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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anyone who is lucky enough never to have personally come face to face with the Home Office lives in a parallel universe to those of us who have
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants a country where "no one is forced to sleep rough" but his Government is pushing forward with immigration plans that will make more families homeless. Email today to remind them that everyone needs a home: act.praxis.org.uk/tell-housing...
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Email Angela Rayner: To end rough sleeping, you must scrap the Home Office's hostile immigration plans
New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has committed to end rough sleeping in the UK. But his Government is pushing forward with immigration plans that will make more families homeless. The plans will see mo...
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A far right activist and convicted criminal livestreamed himself slashing a dingy with a rescue worker still on board. Will the government stand by and watch as criminals threaten the lives of people seeking safety? inews.co.uk/news/small-b...
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Anti-migrant vigilante 'slashes' dinghy at sea with rescuer still aboard
Hampshire police 'conducting enquiries' into an incident in the Channel during a small boat rescue
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"Instead of fixing a dysfunctional asylum system, the Government is making it even more dangerous. Handing life-and-death asylum decisions to members of the public is a reckless gamble with human lives." @josephinewy.bsky.social Head of Advocacy at Praxis www.thenational.scot/news/2624151...
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Asylum decisions by public 'a reckless gamble with human lives', charity warns
Labour's plan to hand asylum process decisions to the public has been described as "a reckless gamble with human lives" by a leading…
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Thinking of @praxisprojects.bsky.social service users who live in unsuitable housing, struggle with destitution and poverty, who are at risk of homelessness or rough sleeping. Extreme temperatures are unmanageable in these conditions and it's dangerous/scary. Migrant justice is climate justice.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 04/06/2026
📢 Care workers are marching on Downing Street on 10 June. Migrant care workers came to the UK when the sector desperately needed them. They worked hard, paid their taxes and built their lives here. Now the government wants to change the rules. #FairVisaCampaign
UNISON Fair Visa National Rally. Home Office. Number 10. Parliament Square. London. 10 June 2026.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Yesterday, our Head of Advocacy, @josephinewy.bsky.social, gave oral evidence as part of the inquiry “Realising potential: delivering the child poverty strategy". Our message was unequivocal: the Government’s current plans will not materially reduce poverty for migrant children.
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Tune in right now to watch my wonderful colleague @josephinewy.bsky.social giving evidence on migrant children in poverty. www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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Work and Pensions Committee and Education Committee
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Every crime in which an ethnic or cultural minority is the perpetrator used to justify repression or worse of minorities. Every crime in which a minority is the victim used to argue for the idea that ethnic diversity is inherently unstable and should be reduced or eradicated.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Christopher Harborne is a new entry on the Sunday Times rich list top ten - worth £18 billion. He bought Reform for 0.1% of his fortune...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Today the Government pledged another £662m of YOUR money to fund violent tactics by French police on our borders. Tactics that we already know cost lives, traumatise children, and utterly fail to prevent crossings. We must stop funding violence. Public inquiry now.
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Violence towards kids just isn’t right
I’ve just signed this petition to get a full public inquiry into the violence at our border. I was shocked when I read about the horrible violence kids and even babies are living through there - and…
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The BBC undercover investigation into false immigration claims is deeply irresponsible journalism. It does not highlight that exploitation by unregulated advisors occurs because legal aid was cut and the system is insane to navigate.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"Much of public split, indifferent/confused by complex settlement policy row that has mobilised hundreds of thousands of Commonwealth migrants in anxiety at proposal to triple the wait for security to 15 years, as PM heeds pressure to rethink" is what BMG and I paper find by polling a 10 year policy
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The settlement proposals were designed because of perceived specific pressures of 2021-24 arrivals spike - but the government is shifting due to the fairness objections + the mobilisation of those affected and their allies. Why these would be good long-term reforms is ??? + has had no attention.
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Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This Govt should be *maximising* the safety of refugees. Protecting them from what an authoritarian Govt will try and do to them. Speed up asylum decision-making. Permanent residence now for all refugees. Fast family reunion. Labour is bleeding voters to the left.
