Asylum Matters
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@asylummatters.bsky.social
· May 27
When irresponsible politicians try to divide our communities, what do we do? We speak up, we stand together, we stay strong.
We are, and always will be, an island of solidarity, not of strangers.
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We are, and always will be, an island of solidarity, not of strangers.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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We're proud to partner with the wider sector in challenging this madness.
Volunteering must remain VOLUNTARY.
Read about our open letter to the Home Secretary 👉 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Volunteering must remain VOLUNTARY.
Read about our open letter to the Home Secretary 👉 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We're proud to partner with the wider sector in challenging this madness.
Volunteering must remain VOLUNTARY.
Read about our open letter to the Home Secretary 👉 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Volunteering must remain VOLUNTARY.
Read about our open letter to the Home Secretary 👉 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Most families will do anything to be together if they've been separated. No Government can change that.
The only choice the Government has is whether to give families a safe path to reuniting, or force children to risk their lives in the Channel.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The only choice the Government has is whether to give families a safe path to reuniting, or force children to risk their lives in the Channel.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Immoral new asylum plans will mean more children dying in the Channel'
Louise Calvey, executive director of Asylum Matters, argues that Keir Starmer's decision to end refugee 'golden tickets' removes a vital safe route used by women and children
www.mirror.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Most families will do anything to be together if they've been separated. No Government can change that.
The only choice the Government has is whether to give families a safe path to reuniting, or force children to risk their lives in the Channel.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The only choice the Government has is whether to give families a safe path to reuniting, or force children to risk their lives in the Channel.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Stealing refugees' jewellery won't make anyone's life better.
Deporting children won't make anyone's life better.
Making people wait 20 years to settle won't make anyone's life better.
If Government chooses hostility over helping communities, more division and racism are the only possible results.
Deporting children won't make anyone's life better.
Making people wait 20 years to settle won't make anyone's life better.
If Government chooses hostility over helping communities, more division and racism are the only possible results.
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Stealing refugees' jewellery won't make anyone's life better.
Deporting children won't make anyone's life better.
Making people wait 20 years to settle won't make anyone's life better.
If Government chooses hostility over helping communities, more division and racism are the only possible results.
Deporting children won't make anyone's life better.
Making people wait 20 years to settle won't make anyone's life better.
If Government chooses hostility over helping communities, more division and racism are the only possible results.
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If there's anyone the Government should be listening to on asylum policy, it's @alfdubs.bsky.social not Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If there's anyone the Government should be listening to on asylum policy, it's @alfdubs.bsky.social not Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Leaving refugees in 20 years of limbo; ripping up human rights protections and stopping families from reuniting.
The Government isn't addressing hatred and division - it's giving in to extremists.
The Government isn't addressing hatred and division - it's giving in to extremists.
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Leaving refugees in 20 years of limbo; ripping up human rights protections and stopping families from reuniting.
The Government isn't addressing hatred and division - it's giving in to extremists.
The Government isn't addressing hatred and division - it's giving in to extremists.
Stripping possessions from people who've already lost their homes; forcing families apart; refusing refugees stability and denying support to people who are destitute.
Here's what we know so far about today's new raft of terrifying anti-refugee laws 👇
asylummatters.org/2025/11/17/n...
Here's what we know so far about today's new raft of terrifying anti-refugee laws 👇
asylummatters.org/2025/11/17/n...
New anti-refugee laws put asylum rights under more threat than ever - Asylum Matters
New asylum law changes announced by the Home Secretary put refugee rights at risk - here's what we know so far
asylummatters.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Stripping possessions from people who've already lost their homes; forcing families apart; refusing refugees stability and denying support to people who are destitute.
Here's what we know so far about today's new raft of terrifying anti-refugee laws 👇
asylummatters.org/2025/11/17/n...
Here's what we know so far about today's new raft of terrifying anti-refugee laws 👇
asylummatters.org/2025/11/17/n...
Helpful thread on the barrage of hostility being announced today. There's lots we don't know - but what we've heard so far is profoundly worrying.
