lock families out of essential support like Child Benefit ⚠️ Extortionate visa fees force parents to pay thousands to stay in the UK ⚠️ Discrimination & language barriers limit work opportunities & make accessing support harder
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Over a third of children in poverty in the UK are from migrant families: 📍 1.5 million children in poverty have parents born outside the UK 📍 1 in 5 of these children live in very deep poverty 📍 Many go without proper food, school trips, hobbies, or even a bedroom of their own
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🚨 Today, we publish new research that lays bare the scale of child poverty in migrant families. 46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 07/03/2025
⏰ | NEW REPORT: No child should grow up in hardship due to their parents’ immigration status, but nearly half of children in the UK with parents born abroad are living in poverty. @amreenqureshi.bsky.social and @marleymorris.bsky.social explore the solutions 👇
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Hidden hardships: The immigration system and child poverty | IPPR
In 2022/23 it was estimated that 4.3 million children live in relative poverty, and this number has risen in recent years. Among those disproportionately i
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
BREAKING: We screened a message from migrant parents across Westminster. Hostile immigration rules enforced by this Govt. drive children into poverty. 🔊End child poverty, for EVERY child. Scrap No Recourse to Public Funds. Make sure they know, we won’t let this go. Share now. youtu.be/0d9YPGlFzC0
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BREAKING: Migrant parents screen video message across Westminster
YouTube video by Praxis, for Migrants and Refugees
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 16/01/2025
🌍 | NEW REPORT: In the face of Brexit barriers, potential Trump tariffs, and global economic turbulence, the government is developing a new trade strategy. In this paper we set out a blueprint to rebuild, protect, and grow the UK's exports.
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marleymorris.bsky.social @marleymorris.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
New ONS figures show net migration of 728,000 in year ending June 2024, a drop of 178,000 compared to year earlier. But ONS revisions mean estimates of recent net migration are higher than previously thought, reaching peak of 906,000 in the year ending June 2023.
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 28/11/2024
📈 Figures released today show net migration is coming down but the government still faces tough choices when it comes to immigration. 📚 Read @marleymorris.bsky.social's response here 👇
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marleymorris.bsky.social @marleymorris.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Today's immigration stats indicate that new salary thresholds for Skilled Workers are starting to bite. Most strikingly, there was a 70% fall in Skilled Worker visa grants in hospitality sector between Q2 and Q3 of 2024. This sector is generally low-paid so impact expected to be larger.
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Lucy Mort @lucyhbmort.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This ep of File on 4 is well worth a listen. It features people who feared for their lives when rioters targeted hotels in the summer & highlights @ippr.bsky.social analysis that finds the cost of asylum accom has more than doubled pp in just 5 years from £17k to £41k. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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File on 4 - The Asylum Business - BBC Sounds
What is the government’s plan to stop the use of asylum hotels? File on 4 investigates.
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Lucy Mort @lucyhbmort.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The asylum stats reiterate the fact that too many people are still stuck in woeful hotels. This is costing the gov't a hell of a lot and is no good at all for people living in them. We need local & regional bodies to be put in the driving seat - getting people out of hotels and into communities.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Wholesale asylum reform is critical. This can be done by reintroducing an improved streamlined asylum process to clear the backlog. The govt should also consider a locally and regionally led approach to accommodation to reduce hotel use and improve living conditions for people seeking asylum.
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amreenqureshi.bsky.social @amreenqureshi.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The government also has inherited an asylum system in disarray, and the first vital step is to fix the block on claims processing caused by the Illegal Migration Act.
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