Manchester City of Sanctuary
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Migration cannot be separated from colonialism.
Instead of slamming the door, the UK must recognise its colonial legacy, and take urgent steps towards justice.
#MigrantsDay
Instead of slamming the door, the UK must recognise its colonial legacy, and take urgent steps towards justice.
#MigrantsDay
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Migration cannot be separated from colonialism.
Instead of slamming the door, the UK must recognise its colonial legacy, and take urgent steps towards justice.
#MigrantsDay
Instead of slamming the door, the UK must recognise its colonial legacy, and take urgent steps towards justice.
#MigrantsDay
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Absolutely - the Asylum Seeker Memorial Project has done fantastic, heart-breaking work making recording many deaths in the asylum system.
But it's appalling that this vital work has been left to journalists and campaigners for so long - it's the Government's duty to track these tragedies.
But it's appalling that this vital work has been left to journalists and campaigners for so long - it's the Government's duty to track these tragedies.
Worth sharing this too? www.asylumseekermemorial.co.uk
The Asylum Seeker Memorial Project
The Home Office does not publish statistics about deaths that take place in its accommodation for asylum seekers, despite calls to do so. We set out to gather the data, to explore why deaths were risi...
www.asylumseekermemorial.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Absolutely - the Asylum Seeker Memorial Project has done fantastic, heart-breaking work making recording many deaths in the asylum system.
But it's appalling that this vital work has been left to journalists and campaigners for so long - it's the Government's duty to track these tragedies.
But it's appalling that this vital work has been left to journalists and campaigners for so long - it's the Government's duty to track these tragedies.
Yesterday, on #HumanRightsDay, we found ourselves reflecting on the hostile policies announced in recent weeks.
Policies that don't just erode the rights of people seeking sanctuary, but remove protections that keep us all safe.
Let us be clear: we won't stop resisting.
Policies that don't just erode the rights of people seeking sanctuary, but remove protections that keep us all safe.
Let us be clear: we won't stop resisting.
December 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Yesterday, on #HumanRightsDay, we found ourselves reflecting on the hostile policies announced in recent weeks.
Policies that don't just erode the rights of people seeking sanctuary, but remove protections that keep us all safe.
Let us be clear: we won't stop resisting.
Policies that don't just erode the rights of people seeking sanctuary, but remove protections that keep us all safe.
Let us be clear: we won't stop resisting.
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We are so close to our fundraising target - 82% - it would be such a shame to miss out on the match funding. Please do donate if you can 🤞🤞🤞
Welcome Changes Everything.
Never before has it been so urgent to build a fairer, kinder society where everyone feels valued and welcome, no matter where they come from.
Until December 9 only, all donations are doubled! Stand up for welcome - please give today: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Never before has it been so urgent to build a fairer, kinder society where everyone feels valued and welcome, no matter where they come from.
Until December 9 only, all donations are doubled! Stand up for welcome - please give today: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We are so close to our fundraising target - 82% - it would be such a shame to miss out on the match funding. Please do donate if you can 🤞🤞🤞
24 hours to go! ⏳
Anything you can spare to fund our movement of solidarity + welcome will be DOUBLED!
Let's make our third decade the biggest and best yet 📈
Anything you can spare to fund our movement of solidarity + welcome will be DOUBLED!
Let's make our third decade the biggest and best yet 📈
We have 24 hours left! We're so close to reaching our fundraising target - but we need your help!
For 20 years, we've been building a movement of solidarity, friendship & mutual support across the UK - this milestone makes our work more urgent than ever.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
For 20 years, we've been building a movement of solidarity, friendship & mutual support across the UK - this milestone makes our work more urgent than ever.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
24 hours to go! ⏳
Anything you can spare to fund our movement of solidarity + welcome will be DOUBLED!
Let's make our third decade the biggest and best yet 📈
Anything you can spare to fund our movement of solidarity + welcome will be DOUBLED!
Let's make our third decade the biggest and best yet 📈
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🚨 The Border, Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is now law.
It undermines international obligations and threatens the safety and dignity of people fleeing conflict and persecution.
