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We're one of the largest providers of free immigration advice in London. We give advice, provide support, and campaign so that migrants & refugees in the UK can live with safety, dignity & respect. linktr.ee/praxis_uk

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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 · 29/09/2026
We welcome the Gov's announcement of new safe routes. But more is needed. Labour can talk about "fairness" when it scraps earned settlement plans and delivers safe routes for all instead of punishing thousands of people who have worked in this country for years. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mahmood on "earned settlement": deliberately bland. No explanation of why punishing workers who have been here legally for 5+ years with ongoing insecurity (and in many cases kicking them out of the country) would be "fair" to British workers "and the young".
As we restore control and fairness to our asylum system. We must do the same for legal migration too: Fair to those who seek a new and better life here, like my parents did. And fair to those already here, including British workers, and especially the young.

That same principle underpins my reforms to the right to live here indefinitely. Ensuring settled status is earned by those who have shown a consistent commitment to this country.

I know that, throughout our consultation process some have said elements of these reforms are not fair.

And to that, let me say this: we will come to a position that balances fairness for those who came here legally and fairness to British citizens across this country.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Patriot Platform's Danny Tommo arrested "on suspicion of criminal damage and recklessly endangering someone's life" ⬇️
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Racism will not be defeated from above. It will only be defeated by us – ordinary citizens who refuse to look away." Read @tajali1.bsky.social's powerful piece on how we can learn from the anti-racist activism of the 70s. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain’s far-right violence comes to us direct from the 1970s. But so does the solution | Taj Ali
Young men punched in the street, mosques attacked: Britain badly needs an anti-racist uprising. Let 70s Asian youth movements provide the inspiration, says Taj Ali, author of Come What May, We’re Here...
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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 · 18/09/2026
Support for scrapping the Home Secretary's immigration reforms continues to grow as trade unions put pressure on the Government to soften the changes. Unison criticised "sweeping attacks on migrant workers which render them second-class citizens in the UK". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Unions urge ministers to soften planned changes to immigration rules
The home secretary wants to double the time it takes for most migrants to qualify for permanent residence.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The real-world consequences of threats and intimidation against charities and volunteers: services that save lives forced to close. We are all less safe as a result. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
RNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New report from @rcn.org.uk highlights the devastating nature of the Home Secretary's proposed immigration reforms, declaring them a 'disaster' and 'entirely incompatible' with our health and care system. www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Home Secretary’s proposed immigration reforms ‘entirely incompatible’ with ambitions for a National Care Service, warns RCN | Royal College of Nursing
Home Secretary’s proposed immigration reforms ‘entirely incompatible’ with ambitions for a National Care Service, warns RCN
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 16/09/2026
🚨 | The proposed UK immigration reforms are entirely incompatible with the ambition for a thriving National Care Service. Read why 🧵
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Almost no one in politics has stood up and called this what it plainly is: an organised group of criminals shutting down critical national infrastructure and menacing charity workers and journalists in the process.”
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The hostility toward the RNLI should be a wake-up call. Organisations supporting migrants and refugees have been warning for years that abuse toward those who help others is escalating. @minnierahman.bsky.social explains how civil society must stand together: www.independent.co.uk/voices/rnli-...
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If we don’t stand up to the far-right for our RNLI heroes, what will it take?
Complacency and inaction from successive governments mean the wave of far-right abuse has now reached our heroic lifeboat volunteers, writes charity CEO Minnie Rahman – and it shows what charities kno...
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📣From our @minnierahman.bsky.social "The danger to charities does not just come from balaclava-wearing vigilantes. Hostility also comes when organisations are targeted by politicians, media, &influencers who see the work we do as an obstacle to their agenda" www.independent.co.uk/voices/rnli-...
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If we don’t stand up to the far-right for our RNLI heroes, what will it take?
Complacency and inaction from successive governments mean the wave of far-right abuse has now reached our heroic lifeboat volunteers, writes charity CEO Minnie Rahman – and it shows what charities kno...
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Refugee and Migrant Justice @rmjusticeuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🎤🎤 "it cuts across any effort to integrate at all.” Mic drop from Paul Nowak @tuc.org.uk explaining why the government's earned settlement model is so harmful. Tweaks won't do. Andy Burnham needs to scrap it in full now and make the positive case for immigration. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Fundamentally unfair’: Burnham must overhaul migration reforms, says TUC general secretary
Paul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentiment
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Given what has happened to the RNLI, this is when wider civil society should speak in solidarity about the far-right and political parties attacking charities delivering vital services for vulnerable people. The voluntary sector is part of our social fabric, it needs protecting.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The scenes of black-clad anti-migrant groups marching through Dover and Portsmouth over the weekend are deeply concerning. A far-right group has sought to intimidate our communities and inflame tensions through vigilante-style tactics.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In his first speech as Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged to end rough sleeping in this country. If he wants to end rough sleeping, he must scrap the hostile immigration rules that push people onto the streets. Here's why 👇
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Detention Forum @detentionforum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
As @praxisprojects.bsky.social's video explains, if Andy Burnham is serious about ending rough sleeping, he needs to look at how the hostile environment pushes families into poverty and onto the streets. www.instagram.com/reels/DbBGwV...