Today, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood prepares to announce the latest attack on refugee rights in the UK.
A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear.
⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:
A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear.
⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:
Starmer braced for backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live
Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Helpful thread on the barrage of hostility being announced today. There's lots we don't know - but what we've heard so far is profoundly worrying.
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This Govt has yet again failed to learn that performative cruelty neither reduces the number of people who need protection nor appeases those driven by hate. People fleeing for their lives need stability and security to rebuild, especially after being forced to leave behind everything they know.
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This Govt has yet again failed to learn that performative cruelty neither reduces the number of people who need protection nor appeases those driven by hate. People fleeing for their lives need stability and security to rebuild, especially after being forced to leave behind everything they know.
Today's asylum reforms put the basic principle of refugee protection under threat.
They won't stop irregular migration. But they would make us a country that has given in to extremists and abandoned vital protection principles set up after the horrors of the Second World War.
They won't stop irregular migration. But they would make us a country that has given in to extremists and abandoned vital protection principles set up after the horrors of the Second World War.
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today's asylum reforms put the basic principle of refugee protection under threat.
They won't stop irregular migration. But they would make us a country that has given in to extremists and abandoned vital protection principles set up after the horrors of the Second World War.
They won't stop irregular migration. But they would make us a country that has given in to extremists and abandoned vital protection principles set up after the horrors of the Second World War.
There's a far more important number. It's missing because the Government refuses to record it.
How many people have died in the Channel trying to reach safety since this failed policy was launched.
1-in-1-out will never stop dangerous journeys, because it doesn't create a real, safe alternative.
How many people have died in the Channel trying to reach safety since this failed policy was launched.
1-in-1-out will never stop dangerous journeys, because it doesn't create a real, safe alternative.
The numbers that prove the one-in, one-out migrant policy isn't working
Limiting asylum seekers arriving in the UK on small boats is a key issue for the Government
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November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There's a far more important number. It's missing because the Government refuses to record it.
How many people have died in the Channel trying to reach safety since this failed policy was launched.
1-in-1-out will never stop dangerous journeys, because it doesn't create a real, safe alternative.
How many people have died in the Channel trying to reach safety since this failed policy was launched.
1-in-1-out will never stop dangerous journeys, because it doesn't create a real, safe alternative.
Banning people from work has never made sense. The House of Lords couldn't understand it, and we don't either.
The Government is prepping asylum reforms RIGHT NOW. They must hear voters want an end to this absurd ban - not more irrational hostility:
📣 bit.ly/LTB-act
The Government is prepping asylum reforms RIGHT NOW. They must hear voters want an end to this absurd ban - not more irrational hostility:
📣 bit.ly/LTB-act
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Banning people from work has never made sense. The House of Lords couldn't understand it, and we don't either.
The Government is prepping asylum reforms RIGHT NOW. They must hear voters want an end to this absurd ban - not more irrational hostility:
📣 bit.ly/LTB-act
The Government is prepping asylum reforms RIGHT NOW. They must hear voters want an end to this absurd ban - not more irrational hostility:
📣 bit.ly/LTB-act
People from all over the world give so much time & skill to the UK already. People seeking asylum, particularly, already volunteer a huge amount while banned from paid work.
Enforcing volunteering to 'earn' settled status is both immoral & impractical.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Enforcing volunteering to 'earn' settled status is both immoral & impractical.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK charities condemn ‘immoral’ plans to force asylum seekers to volunteer
Making volunteering compulsory for refugees slammed as exploitative, bureaucratic and un-British
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
People from all over the world give so much time & skill to the UK already. People seeking asylum, particularly, already volunteer a huge amount while banned from paid work.
Enforcing volunteering to 'earn' settled status is both immoral & impractical.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Enforcing volunteering to 'earn' settled status is both immoral & impractical.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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It’s been 100 days since the UK-France deal came into force. Every day, our Casework Team sees the serious harm it’s causing to people seeking asylum. Beyond the government's failures, detention harms people — even more so for those fleeing war, torture and persecution.