We refuse to accept a future where compassion is criminalised.
#refugeeswelcome #compassionnotcruelty
It undermines international obligations and threatens the safety and dignity of people fleeing conflict and persecution.
We refuse to accept a future where compassion is criminalised.
#refugeeswelcome #compassionnotcruelty
December 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🚨 The Border, Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is now law.
It undermines international obligations and threatens the safety and dignity of people fleeing conflict and persecution.
We refuse to accept a future where compassion is criminalised.
#refugeeswelcome #compassionnotcruelty
It undermines international obligations and threatens the safety and dignity of people fleeing conflict and persecution.
We refuse to accept a future where compassion is criminalised.
#refugeeswelcome #compassionnotcruelty
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📹 Watch community groups come together to tell the Home Office - we choose compassion not cruelty.
Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
📹 Watch community groups come together to tell the Home Office - we choose compassion not cruelty.
Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
Compassion, welcome and solidarity, brought straight to the door of the Home Secretary! ✊
The message is clear: these cruel plans do not represent us.
Communities up and down this country stand for #CompassionNotCruelty.
It's not too late to change course.
The message is clear: these cruel plans do not represent us.
Communities up and down this country stand for #CompassionNotCruelty.
It's not too late to change course.
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Compassion, welcome and solidarity, brought straight to the door of the Home Secretary! ✊
The message is clear: these cruel plans do not represent us.
Communities up and down this country stand for #CompassionNotCruelty.
It's not too late to change course.
The message is clear: these cruel plans do not represent us.
Communities up and down this country stand for #CompassionNotCruelty.
It's not too late to change course.
📢 Today we join over 200 community organisations to stand together and reject the Government’s cruel new asylum plans.
✍️ Write to your MP TODAY 👇
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
✍️ Write to your MP TODAY 👇
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📢 Today we join over 200 community organisations to stand together and reject the Government’s cruel new asylum plans.
✍️ Write to your MP TODAY 👇
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
✍️ Write to your MP TODAY 👇
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
The Home Secretary's ruthless new plans are out of step with everything we stand for in Manchester.
Every day, we see Mancunians open their homes, volunteer their time and show solidarity with people seeking safety. 🧡✊
Proud to sign this letter to say: NOT IN OUR NAME 👇
Every day, we see Mancunians open their homes, volunteer their time and show solidarity with people seeking safety. 🧡✊
Proud to sign this letter to say: NOT IN OUR NAME 👇
📢 Today over 200 community organisations have joined together to say the Government’s new asylum plans do not represent them, their communities or who we are as a country
Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Home Secretary's ruthless new plans are out of step with everything we stand for in Manchester.
Every day, we see Mancunians open their homes, volunteer their time and show solidarity with people seeking safety. 🧡✊
Proud to sign this letter to say: NOT IN OUR NAME 👇
Every day, we see Mancunians open their homes, volunteer their time and show solidarity with people seeking safety. 🧡✊
Proud to sign this letter to say: NOT IN OUR NAME 👇
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Asylum is about protecting people. But the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, which received royal assent this week, treats asylum as a border security issue. It continues the trend of criminalising people seeking sanctuary. It builds walls against refugees. We need something different.
December 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Asylum is about protecting people. But the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, which received royal assent this week, treats asylum as a border security issue. It continues the trend of criminalising people seeking sanctuary. It builds walls against refugees. We need something different.
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This is huge⚡️ Over a third of all UK unis are a University of Sanctuary!
This means: scholarships; training for staff; opportunities for students; collaboration with local refugee orgs.
✨Help us build this movement! Until Tuesday all donations will be doubled! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
This means: scholarships; training for staff; opportunities for students; collaboration with local refugee orgs.
✨Help us build this movement! Until Tuesday all donations will be doubled! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is huge⚡️ Over a third of all UK unis are a University of Sanctuary!
This means: scholarships; training for staff; opportunities for students; collaboration with local refugee orgs.
✨Help us build this movement! Until Tuesday all donations will be doubled! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
This means: scholarships; training for staff; opportunities for students; collaboration with local refugee orgs.
