@amreenqureshi.bsky.social
Research Fellow - Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) | Working on Migration and Race.
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It's very good to see the government explicitly acknowledge 'no recourse to public funds' in their child poverty strategy.
The strategy commits the government to supporting vulnerable children regardless of immigration status.
The strategy commits the government to supporting vulnerable children regardless of immigration status.
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It's very good to see the government explicitly acknowledge 'no recourse to public funds' in their child poverty strategy.
The strategy commits the government to supporting vulnerable children regardless of immigration status.
The strategy commits the government to supporting vulnerable children regardless of immigration status.
It’s encouraging to see the government finally acknowledge NRPF in the Child Poverty Strategy and commit to supporting vulnerable children regardless of immigration status.
This is a significant shift and long overdue.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
This is a significant shift and long overdue.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty
Strategy document setting out the government’s ambitious decade long mission to tackle the drivers of child poverty across the UK.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It’s encouraging to see the government finally acknowledge NRPF in the Child Poverty Strategy and commit to supporting vulnerable children regardless of immigration status.
This is a significant shift and long overdue.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
This is a significant shift and long overdue.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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👶| NEW BLOG: Migrant families are the missing piece in the UK’s child poverty strategy. Our new analysis sets out what must change to make it work for everyone. Read here ⬇️ www.ippr.org/articles/mak...
Making the Child Poverty Strategy work for migrant families | IPPR
At the time of writing, the UK government is preparing to launch a new national strategy to tackle child poverty. Weeks into being newly elected, prime min
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November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
👶| NEW BLOG: Migrant families are the missing piece in the UK’s child poverty strategy. Our new analysis sets out what must change to make it work for everyone. Read here ⬇️ www.ippr.org/articles/mak...
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'Paradigm shift' - my take on last week's asylum and settlement proposals.
Home secretary is right to focus on asylum reform, particularly on appeals.
But risk is that this agenda doesn't deliver on tackling small boats, while undermining integration in the process.
www.ippr.org/articles/a-p...
Home secretary is right to focus on asylum reform, particularly on appeals.
But risk is that this agenda doesn't deliver on tackling small boats, while undermining integration in the process.
www.ippr.org/articles/a-p...
A ‘paradigm shift’ in asylum and immigration policy? | IPPR
The reforms – which were the culmination of years of increasingly restrictive policies – were designed to signal Denmark was no longer a welcoming country
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November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
'Paradigm shift' - my take on last week's asylum and settlement proposals.
Home secretary is right to focus on asylum reform, particularly on appeals.
But risk is that this agenda doesn't deliver on tackling small boats, while undermining integration in the process.
www.ippr.org/articles/a-p...
Home secretary is right to focus on asylum reform, particularly on appeals.
But risk is that this agenda doesn't deliver on tackling small boats, while undermining integration in the process.
www.ippr.org/articles/a-p...
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Headline thoughts on migration stats:
A sharp drop in net migration to 204,000 in year ending June 2025. While expected, it's still striking.
Much of this driven by restrictions on study dependants and Health and Care visa under last govt, as well as steady rise in emigration.
A sharp drop in net migration to 204,000 in year ending June 2025. While expected, it's still striking.
Much of this driven by restrictions on study dependants and Health and Care visa under last govt, as well as steady rise in emigration.
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Headline thoughts on migration stats:
A sharp drop in net migration to 204,000 in year ending June 2025. While expected, it's still striking.
Much of this driven by restrictions on study dependants and Health and Care visa under last govt, as well as steady rise in emigration.
A sharp drop in net migration to 204,000 in year ending June 2025. While expected, it's still striking.
Much of this driven by restrictions on study dependants and Health and Care visa under last govt, as well as steady rise in emigration.
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Today the government is lifting the 2-child limit – a major IPPR win that boosts incomes and improves opportunities for ~ 1.6m children.
Extra income in low-income families boosts health and attainment. By the end of the parliament, 450,000 fewer children will live in poverty.
A landmark moment.
Extra income in low-income families boosts health and attainment. By the end of the parliament, 450,000 fewer children will live in poverty.
A landmark moment.
"You cannot have a situation where, under a Labour government, child poverty numbers just go up and up and up" says Gordon Brown.
🎲 Our proposal to tax gambling companies to pay to cut the two-child limit is "surely the right thing to do" says the former PM and chancellor.