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It’s been 100 days since the UK-France deal came into force. Every day, our Casework Team sees the serious harm it’s causing to people seeking asylum. Beyond the government's failures, detention harms people — even more so for those fleeing war, torture and persecution.
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This is cruelty by design.
Military barracks are not safe or appropriate for people who have survived violence & persecution. Housing refugees in camps next to sounds of shooting and dogs is shamefully reckless. #CloseTheCamps
@asylummatters.bsky.social @care4calais.org @refugeeaction.bsky.social
Military barracks are not safe or appropriate for people who have survived violence & persecution. Housing refugees in camps next to sounds of shooting and dogs is shamefully reckless. #CloseTheCamps
@asylummatters.bsky.social @care4calais.org @refugeeaction.bsky.social
Fury as asylum seekers fleeing war zones housed near police firearms test site
The government plans to house asylum seekers at a military training camp in East Sussex - but campaigners fear its proximity to a police firearms test centre could be re-traumatising
www.mirror.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is cruelty by design.
Military barracks are not safe or appropriate for people who have survived violence & persecution. Housing refugees in camps next to sounds of shooting and dogs is shamefully reckless. #CloseTheCamps
@asylummatters.bsky.social @care4calais.org @refugeeaction.bsky.social
Military barracks are not safe or appropriate for people who have survived violence & persecution. Housing refugees in camps next to sounds of shooting and dogs is shamefully reckless. #CloseTheCamps
@asylummatters.bsky.social @care4calais.org @refugeeaction.bsky.social
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‼️ Most people seeking safety in the UK are banned from working.
This traps people in poverty, long periods of inactivity, and wastes their skills.
This policy is nonsensical.
Tell the Government to #LiftTheBan now: lifttheban.co.uk/email-the-ne... @asylummatters.bsky.social
This traps people in poverty, long periods of inactivity, and wastes their skills.
This policy is nonsensical.
Tell the Government to #LiftTheBan now: lifttheban.co.uk/email-the-ne... @asylummatters.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
‼️ Most people seeking safety in the UK are banned from working.
This traps people in poverty, long periods of inactivity, and wastes their skills.
This policy is nonsensical.
Tell the Government to #LiftTheBan now: lifttheban.co.uk/email-the-ne... @asylummatters.bsky.social
This traps people in poverty, long periods of inactivity, and wastes their skills.
This policy is nonsensical.
Tell the Government to #LiftTheBan now: lifttheban.co.uk/email-the-ne... @asylummatters.bsky.social
There are so many reasons the work ban has to end - and this is one of the most important ones.
The good news is, pressure to end this unjust and illogical ban is building. Add your voice now, and tell the Government it's time to let people work:
bit.ly/LTB-act
The good news is, pressure to end this unjust and illogical ban is building. Add your voice now, and tell the Government it's time to let people work:
bit.ly/LTB-act
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
There are so many reasons the work ban has to end - and this is one of the most important ones.
The good news is, pressure to end this unjust and illogical ban is building. Add your voice now, and tell the Government it's time to let people work:
bit.ly/LTB-act
The good news is, pressure to end this unjust and illogical ban is building. Add your voice now, and tell the Government it's time to let people work:
bit.ly/LTB-act
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Everyone deserves to be housed in a community, not a camp, and the sound of gunfire and explosions are just one of the many ways that accommodation at Crowborough is utterly unsuitable for people seeking sanctuary.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Fury as asylum seekers fleeing war zones housed near police firearms test site
The government plans to house asylum seekers at a military training camp in East Sussex - but campaigners fear its proximity to a police firearms test centre could be re-traumatising
www.mirror.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Everyone deserves to be housed in a community, not a camp, and the sound of gunfire and explosions are just one of the many ways that accommodation at Crowborough is utterly unsuitable for people seeking sanctuary.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
For £23 a night, people can live in a community home where they can start rebuilding their lives. Or for £123 a night, they can share barrack rooms with strangers & endure traumatic reminders of war.
