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No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It's time the government ended it

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: We screened a message from migrant parents across Westminster. Hostile immigration rules enforced by this Govt. drive children into poverty. 🔊End child poverty, for EVERY child. Scrap No Recourse to Public Funds. Make sure they know, we won’t let this go. Share now. youtu.be/0d9YPGlFzC0

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

The government is pressing on with eVisas for non-EU migrants despite not completing an equality impact assessment Campaigners warn the switch to eVisas could cause problems for older residents and those lack reliable internet access By me, for the Observer: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

‘About 1 million people in UK yet to obtain eVisa days before deadline’ … A Windrush Mark ll in the making. The Hostile environment continues its construction & destruction of lives. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

No child should grow up in poverty due to their identity or birthplace. Families with no recourse to public funds feel abandoned, children from minoritised backgrounds face higher poverty rates. Let’s support all families to thrive. #ChangingRealities changingrealities.org/priorities

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

We already see Border Force Officials deny entry to people with valid proof of immigration status at times. The whole eVisa saga has been mismanaged from the start, and continues to be now. That's before you look at impact on things like right to rent/work etc. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

submitted 88 days ago • 2 comments

Residents could be barred from UK due to eVisa confusion, say rights groups

submitted 88 days ago • 2 comments

“At the end of the month I have no way of evidencing my right to live and work here. I have no access to the eVisa platform because it's not working." - - Windrush scandal victim Euen Herbert www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Alongside 120 orgs, we’ve launched a set of eight tests that the government’s child poverty strategy must meet if it is to deliver on ending child poverty in this country. It includes scrapping the cruel policy that is No Recourse to Public Funds. Read more 👇 endchildpoverty.org.uk/8_tests/

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Inevitable & necessary to avoid really damaging consequences, particularly for the most vulnerable. Now the Home Office must continue to issue BRPs & physical proof of immigration status for those at risk, to include migrant survivors of #domesticabuse, #disabled people, & those without photo ID.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Reporting on people the state makes destitute via NRPF is one of the most distressing things I've done as a journalist, but this is truly disgusting - a child who died after being denied foster care by her local council because of her mother's immigration status. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

submitted 94 days ago • 7 comments

Pleased to see the Home Office extending the timeframe for the transition to #eVisas; wondering what communication airports/carriers have received re: accepting expired BRPs after 1 Jan? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Next year’s scandal, in which people get made unemployed or even destitute, or get expelled from the UK, bc of problems with the Home Office’s digital visas, has been so widely predicted, and the HO’s lack of concern so obvious, that you’ve got to assume those affected just don’t matter to it at all

submitted 95 days ago • 2 comments

The #eVisa system is deeply flawed. EU citizens have been suffering the impact of it since 2019. Its expansion will put at risk millions more migrants in the UK. www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

We surveyed 5,000 non-UK citizens about their experiences of the UK immigration system Many migrants are unclear about their rights in the UK, while others had issues proving their rights to access housing, jobs & healthcare 5 things you need to know: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/re...

submitted 101 days ago • 2 comments

On 31st October, the Home Office stopped issuing biometric residence cards (BRPs) as part of the eVisa transition. Until now, 4 million people relied on physical documents, including BRPs, to prove their immigration status and basic rights in the UK. Here's what we've seen so far👇

submitted 115 days ago • 4 comments

Almost 37,000 migrant households in London are living in poverty because they are affected by NRPF - and a further 120,000 are “at risk of destitution”. Great to see coverage of our new research (out today) into the impacts of no recourse to public funds - www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

New private rent stats out today for Oct 24 show an annual increase of 8.7% in GB and 10.5% in London, equating to £105 more per month on average in GB and £204 in London, compared to Oct 23. These are big rises, and come on the back of the decision taken to keep LHA frozen at the Budget. 🧵 1/x

submitted 106 days ago • 2 comments

“With just weeks until the Home Office’s self-imposed deadline, we are at a crisis point. The government has to recognise that the [e-Visa] scheme is flawed and take urgent action to prevent another Windrush scandal.” 🗣️ @sarahalsherif.bsky.social for ORG. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments