Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU)
@gmiau.bsky.social
We provide high-quality legal representation, support and hope to people experiencing immigration injustice across the North-West of England.
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We're hiring! 👋
We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team!
Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun...
We look forward to hearing from you!
We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team!
Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun...
We look forward to hearing from you!
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Our dedicated and inspirational Managing Director, Naomi, has decided it is time to hand the baton to someone new.
📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.
📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Our dedicated and inspirational Managing Director, Naomi, has decided it is time to hand the baton to someone new.
📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.
📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.
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This is brilliant and welcome news.
No-one should be forced into homelessness.
Now it’s time to extend the move-on period to 56 days permanently.
Well done to all involved in making this happen, it will make a huge difference! 👏💜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
No-one should be forced into homelessness.
Now it’s time to extend the move-on period to 56 days permanently.
Well done to all involved in making this happen, it will make a huge difference! 👏💜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Thousands to avoid Christmas on streets as Home Office ordered to delay refugee evictions
Move-on period extended from 28 days to 56 days if person recently granted refugee status is at risk of sleeping rough
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is brilliant and welcome news.
No-one should be forced into homelessness.
Now it’s time to extend the move-on period to 56 days permanently.
Well done to all involved in making this happen, it will make a huge difference! 👏💜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
No-one should be forced into homelessness.
Now it’s time to extend the move-on period to 56 days permanently.
Well done to all involved in making this happen, it will make a huge difference! 👏💜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
⭐We’re incredibly proud to share our Impact Report 2025.
It captures what we’ve achieved over the past year supporting people through the UK’s immigration system during a time of growing hostility. You'll also hear from people we've supported directly about the difference we've made to their lives
It captures what we’ve achieved over the past year supporting people through the UK’s immigration system during a time of growing hostility. You'll also hear from people we've supported directly about the difference we've made to their lives
GMIAU Impact Report 2025 - GMIAU
We’re incredibly proud to share our Impact Report 2025, which captures the last year of work at GMIAU. This report shares what we’ve achieved through our free, specialist immigration legal advice and ...
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December 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
⭐We’re incredibly proud to share our Impact Report 2025.
It captures what we’ve achieved over the past year supporting people through the UK’s immigration system during a time of growing hostility. You'll also hear from people we've supported directly about the difference we've made to their lives
It captures what we’ve achieved over the past year supporting people through the UK’s immigration system during a time of growing hostility. You'll also hear from people we've supported directly about the difference we've made to their lives
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'Unsafe, isolated, unwelcome'
This is how so many refugees & other migrants are feeling right now.
But these changes can be stopped.
One simple thing anyone can do is sign this petition, from a group of refugees determined to defeat these anti-refugee plans:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
This is how so many refugees & other migrants are feeling right now.
But these changes can be stopped.
One simple thing anyone can do is sign this petition, from a group of refugees determined to defeat these anti-refugee plans:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
'Unsafe, isolated, unwelcome'
This is how so many refugees & other migrants are feeling right now.
But these changes can be stopped.
One simple thing anyone can do is sign this petition, from a group of refugees determined to defeat these anti-refugee plans:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
This is how so many refugees & other migrants are feeling right now.
But these changes can be stopped.
One simple thing anyone can do is sign this petition, from a group of refugees determined to defeat these anti-refugee plans:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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No one should feel unsafe, isolated, and unwelcome, especially people recovering from trauma and conflict who need to settle and to rebuild their lives.
Solidarity with all people currently living in unsafe asylum accommodation.
Solidarity with all people currently living in unsafe asylum accommodation.
1/🧵📣NEW STATEMENT
Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
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Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
No one should feel unsafe, isolated, and unwelcome, especially people recovering from trauma and conflict who need to settle and to rebuild their lives.
Solidarity with all people currently living in unsafe asylum accommodation.
Solidarity with all people currently living in unsafe asylum accommodation.
1/🧵📣NEW STATEMENT
Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
Share on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DSXLsi3jZI...
Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
Share on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DSXLsi3jZI...
December 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
1/🧵📣NEW STATEMENT
Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
Share on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DSXLsi3jZI...
Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
Share on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DSXLsi3jZI...
Recently, we’ve received outstanding recognition for our pro bono work, particularly for our eVisa support sessions and the Windrush Legal Initiative.
Read more about our achievements and the incredible pro bono partners who make this work possible: gmiau.org/wins-for-our...
Read more about our achievements and the incredible pro bono partners who make this work possible: gmiau.org/wins-for-our...