It shouldn't be a difficult choice.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
It shouldn't be a difficult choice.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Fury as asylum seekers fleeing war zones housed near police firearms test site
The government plans to house asylum seekers at a military training camp in East Sussex - but campaigners fear its proximity to a police firearms test centre could be re-traumatising
www.mirror.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
For £23 a night, people can live in a community home where they can start rebuilding their lives. Or for £123 a night, they can share barrack rooms with strangers & endure traumatic reminders of war.
It shouldn't be a difficult choice.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
It shouldn't be a difficult choice.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
People seeking sanctuary come from all walks of life - and have so many different skills. Banning them from working makes no sense.
Tell the Government to Lift The Ban NOW: bit.ly/LTB-act
#LiftTheBan
Tell the Government to Lift The Ban NOW: bit.ly/LTB-act
#LiftTheBan
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November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
People seeking sanctuary come from all walks of life - and have so many different skills. Banning them from working makes no sense.
Tell the Government to Lift The Ban NOW: bit.ly/LTB-act
#LiftTheBan
Tell the Government to Lift The Ban NOW: bit.ly/LTB-act
#LiftTheBan
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The Government recently announced that hundreds of people seeking asylum will be moved to military sites as they aim to end the use of hotels.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Government recently announced that hundreds of people seeking asylum will be moved to military sites as they aim to end the use of hotels.
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Letting people work is one of the most obvious ways to transform asylum in the UK.
All parties must see that letting people pay tax and start rebuilding their lives as soon as possible just makes sense.
Agree? Tell the Asylum Minister to #LiftTheBan now:
bit.ly/LTB-act
All parties must see that letting people pay tax and start rebuilding their lives as soon as possible just makes sense.
Agree? Tell the Asylum Minister to #LiftTheBan now:
bit.ly/LTB-act
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Letting people work is one of the most obvious ways to transform asylum in the UK.
All parties must see that letting people pay tax and start rebuilding their lives as soon as possible just makes sense.
Agree? Tell the Asylum Minister to #LiftTheBan now:
bit.ly/LTB-act
All parties must see that letting people pay tax and start rebuilding their lives as soon as possible just makes sense.
Agree? Tell the Asylum Minister to #LiftTheBan now:
bit.ly/LTB-act
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According to a major study, Denmark has the worst family reunion policy among 54 other countries. What kind of example is this?
The UK government should be learning how to treat people seeking safety with compassion, not how to make their lives even harder.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The UK government should be learning how to treat people seeking safety with compassion, not how to make their lives even harder.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system
Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
According to a major study, Denmark has the worst family reunion policy among 54 other countries. What kind of example is this?
The UK government should be learning how to treat people seeking safety with compassion, not how to make their lives even harder.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The UK government should be learning how to treat people seeking safety with compassion, not how to make their lives even harder.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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When we published our report "No Rest No Security" into Home Office run hotels we found similar issues with the conditions. That was more than two years ago and @ramfel.bsky.social show the situation hasn't improved. People seeking asylum need to be treated better
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rats, overcrowding and malnutrition common at UK asylum hotels, report finds
Home Office’s three accommodation providers made combined profit of £380m over five years, charity estimates
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
When we published our report "No Rest No Security" into Home Office run hotels we found similar issues with the conditions. That was more than two years ago and @ramfel.bsky.social show the situation hasn't improved. People seeking asylum need to be treated better
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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These are the voices you never hear. People seeking safety are trapped in hotel rooms for months, often years. These lengthy stays are ruining people’s lives, whilst lining the pockets of others. #ProfitingfromPeople
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These are the voices you never hear. People seeking safety are trapped in hotel rooms for months, often years. These lengthy stays are ruining people’s lives, whilst lining the pockets of others. #ProfitingfromPeople
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November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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These are the voices you never hear. People seeking safety are trapped in hotel rooms for months, often years. These lengthy stays are ruining people’s lives, whilst lining the pockets of others. #ProfitingfromPeople
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These are the voices you never hear. People seeking safety are trapped in hotel rooms for months, often years. These lengthy stays are ruining people’s lives, whilst lining the pockets of others. #ProfitingfromPeople
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