🎲 Our proposal to tax gambling companies to pay to cut the two-child limit is "surely the right thing to do" says the former PM and chancellor.
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Today the government is lifting the 2-child limit – a major IPPR win that boosts incomes and improves opportunities for ~ 1.6m children.
Extra income in low-income families boosts health and attainment. By the end of the parliament, 450,000 fewer children will live in poverty.
A landmark moment.
Extra income in low-income families boosts health and attainment. By the end of the parliament, 450,000 fewer children will live in poverty.
A landmark moment.
4.45 million children in the UK live in poverty, and nearly 4 in 10 are in families where both parents were born abroad.
My blog sets out why this must be recognised in the upcoming Child Poverty Strategy.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yc8mp55p
My blog sets out why this must be recognised in the upcoming Child Poverty Strategy.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yc8mp55p
Making the Child Poverty Strategy work for migrant families | IPPR
At the time of writing, the UK government is preparing to launch a new national strategy to tackle child poverty. Weeks into being newly elected, prime min
www.ippr.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
4.45 million children in the UK live in poverty, and nearly 4 in 10 are in families where both parents were born abroad.
My blog sets out why this must be recognised in the upcoming Child Poverty Strategy.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yc8mp55p
My blog sets out why this must be recognised in the upcoming Child Poverty Strategy.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yc8mp55p
Last week’s asylum + immigration plans raised major concerns, with measures that could deepen delays, increase destitution + further strain the system.
Equally troubling is the rhetoric used to justify them. Terms like “asylum shoppers” or “abusing generosity” rely on divisive tropes, not evidence.
Equally troubling is the rhetoric used to justify them. Terms like “asylum shoppers” or “abusing generosity” rely on divisive tropes, not evidence.
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Last week’s asylum + immigration plans raised major concerns, with measures that could deepen delays, increase destitution + further strain the system.
Equally troubling is the rhetoric used to justify them. Terms like “asylum shoppers” or “abusing generosity” rely on divisive tropes, not evidence.
Equally troubling is the rhetoric used to justify them. Terms like “asylum shoppers” or “abusing generosity” rely on divisive tropes, not evidence.
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⚖️| NEW BLOG: British policy continues to entrench racial inequality, from economic exclusion to digital surveillance. Our latest blog calls for urgent reform to redress the impact on Black lives. Read here www.ippr.org/articles/unf...
Unfinished business: Redressing inequality in British policy and Black lives | IPPR
The economics of exclusion: Policy, poverty, and the cost of inequalityDeep disparities in wealth and opportunity continue to shape outcomes for Black comm
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October 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
⚖️| NEW BLOG: British policy continues to entrench racial inequality, from economic exclusion to digital surveillance. Our latest blog calls for urgent reform to redress the impact on Black lives. Read here www.ippr.org/articles/unf...
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Important new report on the failures of the asylum accommodation system by Home Affairs Committee.
Billions squandered on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement – Home Affairs Committee report finds - Committees - UK Parliament
Flawed contract design and incompetent delivery left the Home Office unable to cope with the surge in demand for asylum accommodation, a report by the Home Affairs Committee has found.
committees.parliament.uk
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Important new report on the failures of the asylum accommodation system by Home Affairs Committee.
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…picking back up with some news from this week 👇
The Home Affairs Select Committee has just published its report on asylum accommodation – and I’m pleased to see many of IPPR’s recommendations reflected in it.
The Home Affairs Select Committee has just published its report on asylum accommodation – and I’m pleased to see many of IPPR’s recommendations reflected in it.
October 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
…picking back up with some news from this week 👇
The Home Affairs Select Committee has just published its report on asylum accommodation – and I’m pleased to see many of IPPR’s recommendations reflected in it.
The Home Affairs Select Committee has just published its report on asylum accommodation – and I’m pleased to see many of IPPR’s recommendations reflected in it.
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The ten year route to settlement has already proven to be punishing for many. Listen to @amreenqureshi.bsky.social on BBC radio discussing the potential impact of increasing the default from five to ten years - on individuals, families and society.
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The ten year route to settlement has already proven to be punishing for many. Listen to @amreenqureshi.bsky.social on BBC radio discussing the potential impact of increasing the default from five to ten years - on individuals, families and society.