✨Help us build this movement! Until Tuesday all donations will be doubled! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Right now public money fuels private profit while people live in poor conditions. It hurts all our communities. Our report sets out a council-run alternative. Email your MP and ask them to speak about it in Parliament: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
Tell your MP to back community-led housing in 2 minutes!
It's time to give councils what they need to lead asylum housing and invest in social homes. I’ve asked my MP to read Refugee Action’s new report and back it. Add your voice now!
act.refugee-action.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Right now public money fuels private profit while people live in poor conditions. It hurts all our communities. Our report sets out a council-run alternative. Email your MP and ask them to speak about it in Parliament: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
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Welcome Changes Everything.
Never before has it been so urgent to build a fairer, kinder society where everyone feels valued and welcome, no matter where they come from.
Until December 9 only, all donations are doubled! Stand up for welcome - please give today: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Never before has it been so urgent to build a fairer, kinder society where everyone feels valued and welcome, no matter where they come from.
Until December 9 only, all donations are doubled! Stand up for welcome - please give today: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Welcome Changes Everything.
Never before has it been so urgent to build a fairer, kinder society where everyone feels valued and welcome, no matter where they come from.
Until December 9 only, all donations are doubled! Stand up for welcome - please give today: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Never before has it been so urgent to build a fairer, kinder society where everyone feels valued and welcome, no matter where they come from.
Until December 9 only, all donations are doubled! Stand up for welcome - please give today: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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📣 The Government has announced cruel policies that risk eroding refugees' rights.
So we – people who believe in compassion and unity – are raising our voices. We’re fighting back with a message of our own. We stand #TogetherWithRefugees
✉️ Write to your MP TODAY!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
So we – people who believe in compassion and unity – are raising our voices. We’re fighting back with a message of our own. We stand #TogetherWithRefugees
✉️ Write to your MP TODAY!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
📣 The Government has announced cruel policies that risk eroding refugees' rights.
So we – people who believe in compassion and unity – are raising our voices. We’re fighting back with a message of our own. We stand #TogetherWithRefugees
✉️ Write to your MP TODAY!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
So we – people who believe in compassion and unity – are raising our voices. We’re fighting back with a message of our own. We stand #TogetherWithRefugees
✉️ Write to your MP TODAY!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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On a lighter note, we'd briefly like to blow our own trumpet!
This year we turned 10. Here's a film we made to celebrate!
Big thx to all our friends, partners + neighbrs who recently celebrated with us. We love you!
Here's to another 10 yrs of organising welcome!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jW...
This year we turned 10. Here's a film we made to celebrate!
Big thx to all our friends, partners + neighbrs who recently celebrated with us. We love you!
Here's to another 10 yrs of organising welcome!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jW...
Haringey Welcome Ten Year Anniversary Film
YouTube video by Haringey Welcome
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
On a lighter note, we'd briefly like to blow our own trumpet!
This year we turned 10. Here's a film we made to celebrate!
Big thx to all our friends, partners + neighbrs who recently celebrated with us. We love you!
Here's to another 10 yrs of organising welcome!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jW...
This year we turned 10. Here's a film we made to celebrate!
Big thx to all our friends, partners + neighbrs who recently celebrated with us. We love you!
Here's to another 10 yrs of organising welcome!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jW...
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Our little team is cooking up big ideas🥄
We support and coordinate 100+ local groups whilst working with hundreds of schools, universities, councils and more to ensure theyre places of welcome, understanding and opportunity.
Last week we had a rare team day...
🧵
We support and coordinate 100+ local groups whilst working with hundreds of schools, universities, councils and more to ensure theyre places of welcome, understanding and opportunity.
Last week we had a rare team day...
🧵
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Our little team is cooking up big ideas🥄
We support and coordinate 100+ local groups whilst working with hundreds of schools, universities, councils and more to ensure theyre places of welcome, understanding and opportunity.
Last week we had a rare team day...
🧵
We support and coordinate 100+ local groups whilst working with hundreds of schools, universities, councils and more to ensure theyre places of welcome, understanding and opportunity.
