Praxis, for migrants and refugees
@praxisprojects.bsky.social
We're one of the largest providers of free immigration advice in London. We give advice, provide support, and campaign so that migrants & refugees in the UK can live with safety, dignity & respect.
https://linktr.ee/praxis_uk
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Hi new followers! We're an award-winning human rights charity fighting for migrant rights since 1983.
We do this by providing free legal advice, giving community support, and campaigning for change.
When politicians seek to divide us and treat migrants with cruelty, we refuse to accept it.
We do this by providing free legal advice, giving community support, and campaigning for change.
When politicians seek to divide us and treat migrants with cruelty, we refuse to accept it.
📢"Migrant children should not be collateral damage of what amounts to precarity by design.
There is growing concern across Parliament about the direction of travel. The Government should listen."
@oliviablakemp.bsky.social for @politicshome.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
There is growing concern across Parliament about the direction of travel. The Government should listen."
@oliviablakemp.bsky.social for @politicshome.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Changes to earned settlement risk deepening child poverty
The government must publish an impact assessment of its settlement reforms before going ahead with the changes.
www.politicshome.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
📢"Migrant children should not be collateral damage of what amounts to precarity by design.
There is growing concern across Parliament about the direction of travel. The Government should listen."
@oliviablakemp.bsky.social for @politicshome.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
There is growing concern across Parliament about the direction of travel. The Government should listen."
@oliviablakemp.bsky.social for @politicshome.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Our hearts are with the families of the 53 people, including two babies, who lost their lives after a boat capsized off the coast of Libya.
These deaths were preventable and they are a stain on our politics.
We need to open safe pathways now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
These deaths were preventable and they are a stain on our politics.
We need to open safe pathways now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
53 people dead or missing after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean
Only two survivors rescued after boat overturned off Libyan coast, UN migration agency says
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Our hearts are with the families of the 53 people, including two babies, who lost their lives after a boat capsized off the coast of Libya.
These deaths were preventable and they are a stain on our politics.
We need to open safe pathways now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
These deaths were preventable and they are a stain on our politics.
We need to open safe pathways now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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🚨 Just THREE days left to tell the Government what you think of making refugees wait 20 years for safety 🚨
We cannot let these appalling plans go unchallenged.
Follow this guide from Praxis to make sure your voice is heard.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
We cannot let these appalling plans go unchallenged.
Follow this guide from Praxis to make sure your voice is heard.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
February 9, 2026 at 9:55 AM
🚨 Just THREE days left to tell the Government what you think of making refugees wait 20 years for safety 🚨
We cannot let these appalling plans go unchallenged.
Follow this guide from Praxis to make sure your voice is heard.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
We cannot let these appalling plans go unchallenged.
Follow this guide from Praxis to make sure your voice is heard.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
⚠️New @ippr.org research: 300,000 children will be hit by the Govt’s earned settlement plans.
Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty.
This is precarity by design.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty.
This is precarity by design.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
Thinktank analysis says proposed ‘earned settlement’ changes could trap families in prolonged insecurity
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 AM
⚠️New @ippr.org research: 300,000 children will be hit by the Govt’s earned settlement plans.
Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty.
This is precarity by design.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty.
This is precarity by design.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Why Spain is breaking the mold in Europe -
choosing regularisation instead of MAGA mass deportations!!
Two reasons: morality & pragmatism.
🙏Spain showing us another, better way is possible www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
choosing regularisation instead of MAGA mass deportations!!
Two reasons: morality & pragmatism.
🙏Spain showing us another, better way is possible www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Why Spain is breaking the mold in Europe -
choosing regularisation instead of MAGA mass deportations!!
Two reasons: morality & pragmatism.
🙏Spain showing us another, better way is possible www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
choosing regularisation instead of MAGA mass deportations!!
Two reasons: morality & pragmatism.