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees on Instagram: "Prime Minister Andy Burnham just pledged to end rough sleeping in this country.⁠ This is big.⁠ ⁠ Here at Praxis, we support migrants and refugees exper...
63 likes, 2 comments - praxis_uk on July 20, 2026: "Prime Minister Andy Burnham just pledged to end rough sleeping in this country.⁠ This is big.⁠ ⁠ Here at Praxis, we support migrants and refugees ex...
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If the Government wants to end rough sleeping, they need to scrap their own immigration policies that are making more people homeless. Tell Angela Rayner, Secretary of State for Housing: To end rough sleeping, scrap the Home Office's hostile immigration plans. 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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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"That means councils, charities, businesses, faith groups and local communities all pulling together." Agree, and it should mean the Home Office looking at their policies designed to push migrants and their families into poverty/destitution and homelessness. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I won’t abandon anyone to sleep rough on our streets. That’s my £442m promise | Andy Burnham
Today we begin our drive to get everyone in for Christmas. And it will be for local communities up and down the land to decide how best to do it, says prime minister Andy Burnham
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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This call to ban non-EU ‘foreign nationals’ from social housing is yet further advancement of far-right, anti-immigration narratives. Not only would it be clearly racialised, but it does nothing to solve the structural problems with the housing system caused by decades of under-investment.
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Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing
They claim around 230,000 homes would become available under their plan to limit social housing entitlements.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This country needs a national anti-racism strategy. For too long successive governments have fuelled division towards migrants and refugees in their rhetoric & policies. Alongside +100 other orgs, we joined @runnymedetrust.bsky.social to call on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to take urgent action.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If the Government wants to end rough sleeping, they need to scrap their own immigration policies that are making more people homeless. Tell Angela Rayner, Secretary of State for Housing: To end rough sleeping, scrap the Home Office's hostile immigration plans. 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 · 29/07/2026
"Flawed and racialised models that underpin the AI-powered age-detection systems to be introduced by the British government will endanger children, rights groups and children’s charities have warned." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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AI tool will lead to more child refugees being treated as adults, charity warns
‘Racist bias’ overestimating ages in Home Office’s facial-recognition software will lead to solo children being housed with adults, says Human Rights Network
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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We're proud to join 200+ charities calling on the Prime Minister to change course from cruelty to compassion. The PM must: ❌Scrap plans to house people in ex-military sites ❌Scrap the £10k refugee tax ❌Challenge harmful rhetoric ✅Reinstate family reunion ✅Increase safe routes & much more. 1/2
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200 refugee charities call for end of asylum 'gimmicks' in letter to Burnham
EXCLUSIVE: More than 200 charities have called on Andy Burnham to tear up large parts of Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans - including a £10,000 'refugee tax' and the use of military sites
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
To bring good growth to every postcode, new Prime Minister Andy Burnham must scrap Shabana Mahmood's earned settlement plans. Sign the petition now: act.praxis.org.uk/andy-burnham...
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HIAS+JCORE @hiasjcore.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
BREAKING: Almost 40 senior faith leaders sign HIAS+JCORE's open letter to @andyburnham.bsky.social, urging him to rethink asylum policy. Together, we're also warning that the UK’s current approach risks damaging social cohesion. Full coverage in @mirror.co.uk ➡️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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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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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Given Burnham's priorities - please see our explainer below on how migrants are made homeless by the immigration system itself. Looking forward to working with the new govt. on this.
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Amazing that Andy Burnham is prioritising ending rough sleeping. The rise in homelessness is inextricably linked to cost of living crisis but also to the immigration system. I hope organisations like @praxisprojects.bsky.social can meet with new cabinet to discuss ending migrant rough sleeping.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In his first speech as Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged to end rough sleeping in this country. If he wants to end rough sleeping, he must scrap the hostile immigration rules that push people onto the streets. Here's why 👇
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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
MPs warned the Immigration and Asylum Bill is "unsafe and unworkable" and challenged the rise of far-right politics. The answer to the far right isn't to copy its politics. Scrap the bill.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Prime-Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham faces a choice. He can double down on failed policies or choose a different path, a path that rejects far-right narratives and confronts the real issues affecting people’s lives. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Andy Burnham backs controversial asylum bill amid Labour dissent
Prime minister-in-waiting votes for plans to tighten appeals system as 14 Labour MPs oppose measures
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"Nearly 80 Labour MPs have signed a private letter urging Andy Burnham to retreat on Shabana Mahmood’s controversial immigration reforms" Andy Burnham must change course, that starts with binning the disastrous earned settlement plans. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Burnham faces first Labour mutiny over Mahmood's hardline immigration reforms
Labour backbenchers are demanding a change in direction over immigration and asylum policies
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We're hiring! Do you feel angry about how migrants and refugees are portrayed in the media and by politicians? Do you want to influence the debate with compelling stories? We're recruiting a part-time Media Coordinator. Find out more👉 praxis.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
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City of Sanctuary UK @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Last summer we experienced a sustained and terrifying misinformation campaign. @tbij.bsky.social has just laid bare the ecosystem which generated, amplified and profited from it. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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How migrant charity City of Sanctuary was targeted by the far right
City of Sanctuary promotes compassion for asylum seekers and refugees. It has met a torrent of rightwing hate and misinformation
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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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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
How to make an already dysfunctional, harmful system even more so - get members of the public in to make life and death decisions about asylum cases. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Public to decide asylum cases as Mahmood pledges to speed up decisions
The Home Secretary will set out plans for a new independent body made up of people from a range of backgrounds with training similar to magistrates.
