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May 2023 Newsletter
We reject the Immigration Minister’s inflammatory remarks.
We completely reject the Immigration Minister’s divisive comments on migrants and people arriving in the UK. At a time where hostility towards refugees and migrants is growing, his remarks are irresponsible and further vindicates the far-right. The Home Secretary has now added to Jenrick’s dehumanising narrative by drawing links between migrants and refugees and “drug
The Hostile Environment goes digital
The Digital Hostile Environment is growing. The Government’s crackdown on the rights of migrants and refugees spans many areas of everyday life. The Immigration Minister has recently announced plans that data sharing with the financial sector will begin as the Government cracks down on so-called “illegal migrants” accessing banking services. In a Government press release,
Brixton Uprising
The Brixton Uprising was a response to an intense environment of racism, discrimination and police brutality against the UK’s Black communities. Specifically, the heightened hostility brought about by the racist rhetoric of politicians such as Enoch Powell, and the implementation of the ‘sus’ laws, of which modern stop and search powers are very much an
The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill harms migrants’ rights
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill intensifies digital hostile environment for migrant workers in the UK.
RAF Scampton: CEO on Sky News
Our CEO was recently featured on Sky News speaking about the worrying plan to put asylum seekers in RAF Scampton. Detention centers are the Home Office’s heartless response to people seeking safety. The news regarding Scampton alarming because it is a further criminalisation of people coming to the UK to seek safety, as we saw
Statement on inappropriate refugee accommodation
The Government’s plans to put people seeking safety in non-housing accommodation, including offshore accommodation- ships, ferries and barrages- and military accommodation, is deeply alarming. These are not appropriate nor solutions to hotels. These plans are a cruel way of singling out and othering people seeking safety, making them an even bigger target for hate. Isolating