I helped @theipaper.com with this article, explaining how further restrictions to accessing welfare is unlikely to reduce the number of people coming to the UK.
Read below ⬇️
Read below ⬇️
Experts outline a number of hurdles for using the welfare system to clamp down on migration
➡️ Read more: trib.al/NhbonAa
➡️ Read more: trib.al/NhbonAa
September 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I helped @theipaper.com with this article, explaining how further restrictions to accessing welfare is unlikely to reduce the number of people coming to the UK.
Read below ⬇️
Read below ⬇️
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A classroom of children dies every day in Gaza. Yet since the war started in October 2023, only 80 children have been granted visas to come to the UK.
✏️ @amreenqureshi.bsky.social writes about the need for a Gaza Family Visa Scheme 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-gaza-f...
✏️ @amreenqureshi.bsky.social writes about the need for a Gaza Family Visa Scheme 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-gaza-f...
The UK must introduce Gaza Family Visa as it did for Ukraine
With dozens of children dying in Gaza every day, the UK must show the same flexibility it demonstrated in past crises
www.opendemocracy.net
August 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A classroom of children dies every day in Gaza. Yet since the war started in October 2023, only 80 children have been granted visas to come to the UK.
✏️ @amreenqureshi.bsky.social writes about the need for a Gaza Family Visa Scheme 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-gaza-f...
✏️ @amreenqureshi.bsky.social writes about the need for a Gaza Family Visa Scheme 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-gaza-f...
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This time last week I spoke at the Home Affairs Select Committee about fixing our asylum accommodation system. We urgently need to shift power regionally and locally, improve safeguarding, and move away from mass sites - towards community solutions that work for everyone.
The asylum accommodation system is in urgent need of reform. It’s costing far too much while failing to provide people fleeing war and persecution with the safe, clean environments they need.
📺 @lucyhbmort.bsky.social speaking to Home Affairs Committee 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJVF...
📺 @lucyhbmort.bsky.social speaking to Home Affairs Committee 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJVF...
Dr Lucy Mort at the Home Affairs Committee discussing asylum accommodation
YouTube video by Institute for Public Policy Research
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March 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This time last week I spoke at the Home Affairs Select Committee about fixing our asylum accommodation system. We urgently need to shift power regionally and locally, improve safeguarding, and move away from mass sites - towards community solutions that work for everyone.
ICYMI: A fantastic piece by my colleague @lucyhbmort.bsky.social - www.ippr.org/articles/cit...
When public confidence in immigration is shaped as much by perception as reality, Labour has a choice: follow the race to the bottom or build a system that strengthens communities - not fracture them.
When public confidence in immigration is shaped as much by perception as reality, Labour has a choice: follow the race to the bottom or build a system that strengthens communities - not fracture them.
March 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
ICYMI: A fantastic piece by my colleague @lucyhbmort.bsky.social - www.ippr.org/articles/cit...
When public confidence in immigration is shaped as much by perception as reality, Labour has a choice: follow the race to the bottom or build a system that strengthens communities - not fracture them.
When public confidence in immigration is shaped as much by perception as reality, Labour has a choice: follow the race to the bottom or build a system that strengthens communities - not fracture them.
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3️⃣The government must also take steps to ensure that providers of family services are better equipped to help migrant families understand and take up the entitlements they are eligible for.
Read the full report: www.praxis.org.uk/news/report-...
Read the full report: www.praxis.org.uk/news/report-...
Report Launch: Every Child is Equal — Praxis
Praxis and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) reveal the harmful impacts of being excluded from childcare support on migrant families in the new report - Every Child is Equal, Bridging...
www.praxis.org.uk
March 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
3️⃣The government must also take steps to ensure that providers of family services are better equipped to help migrant families understand and take up the entitlements they are eligible for.
Read the full report: www.praxis.org.uk/news/report-...
Read the full report: www.praxis.org.uk/news/report-...
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REVEALED: A huge 30% of migrant parents not using childcare are struggling to make ends meet.
Our new report with @ippr.bsky.social is out now and here’s what you need to know 🧵
Authors @josephinewy.bsky.social & @lucyhbmort.bsky.social
Our new report with @ippr.bsky.social is out now and here’s what you need to know 🧵
Authors @josephinewy.bsky.social & @lucyhbmort.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
REVEALED: A huge 30% of migrant parents not using childcare are struggling to make ends meet.