Wins for our pro bono projects - GMIAU
GMIAU and our pro bono partners have been awarded for our work on an eVisa project and the Windrush Legal Initiative.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Recently, we’ve received outstanding recognition for our pro bono work, particularly for our eVisa support sessions and the Windrush Legal Initiative.
Read more about our achievements and the incredible pro bono partners who make this work possible: gmiau.org/wins-for-our...
Read more about our achievements and the incredible pro bono partners who make this work possible: gmiau.org/wins-for-our...
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Starmer wants to change the ECHR to to defeat "the forces of hate and division".
Yet really, he is bowing to the forces of hate and division.
The only people who dislike the ECHR are people with contempt for refugees.
Yet really, he is bowing to the forces of hate and division.
The only people who dislike the ECHR are people with contempt for refugees.
2/ Today, Keir Starmer marked Human Rights Day by beginning discussions about potential changes to these long-standing protections.
Alongside the wider erosion of refugee rights and the Government’s proposed “one in, one out” system, people’s lives have been reduced simply to numbers.
Alongside the wider erosion of refugee rights and the Government’s proposed “one in, one out” system, people’s lives have been reduced simply to numbers.
Keir Starmer urges European leaders to reform human rights laws to tackle illegal migration
It comes as leaders meet in Strasbourg to discuss a potential shake-up of the European Convention on Human Rights.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Starmer wants to change the ECHR to to defeat "the forces of hate and division".
Yet really, he is bowing to the forces of hate and division.
The only people who dislike the ECHR are people with contempt for refugees.
Yet really, he is bowing to the forces of hate and division.
The only people who dislike the ECHR are people with contempt for refugees.
🧵1/Today on #HumanRightsDay, we’re marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights and 25 years of the Human Rights Act.
These protections currently feel increasingly fragile. Across the immigration and asylum system, rights are being rolled back, especially for people seeking safety.
These protections currently feel increasingly fragile. Across the immigration and asylum system, rights are being rolled back, especially for people seeking safety.
December 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🧵1/Today on #HumanRightsDay, we’re marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights and 25 years of the Human Rights Act.
These protections currently feel increasingly fragile. Across the immigration and asylum system, rights are being rolled back, especially for people seeking safety.
These protections currently feel increasingly fragile. Across the immigration and asylum system, rights are being rolled back, especially for people seeking safety.
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"Ending the two-child limit is vital, but you cannot end child poverty while excluding children from support because of their parents' immigration status. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive." @josephinewy.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
UK Government slammed for 'ignoring' migrants in child poverty plans
A CHARITY has slammed the UK Government for “ignoring” migrant children in its plan to tackle poverty.
gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Ending the two-child limit is vital, but you cannot end child poverty while excluding children from support because of their parents' immigration status. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive." @josephinewy.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
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In case you missed it: Job ad: Solicitor/IAA Level 3 Caseworker (IAAS Senior Caseworker) | Free Movement
Job ad: Solicitor/IAA Level 3 Caseworker (IAAS Senior Caseworker) - Free Movement
This post is based in Manchester providing face to face and online legal immigration advice and representation to people across North West England. GMIAU
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December 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In case you missed it: Job ad: Solicitor/IAA Level 3 Caseworker (IAAS Senior Caseworker) | Free Movement
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Latest post from us: “Horrifying” levels of state violence at UK-France border detailed in new report | Sonia Lenegan
"Horrifying" levels of state violence at UK-France border detailed in new report - Free Movement
Humans for Rights Network has published a new report “You can’t stay but you can’t go” - State violence at the UK-France border, evidencing the levels of
freemovement.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Latest post from us: “Horrifying” levels of state violence at UK-France border detailed in new report | Sonia Lenegan
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Today's Child Poverty Strategy leaves thousands of migrant children - 40% of all children in poverty - out in the cold.
Every child deserves the same chance to thrive.
Poverty is a political choice. The Govt's failure to act for all children falls short of the scale and urgency of the crisis.
Every child deserves the same chance to thrive.
Poverty is a political choice. The Govt's failure to act for all children falls short of the scale and urgency of the crisis.
December 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Today's Child Poverty Strategy leaves thousands of migrant children - 40% of all children in poverty - out in the cold.
Every child deserves the same chance to thrive.
Poverty is a political choice. The Govt's failure to act for all children falls short of the scale and urgency of the crisis.
Every child deserves the same chance to thrive.
Poverty is a political choice. The Govt's failure to act for all children falls short of the scale and urgency of the crisis.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here!
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system
A new report from prominent migration expert Zoe Gardner has been enthusiastically welcomed by senior Labour backbenchers.
www.anothereurope.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here!
