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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"All we want is for families and couples to be together. It's not much to ask." 💔 Our second day at Labour Conference is coming to a close, but first we caught up with Abdul and Leslie, two of our Reunite Families UK members, to hear why they came. 🧵

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Out in the sunshine spreading the word ☀️🧡 We caught up with Cassandra, one of our Reunite Families members, who's been handing out flyers and talking to people all day at the Labour Party conference.

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Standing outside Labour Conference today, it struck me how many people inside are completely unaware that families are being torn apart by these policies. They'll enjoy their day at the conference, then go home to their families. Meanwhile, thousands of people can't live here in the UK as a family

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Woman on a mission 💪 Today our co-founder Caroline is joining members of Reunite Families UK and an amazing coalition of organisations, all coming together to push back against the government's earned settlement proposals. These plans are short-sighted and will hurt families, workers and communities

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nobody warns you about this at freshers' week. 🧵 You're 18, starting uni, and you meet someone who makes everything feel possible. But if they're not British, you may need to earn £29,000 a year just to live here together.

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨 £5bn. The Home Office made almost £5bn in profit last year from visa, citizenship and immigration fees — more than it gets in corporation tax from energy, gas, water, sewage and hospitality combined. 🧵

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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

£5 BILLION(!) in profits for the UK government from visa, immigration, citizenship fees. Much of this is sucking blood from the most vulnerable.

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Reading Vera Lynn's letter in @theguardian.com is a painful reminder of the delays, the suffering and the lost moments caused to couples, families and children by the UK's spouse visa rules. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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A painful truth about post-Brexit immigration | Letters

Letter: While the media rightly highlights the harsh treatment of UK citizens abroad, the UK Home Office is quietly inflicting similar cruelty, says Vera-Lynn Watson

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Great to see @tuc.org.uk speak out against earned settlement You don't beat the far right by pandering to it, but by tackling what drives people to them Scapegoating migrants won't fix the cost of living crisis. We need solutions for our communities, not more hate 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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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New polling should worry Shabana Mahmood: Only a third of the public agree with her and with the need to apply the "Earned Settlement" reform to migrants already living and working here. The public gets it — families shouldn't be punished retroactively. 🧵

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Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

When Karen Ross heard about Home Office plans to make migrant carers wait 15 years for settlement, she started asking the people who care for her mum — mainly Zimbabwean carers — what it would mean for them. "I think several of them would consider leaving the UK…. (1 of 2)

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Earned Settlement proposals will not just undermine the future and prosperity of people who made the UK their home. They will put at risk sectors like social care that rely on international workers. We urge Andy Burnham to scrap these proposals and cut the costs and complexity of current visa routes

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The emotional toll of family separation is real. We're running our Summer of Hope campaign to make sure people don't have to face it alone. 🧵 actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

Fundraising poster urging support for people experiencing family separation, with a headline about the emotional toll, a note that the Summer of Hope funds free legal and wellbeing support, an illustration of a sad child sitting alone, and an orange "Support the campaign" button.

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

850+ people have told the new PM that families shouldn't be kept apart by an immigration system built without them in mind. Help us make this impossible to ignore. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Campaign graphic stating over 850 people have joined a petition asking the new Prime Minister to ensure promised care reaches bi-national couples and families, featuring a handwritten letter addressed to "Mr Burnham" (6 August 2026) and a "Join us!" call to action.

Call to scrap the minimum income requirement so partners and children can live together regardless of earnings, overlaid on a hand flipping through a family photo album with candid family portraits.

Call to "Scrap the earned settlement proposals" over a pensive man seated by a weathered wooden fence, promoting a fair settlement system to create stronger communities, more secure families, and a more stable workforce across the UK.

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

We put the Home Office's own numbers to the test. 👀 A spouse visa costs £482 to process — applicants are charged £2,064. That's a 77% profit margin on people trying to stay with the person they love. Summer of Hope funds free legal advice & wellbeing support. 👉 actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This summer, we're asking for your help to reunite families. Here's why it matters: Thousands of people in the UK are separated from the person they love — their partner, their child, their parent. Not by choice. Because they can't afford legal advice they need. 🧵 actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

Somber mother and child standing outdoors, paired with the headline "Bring Families Home This Summer" and the call "Donate to our Summer of Hope campaign" urging donations to reunite families.

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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? 👇

Image showing a family on a bike ride in nature with their dog with accompanying words: 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? 👇

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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...

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

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...

A photo of Shabana Mahmood with the question "continuity or change"

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"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. 🧵

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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. 🧵

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🚨 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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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🚨 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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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

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 🧵

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

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. 🧵

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

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?

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

🧵 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

an image of two children making a heart with their hands and the message until everyone is safe

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

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.

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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... 🧵👇

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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...

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

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?

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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...

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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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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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

[image lists 10 things UK is strengthened by because of immigration including NHS, international food and music, football, corner shops, teachers, transport, businesses and jobs]

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

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 🧵

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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?...

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

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

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

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🧵 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

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🧵 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

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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...

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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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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

No Child Should Grow Up Like This — But Thousands Are…. Children missing everyday moments with mummy or daddy - bedtimes, birthdays, holidays, just being together Young children feeling anxiety, trauma, heartbreak, depression - not because they’ve lost a parent to death...

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

King's Speech content latest. Here is what is being reported on the immigration bill. I still think they'll use the rules (not a bill) for 'how you qualify for settlement'. The restrictions on Article 8 will need a bill though. All very grim. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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