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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
📰⬆️Disinformation and misleading news stories are on the rise. If this worries you, we have a webinar for you! Develop the tools you need to have productive conversations about immigration and violence against women. 📆 Tuesday 14 July ⏰ 1-2pm 📍 Online us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 1/2
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Rally @lifeatrally.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We love doing work that matters. And we love working with organisations who have big ambition. www.wearerally.co.uk/blog/2026/6/...
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How Praxis & Rally Delivered Big Digital Impact On A Shoestring. — Rally
From 1,000 to 40,000 email subscribers on a shoestring. How small but mighty migrants' rights charity Praxis and Rally built a digital mobilisation programme that delivers incredible results.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Military bases are not safe or appropriate places for asylum seekers. They pose serious health risks while preventing social cohesion within local communities. Instead the Govt should house people safely within communities & allow them to work & rebuild their lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers
Three new sites in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and Yorkshire could house about 3,750 asylum seekers if permission is granted.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Migrant justice is climate justice.⁠ ⁠ Heatwaves disproportionately hit people living in poverty, unsuitable housing, or sleeping on the streets – and migrant communities and people of colour are overrepresented in these groups.⁠ ⁠ Extreme temperatures are dangerous. ⁠1/3
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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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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Shabana Mahmood's cruel plan to make refugee status temporary - a policy endorsed by far-right extremist Tommy Robinson - is facing a vital legal challenge from @asylumaid.bsky.social. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Shabana Mahmood’s cuts to refugee protection to face legal challenge
Exclusive: Refugee status in the UK is now temporary with the right to asylum under review every 30 months
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Yet more evidence that the slogan politics of smash the gangs is exactly that - just a slogan. It doesn't stop irregular crossings, it just makes them more dangerous. To prevent further loss of life in the Channel, the next Prime Minister must open safe routes now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Migrant boat launches now span 100-mile coastline of France and Belgium
Longer small boat journeys increase the risk of hypothermia, a retired coastguard warns.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
What does it take to bring 500+ people to Parliament from across the UK and secure meetings with around 100 MPs? Ella, Campaigns Coordinator at Praxis, shares the story behind the mass lobby on the Government's earned settlement proposals & the lessons learnt. www.praxis.org.uk/news/how-we-...
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How we built a mass lobby and what we’ve learnt — Praxis
On the 11th March 2026, more than 500 people took part in a mass lobby in Parliament on the Government’s earned settlement proposals speaking to around 100 MPs. Ella, Campaigns Coordinator at Praxis...
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Instead of the change we were promised, Keir Starmer's Govt. continued the failed politics of hostility - lifting ideas straight from the far-right’s playbook. Whoever is the next Prime Minister, it’s not too late to stop demonising migrants and build an economy that works for all ordinary people.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Andy Burnham has been elected as MP of Makerfield with a resounding result. This is a huge signal for Labour to change course on migration, before far-right populism becomes further entrenched in British politics.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
British taxpayer money is being used in France to water cannon people seeking asylum - a violent practice banned in Great Britain. This is absolutely sickening. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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French police authorised to use water cannon on asylum seekers in £660m deal with UK
Refugee charity says decision to let riot police use water cannon, which are banned in Great Britain, is ‘sickening’
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Good news! We were successful in a permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal about a client's asylum claim. They are really happy and it means their rights are protected. Donate to help fund free legal advice: www.praxis.org.uk?form=donate
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Praxis, for Migrants and Refugees
We provide expert advice, housing and peer support so that migrants at risk are able to overcome the barriers they face and their essential human needs are met.
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Rally @lifeatrally.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
So proud of our work with @praxisprojects.bsky.social that we finally wrote it up. An incredible team, doing vital work. www.wearerally.co.uk/blog/2026/6/...
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How Praxis & Rally Delivered Big Digital Impact On A Shoestring. — Rally
From 1,000 to 38,000 email subscribers on a shoestring. How small but mighty migrants' rights charity Praxis and Rally built a digital mobilisation programme that delivers incredible results.
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