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
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We're hiring! 👋
We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team!
Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun...
We look forward to hearing from you!
We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team!
Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun...
We look forward to hearing from you!
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We're hiring! 👋
We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team!
Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun...
We look forward to hearing from you!
We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team!
Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun...
We look forward to hearing from you!
We're hiring! 👋
We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team!
Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun...
We look forward to hearing from you!
We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team!
Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun...
We look forward to hearing from you!
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We're hiring! 👋
We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team!
Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun...
We look forward to hearing from you!
We are looking to recruit a qualified solicitor or IAA level 3 advisor who is also an IAAS Senior Caseworker to strengthen our legal team!
Full details on the role can be found here: gmiau.org/new-opportun...
We look forward to hearing from you!
"The govt's ‘earned settlement’ plans clearly discriminate against south Asian, African and Caribbean migrants, who make up the vast majority of people on the existing 10-year route to settlement. The intersection between classism and racism is clear."
@nickbeales.bsky.social @ramfel.bsky.social 👏
@nickbeales.bsky.social @ramfel.bsky.social 👏
"A low-paid carer from Ghana has cancelled all the benefits she is legally entitled to, including the disability allowance one of her children receives, owing to fears about her immigration status after the policy changes announced by the home secretary."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"The govt's ‘earned settlement’ plans clearly discriminate against south Asian, African and Caribbean migrants, who make up the vast majority of people on the existing 10-year route to settlement. The intersection between classism and racism is clear."
@nickbeales.bsky.social @ramfel.bsky.social 👏
@nickbeales.bsky.social @ramfel.bsky.social 👏
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🚨Campaign launch🚨
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🚨Campaign launch🚨
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
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Did you know we have a guide to applying for a partner or spouse visa in the UK, tailored for LGBTQI+ couples? Read it now: buff.ly/kQjJwVF
Our website also has a list of lawyers who may be able to help, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Our website also has a list of lawyers who may be able to help, and answers to frequently asked questions.
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Did you know we have a guide to applying for a partner or spouse visa in the UK, tailored for LGBTQI+ couples? Read it now: buff.ly/kQjJwVF
Our website also has a list of lawyers who may be able to help, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Our website also has a list of lawyers who may be able to help, and answers to frequently asked questions.
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Latest post from us: Job ad: Solicitor/IAA Level 3 Caseworker (IAAS Senior Caseworker) | Free Movement
Job ad: Solicitor/IAA Level 3 Caseworker (IAAS Senior Caseworker) - Free Movement
This post is based in Manchester providing face to face and online legal immigration advice and representation to people across North West England. GMIAU
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December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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We have made an animation, to show how the 'No Recourse to Public Funds' immigration condition, has harmed our families:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4x3...
Please write to your MP using our pre-filled letter template, to ask them to call for an end to #NRPF:
✍️✉️
win.newmode.net/project17/wi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4x3...
Please write to your MP using our pre-filled letter template, to ask them to call for an end to #NRPF:
✍️✉️
win.newmode.net/project17/wi...
The harmful impact of NRPF
YouTube video by United Impact
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We have made an animation, to show how the 'No Recourse to Public Funds' immigration condition, has harmed our families:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4x3...
Please write to your MP using our pre-filled letter template, to ask them to call for an end to #NRPF:
✍️✉️
win.newmode.net/project17/wi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4x3...
Please write to your MP using our pre-filled letter template, to ask them to call for an end to #NRPF:
✍️✉️
win.newmode.net/project17/wi...
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If you're trying to get your head round Mahmood's idiotic "earned settlement" proposals that aim to keep refugees in limbo 20 years, & offer a sliding scale of crulety to all immigrants based on their pay packet, this is a great, clear explainer by @praxisprojects.bsky.social & @gmiau.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you're trying to get your head round Mahmood's idiotic "earned settlement" proposals that aim to keep refugees in limbo 20 years, & offer a sliding scale of crulety to all immigrants based on their pay packet, this is a great, clear explainer by @praxisprojects.bsky.social & @gmiau.bsky.social
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Great to hear Rachel Reeves acknowledge that "there are many reasons why people choose to have children then find themselves in difficult times. The death of a partner. Separation. Ill health. A lost job. I don’t believe that children should bear the brunt of that."
So why should migrant children?
So why should migrant children?
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Great to hear Rachel Reeves acknowledge that "there are many reasons why people choose to have children then find themselves in difficult times. The death of a partner. Separation. Ill health. A lost job. I don’t believe that children should bear the brunt of that."
So why should migrant children?
So why should migrant children?