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Emily Graham @emilyagraham.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Govt's plans to double (or more) the length of time it takes for migrants to qualify for settlement in the UK risks exacerbating child poverty, according to new analysis by @ippr.org Poverty will be prolonged for 60,000-90,000 children of foreign workers by 2029 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Labour rebels to use child poverty data to fight migrant curbs
Allies of Angela Rayner highlight her comments on the party’s ‘moral mission’ as research estimates the effect of Keir Starmer’s indefinite leave to remain plan
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Jonathan Kingham @jonkingh.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Really good to see Labour MPs saying the whole thing needs to go www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Labour MPs threaten vote to show opposition to Mahmood's migration plans
Opponents are considering using parliamentary procedure to force a vote to highlight their concerns.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Tony Vaughan MP says the settlement reform should be abandoned, not tinkered with, as @ippr.org analysis shows it will increase child poverty by 60,000 - 90,000 yet not make a net fiscal saving at all, because 300k children will wait longer for settlement www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Good to hear @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social say on BBC Radio 4 Today (7.15pm) programme that "Home Office's whole premisef for these reforms is unfounded: "this £10 billiion does not add up" Govt have (v quietly) said they don't claim they'd save this! But must now provide their actual fiscal numbers!
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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Changing the wait for settlement from 5 to 10 years will keep 90,000 children in poverty (&that’s only kids whose parents are on work routes - the true number this policy will confine to poverty is likely to be higher) (H/t to @ippr.org, Howard Reed & many others) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Labour rebels to use child poverty data to fight migrant curbs
Allies of Angela Rayner highlight her comments on the party’s ‘moral mission’ as research estimates the effect of Keir Starmer’s indefinite leave to remain plan
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Migration Advisory Committee has published (some of) numbers behind Mahmood's claim. Care workers/dependants make *positive* net contribution for 1st 20 years in UK After that - like Brits - they get old, retire and become a cost. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This time last week, over 500 people marched to Parliament and met with over 100 MPs about the Government's devastating proposed changes to settlement. And we're not stopping here. It's vital we keep up the pressure. Sign the open letter to the Home Secretary. act.praxis.org.uk/open-letter-...
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Denmark has *far* worse outcomes - economic, social and integration - than the UK. Just a fantasyland for those who want an excuse for their own xenophobia and/or are incapable of doing the hard work of confronting the UK's real problems. www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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A Danish lesson for Labour on how to stop migrants and start winning
Like the home secretary, I visited recently to learn how the centre-left is riding high and reclaiming the asylum debate from the populist right
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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
If Muslims and people of colour dont want to vote for you, maybe you need to be asking yourself WHY instead of doling out accusations of sectarianism, or even actively trying to strip people of their voting rights
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Why is it sectarian when parties campaign for Muslim votes (all trad parties have at some point) but not when they campaign to Anglican (Tories) Catholic (Labour) Jewish (Labour anti semitism row). Is it possible that many Muslims just didn’t want to vote for you, because you didn’t appeal to them?
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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Nice try love. When you’re trying to force (mainly poor, brown) people out of the country by making it impossible to stay, you don’t get to threaten us with Reform. You’re already doing their job for them. news.sky.com/story/back-m...
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Back my asylum overhaul or risk Trump inspired ICE-style raids, warns Mahmood
The home secretary invokes the spectre of a US inspired "far-right" immigration crackdown as she tries to win Labour support for tougher asylum laws.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27/02/2026
you know I would say her matching pink phone case really makes this, gives Goodwin a huge "sad loser man at the end of Legally Blonde" vibe
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
So proud of @praxisprojects.bsky.social for the endless work to stop the settlement changes. We've been working on routes to settlement, NRPF , child poverty/homelessness for 10 years. Now is your chance to support our efforts and get these changes stopped before it's too late.