Last week we had a rare team day...
🧵
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At HMSC, we work tirelessly to provide holistic casework and advocacy to migrants in London, and we campaign alongside our visitors for an end to the hostile environment. We need your help to continue this vital work - support us by donating to our fundraiser!
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November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
At HMSC, we work tirelessly to provide holistic casework and advocacy to migrants in London, and we campaign alongside our visitors for an end to the hostile environment. We need your help to continue this vital work - support us by donating to our fundraiser!
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
We're proud to partner with the wider sector in challenging this madness.
Volunteering must remain VOLUNTARY.
Read about our open letter to the Home Secretary 👉 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Volunteering must remain VOLUNTARY.
Read about our open letter to the Home Secretary 👉 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We're proud to partner with the wider sector in challenging this madness.
Volunteering must remain VOLUNTARY.
Read about our open letter to the Home Secretary 👉 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Volunteering must remain VOLUNTARY.
Read about our open letter to the Home Secretary 👉 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Mandatory volunteering? This policy is a paradox.
Forcing people to volunteer would:
❌ Undermine everything that makes volunteering so valuable
❌ Harm survivors of trafficking & modern slavery
❌ Discriminate against those who can't volunteer
Forcing people to volunteer would:
❌ Undermine everything that makes volunteering so valuable
❌ Harm survivors of trafficking & modern slavery
❌ Discriminate against those who can't volunteer
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Mandatory volunteering? This policy is a paradox.
Forcing people to volunteer would:
❌ Undermine everything that makes volunteering so valuable
❌ Harm survivors of trafficking & modern slavery
❌ Discriminate against those who can't volunteer
Forcing people to volunteer would:
❌ Undermine everything that makes volunteering so valuable
❌ Harm survivors of trafficking & modern slavery
❌ Discriminate against those who can't volunteer
🔔 A reminder.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🔔 A reminder.
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Today, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood prepares to announce the latest attack on refugee rights in the UK.
A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear.
⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:
A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear.
⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:
Starmer braced for backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live
Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Today, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood prepares to announce the latest attack on refugee rights in the UK.
A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear.
⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:
A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear.
⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:
Refugee status isn’t a ‘golden ticket’, nor is it time sensitive. It is a human right.
Today, the Home Secretary will roll out drastic changes to refugee protections. Here is our reaction.
Today, the Home Secretary will roll out drastic changes to refugee protections. Here is our reaction.
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Refugee status isn’t a ‘golden ticket’, nor is it time sensitive. It is a human right.
Today, the Home Secretary will roll out drastic changes to refugee protections. Here is our reaction.
Today, the Home Secretary will roll out drastic changes to refugee protections. Here is our reaction.
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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Asylum Hotels Report
Our new report, Profiting from People: Inside the UK’s Asylum Hotels , exposes the true horrors that refugees face whilst housed for years on end in asylum hotels. We’ve long known this, and now...
www.ramfel.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
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"The answers are obvious. End the long-term use of hotels. Fund councils to provide proper housing. Let people seeking asylum work & support themselves. Bring asylum housing back into public hands."
RAMFEL's Layla Hussain on our hotels report in @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/asyl...
"The answers are obvious. End the long-term use of hotels. Fund councils to provide proper housing. Let people seeking asylum work & support themselves. Bring asylum housing back into public hands."
RAMFEL's Layla Hussain on our hotels report in @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/asyl...
People are finally talking about asylum hotels – so why stop now?
As more evidence exposes the reality of asylum hotels, it’s clear they were never about protection, writes RAMFEL's Layla Hussain.
www.bigissue.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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"The answers are obvious. End the long-term use of hotels. Fund councils to provide proper housing. Let people seeking asylum work & support themselves. Bring asylum housing back into public hands."
RAMFEL's Layla Hussain on our hotels report in @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/asyl...
"The answers are obvious. End the long-term use of hotels. Fund councils to provide proper housing. Let people seeking asylum work & support themselves. Bring asylum housing back into public hands."
RAMFEL's Layla Hussain on our hotels report in @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/asyl...