Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

Migrant charities and refugees slam Labour for throwing ‘human rights under the bus’ with temporary refugee status Refugee groups have said the policy is "divisive and scapegoating" and will trap people fleeing war in "a state of insecurity and fear"

The UK should be expanding protection.

Instead, they’re restricting it.

As many countries amend asylum legislations to protect people fleeing conflict, persecution, and climate disasters, the UK government is moving backwards.

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UK accused of 'collective punishment' over Sudanese students ban Students accepted to British universities say visa ban could shatter their plans to study abroad and help rebuild their war-torn countries

Our Shams told MEE: “We are deeply worried by the way countries on this list have been targeted. Many are experiencing active war, unstable governments, or the escalating impacts of the climate crisis.”

People fleeing these conditions need protection now.

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Home Office may forcibly remove child asylum seekers from UK in handcuffs Move is part of scheme to target families for expedited voluntary removals before enforced removal proceedings

The Home Office wants to handcuff children during forced removals of families.

This level of violence & dehumanisation must never be normalised, our spokesperson Griff Ferris warns.

Stand up for your neighbours.

Organise locally.

Boycott border profiteers.

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Shame on you Air France.

You are forcibly deporting people who came to the UK seeking safety, many fleeing war, persecution and climate breakdown.

Stop these cruel deportations, now.

Join the boycott of Air France until they commit to stopping these inhumane deportations.

These airlines are deporting people who came to the UK seeking safety, fleeing war, persecution and climate breakdown.

We call on these airlines to end their complicity in this violent scheme now.

We have written to the four airlines carrying out deportations under the cruel and inhumane UK-France agreement, along with many other British and French groups - calling on these airlines to cease their complicity.

They are: Air France, Titan Airways, Albastar Airlines& Corendon Airlines

Refugees like me are sick of being told we’re not welcome Under new rules, the status of every refugee is deemed temporary and an individual’s refugee status is subject to checks every 30 months.

“People seeking asylum and other immigrants we work with only hear one message from this government – you are not welcome.” Writes our Yazan Miri

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While others expand protection, this Government retreats.

It ignores climate displacement, deepens the hostile environment, and scapegoats refugees for crises of its own making.

We demand an end to the hostility towards the most vulnerable while it fuels wars abroad.

The UK government arms and morally supports the Zionist regime. It is complicit in this war. #Iran

This scandal-ridden government is scapegoating migrants for its own failures to tackle the concerns that really matter to people: the cost of living crisis, unemployment & housing.

The UK should look to Spain, not Denmark, welcome migrants & regularise all undocumented people.

Today, we’re writing to the Prime Minister, calling on the UK Government to abolish citizenship stripping.

Using these extreme powers, the Home Secretary can deprive some British citizens of legal rights simply by saying it is 'conducive to the public good' to do so.

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The state must work for ordinary people, not the tiny minority of private jet owners.

This erosion of protections for those who need them most, while allowing billionaires to stop paying tax, is exactly how corporate-run governments operate.

This government has always been against those at the margins, whether people who are sleeping rough, people who do not earn enough to survive, or people who are disabled.

UK migrant families face giving up vital in-work benefits to avoid being ‘punished’ Under Shabana Mahmood’s proposals, wait for settled status would double to 20 years if public funds used while in work

What this means is that the UK government is going to entrench child poverty, deep poverty, and homelessness for many people across the country.

@ramfel.bsky.social

Titan Airways, shame on you, you are complicit in the violent deportations of torture and trafficking survivors.

We call on you to end your complicity, now. Stop these cruel, inhumane deportations.

Read letter to Titan, signed by many British and French groups

jcwi.org.uk/updates/brit...

Shame on you Air France. Stop these deportations, now.
These people came to the UK seeking safety. Many of them have fled war, persecution and climate breakdown.
Join the boycott of Air France until they commit to stopping these inhumane deportations.

Signatories include:

@care4calais.org:
@biddetention.bsky.social
@gmiau.bsky.social
@humansforrights.bsky.social
@irrnews.bsky.social
@medact.bsky.social
@migrantsrights.bsky.social
@rainbowmigration.bsky.social
@utopia56.bsky.social
@projectplayfrance.bsky.social
@4refugeewomen.bsky.social

These airlines are deporting people who came to the UK seeking safety, fleeing war, persecution and climate breakdown.

Shame. Stop these violent deportations.

The full letters are on our website here: jcwi.org.uk/updates/brit...

Rights groups urge airlines to halt ‘one in, one out’ deportation flights British and French activists write to Air France, AlbaStar, Titan and Corendon airlines over ‘shameful involvement’

We've written to the four airlines carrying out deportations under the cruel and inhumane UK-France agreement.

They are: Air France, Titan Airways, AlbaStar Airlines & Corenden Airlines.

We call on them to end their complicity, now.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

We need a compassionate migration policy that welcomes people who've undergone often horrific journeys and exploitation and offers them safe haven.

Migrants launch court bid to halt one-in, one-out deportations to France Legal challenge comes as a coalition of UK and French charities issue a statement warning of widespread failures under the flagship deal

The UK-France deportation scheme is cruel and inhumane and amounts to state-sponsored human trafficking.

We stand with @detentionaction.bsky.social, @biddetention.bsky.social, @migrantsrights.bsky.social and others in Britain and France calling for it to end.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election Shabana Mahmood insists deportations will rise, as Labour government is accused of promoting ‘harmful stereotypes’ of migrants

This announcement of mass deportations while also seeking to gut rights protections is frightening.

And the home secretary is yet again using openly fascist rhetoric.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We need a compassionate system that puts people first, with the same routes of travel accessible for everyone, and the same good quality, safe housing for everyone.

The government continues to perpetrate this cruelty and violence in an increasingly desperate attempt to court the far right.

Behind these numbers are real people who have had their lives torn apart.