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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The brass neck of this. The Home Office is notorious crap at communication. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Home Office denies ‘absurd’ criticism over rule change that may leave dual nationals stranded
MPs raise cases of honeymooners and other Britons caught out by new passport requirements as minister rejects calls for grace period
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Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) @gmiau.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
THE VOICE, an Action Group of Women on the 10 year route to settlement, supported by GMIAU, responded to the Government’s “earned settlement” consultation. Here is a snippet of what they had to say:
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Farage and his band of millionaires want to legalise discrimination - proving yet again they side with the powerful over working people. Scrapping the Equality Act is Reform's opening move before dismantling protections for everyone. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Reform accused of ‘pitching for votes of misogynists’ with plan to scrap Equality Act
Charities have warned that scrapping the Equality Act would be a ‘significant step backwards’ for discrimination protections in Britain
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
📢"Powerful men are quick to inflame division, but slow to accept accountability for the consequences. Migration is not an aberration in our history – like colonialism was; it is a constant thread woven through it." @minnierahman.bsky.social for @lbc.co.uk www.lbc.co.uk/article/ratc...
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Ratcliffe owes migrants more than a half-hearted apology but so does Starmer – his policies created this environment | LBC
Blaming migrants for today’s economic problems is a convenient way to dodge responsibility for that failure, writes Minnie Rahman
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Nick S @nsfolkmusic.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Deadline is today - Praxis's guide is excellent, so get your response in
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Ratfcliffe is a billionaire Brexiteer. His a football club is full of migrant players. When he talks about “colonisation” he’s talking about all black and brown people in the UK. People who do more for their communities than a billionaire who steals from them and trashed the economy they live in.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Spain shows the case for migrant rights is not only a moral one but an economic one. Right now, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is going in the opposite direction and the truth is, we're all going to be worse off. People need to be able to settle in our communities in a quick and affordable way.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
⚠️Our survey reveals 3 in 5 fear family separation under new settlement plans. @minnierahman.bsky.social: "We all know migrants bring vital skills and experience. The government needs to stop penalising migrant communities and start reflecting that reality.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
Exclusive: Most people in charity’s study say they worry about being separated from relatives under Mahmood plans
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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
When you hear government ministers harping on about how their immigration policy reforms are all about promoting “integration”, remember this: 10 years is a *childhood* www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
Thinktank analysis says proposed ‘earned settlement’ changes could trap families in prolonged insecurity
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Well, that an the fact that in the last 10 years there have been: – 36 fire incidents; – 12 asbestos incidents; and – 19 stonemasonry incidents This gif has never felt more apt
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a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
To write this sentence about Nigel Farage in 2026 is amazing: “On occasion, he is quite unlike other politicians, with flashes of honesty you wouldn't hear from others” I’m sorry for repeating the word gaslighting a lot, but this is that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Inside Reform: Laura Kuenssberg follows Farage's party as it experiences the glare of scrutiny
The BBC has spent time interviewing senior figures and witnessing Reform's work at the largest council it runs.
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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
You could almost hear the penny dropping this week, as Labour MPs grapple with what the Govt’s ludicrous changes to settlement pathways are going to mean for constituents, communities and the economy. A shame they don’t actually get a say on the changes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Shabana Mahmood defends immigration reforms amid Labour opposition
Around 40 Labour MPs have raised concerns about the impact of the government's proposals.
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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We all know that these deaths were entirely avoidable - but it’s still jarring to see the litany of mistakes that led to these people losing their lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thirty deaths in small boat crossing avoidable, inquiry finds
Inquiry chair Sir Ross Cranston said
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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
This runs entirely counter to the Government’s manifesto commitment to reduce poverty for all children
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Home Secretary several times says she thinks 5 years is "quite short" and "quite quick". Views differ - but the BSA finds that the general public tend to see 5 years as fair: over 80% of people tend to think 5 years is fair natcen.ac.uk/publications...
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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
This is hilariously disingenuous: of COURSE they’re trying to prevent people from settling
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
📢"Creating a poorer, more vulnerable migrant class of workers who have no long-term stake in our society worsens wages and conditions for everyone, and increases resentment towards migrants." @zoejardiniere.bsky.social on what Labour can do to change direction. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Labour is creating a vulnerable migrant underclass
Chasing Reform on immigration will only entrench an unequal system and increase resentment
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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment? "Pull factors" on steroids. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We face the same challenges Spain did: a stagnant economy & ageing population. Treating undocumented workers & asylum seekers as people has resulted in higher GDP & record-low unemployment. Spain proved the moral case for migration is also an economic one. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘It’s like a gift from God’: undocumented foreign workers welcome Spanish amnesty
Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing parties
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