Our new report with @ippr.bsky.social is out now and here’s what you need to know 🧵
Authors @josephinewy.bsky.social & @lucyhbmort.bsky.social
Our new report with @ippr.bsky.social is out now and here’s what you need to know 🧵
Authors @josephinewy.bsky.social & @lucyhbmort.bsky.social
🚨 Today, we publish new research that lays bare the scale of child poverty in migrant families.
46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️
46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️
March 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🚨 Today, we publish new research that lays bare the scale of child poverty in migrant families.
46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️
46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️
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⏰ | NEW REPORT: No child should grow up in hardship due to their parents’ immigration status, but nearly half of children in the UK with parents born abroad are living in poverty.
@amreenqureshi.bsky.social and @marleymorris.bsky.social explore the solutions 👇
@amreenqureshi.bsky.social and @marleymorris.bsky.social explore the solutions 👇
Hidden hardships: The immigration system and child poverty | IPPR
In 2022/23 it was estimated that 4.3 million children live in relative poverty, and this number has risen in recent years. Among those disproportionately i
www.ippr.org
March 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
⏰ | NEW REPORT: No child should grow up in hardship due to their parents’ immigration status, but nearly half of children in the UK with parents born abroad are living in poverty.
@amreenqureshi.bsky.social and @marleymorris.bsky.social explore the solutions 👇
@amreenqureshi.bsky.social and @marleymorris.bsky.social explore the solutions 👇
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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
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
BREAKING: Migrant parents screen video message across Westminster
YouTube video by Praxis, for Migrants and Refugees
youtu.be
February 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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
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
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🌍 | NEW REPORT: In the face of Brexit barriers, potential Trump tariffs, and global economic turbulence, the government is developing a new trade strategy. In this paper we set out a blueprint to rebuild, protect, and grow the UK's exports.
www.ippr.org
January 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🌍 | NEW REPORT: In the face of Brexit barriers, potential Trump tariffs, and global economic turbulence, the government is developing a new trade strategy. In this paper we set out a blueprint to rebuild, protect, and grow the UK's exports.
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New ONS figures show net migration of 728,000 in year ending June 2024, a drop of 178,000 compared to year earlier.
But ONS revisions mean estimates of recent net migration are higher than previously thought, reaching peak of 906,000 in the year ending June 2023.
But ONS revisions mean estimates of recent net migration are higher than previously thought, reaching peak of 906,000 in the year ending June 2023.
November 28, 2024 at 10:33 AM
New ONS figures show net migration of 728,000 in year ending June 2024, a drop of 178,000 compared to year earlier.
But ONS revisions mean estimates of recent net migration are higher than previously thought, reaching peak of 906,000 in the year ending June 2023.
But ONS revisions mean estimates of recent net migration are higher than previously thought, reaching peak of 906,000 in the year ending June 2023.
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📈 Figures released today show net migration is coming down but the government still faces tough choices when it comes to immigration.
📚 Read @marleymorris.bsky.social's response here 👇
📚 Read @marleymorris.bsky.social's response here 👇
November 28, 2024 at 11:21 AM
📈 Figures released today show net migration is coming down but the government still faces tough choices when it comes to immigration.
📚 Read @marleymorris.bsky.social's response here 👇
📚 Read @marleymorris.bsky.social's response here 👇
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Today's immigration stats indicate that new salary thresholds for Skilled Workers are starting to bite.
Most strikingly, there was a 70% fall in Skilled Worker visa grants in hospitality sector between Q2 and Q3 of 2024. This sector is generally low-paid so impact expected to be larger.
Most strikingly, there was a 70% fall in Skilled Worker visa grants in hospitality sector between Q2 and Q3 of 2024. This sector is generally low-paid so impact expected to be larger.
November 28, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Today's immigration stats indicate that new salary thresholds for Skilled Workers are starting to bite.
Most strikingly, there was a 70% fall in Skilled Worker visa grants in hospitality sector between Q2 and Q3 of 2024. This sector is generally low-paid so impact expected to be larger.
Most strikingly, there was a 70% fall in Skilled Worker visa grants in hospitality sector between Q2 and Q3 of 2024. This sector is generally low-paid so impact expected to be larger.