🙏Spain showing us another, better way is possible www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
“While the govt. has still not implemented key lessons from the Windrush lessons learned review, it continues to promote harmful and racist stereotypes that equate migration with criminality. This is unjust, divisive, & deeply damaging.” @minnierahman.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
“While the govt. has still not implemented key lessons from the Windrush lessons learned review, it continues to promote harmful and racist stereotypes that equate migration with criminality. This is unjust, divisive, & deeply damaging.” @minnierahman.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
📢"Creating a poorer, more vulnerable migrant class of workers who have no long-term stake in our society worsens wages and conditions for everyone, and increases resentment towards migrants."
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social on what Labour can do to change direction.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social on what Labour can do to change direction.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Labour is creating a vulnerable migrant underclass
Chasing Reform on immigration will only entrench an unequal system and increase resentment
www.newstatesman.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:48 AM
📢"Creating a poorer, more vulnerable migrant class of workers who have no long-term stake in our society worsens wages and conditions for everyone, and increases resentment towards migrants."
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social on what Labour can do to change direction.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social on what Labour can do to change direction.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Zero net migration would shrink the UK economy by 3.6% by 2040.
Less growth means higher taxes and weaker public services.
For our economy and communities to thrive, we need migration - alongside simple, quick and affordable routes to settlement.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Less growth means higher taxes and weaker public services.
For our economy and communities to thrive, we need migration - alongside simple, quick and affordable routes to settlement.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%, says thinktank
Jump of £37bn in budget deficit by 2040 would force government to increase taxes, NIESR predicts
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Zero net migration would shrink the UK economy by 3.6% by 2040.
Less growth means higher taxes and weaker public services.
For our economy and communities to thrive, we need migration - alongside simple, quick and affordable routes to settlement.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Less growth means higher taxes and weaker public services.
For our economy and communities to thrive, we need migration - alongside simple, quick and affordable routes to settlement.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The Govt admits it doesn’t know how many NHS staff will be impacted by settlement changes.
What does that mean for NHS waiting times, care for elderly, and patient safety?
Pushing ahead without considering the impacts on healthcare is a betrayal to us all.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
What does that mean for NHS waiting times, care for elderly, and patient safety?
Pushing ahead without considering the impacts on healthcare is a betrayal to us all.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Government unsure how many NHS staff will be affected by immigration changes
Labour announced proposed changes to immigration rules last year
www.independent.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The Govt admits it doesn’t know how many NHS staff will be impacted by settlement changes.
What does that mean for NHS waiting times, care for elderly, and patient safety?
Pushing ahead without considering the impacts on healthcare is a betrayal to us all.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
What does that mean for NHS waiting times, care for elderly, and patient safety?
Pushing ahead without considering the impacts on healthcare is a betrayal to us all.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We face the same challenges Spain did: a stagnant economy & ageing population.
Treating undocumented workers & asylum seekers as people has resulted in higher GDP & record-low unemployment.
Spain proved the moral case for migration is also an economic one.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Treating undocumented workers & asylum seekers as people has resulted in higher GDP & record-low unemployment.
Spain proved the moral case for migration is also an economic one.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘It’s like a gift from God’: undocumented foreign workers welcome Spanish amnesty
Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing parties
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 AM
We face the same challenges Spain did: a stagnant economy & ageing population.
Treating undocumented workers & asylum seekers as people has resulted in higher GDP & record-low unemployment.
Spain proved the moral case for migration is also an economic one.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Treating undocumented workers & asylum seekers as people has resulted in higher GDP & record-low unemployment.
Spain proved the moral case for migration is also an economic one.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
The Home Secretary is pressing ahead with deportations to Syria despite growing safety fears.
People seeking asylum should not be deported to unsafe countries.
Far from clearing the asylum backlog, this will trap people in lengthy and costly appeals.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/syri...
People seeking asylum should not be deported to unsafe countries.
Far from clearing the asylum backlog, this will trap people in lengthy and costly appeals.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/syri...
Syrian migrants to be deported as a 'priority' by Home Office, as Mahmood presses on despite criticism | LBC
Plans to deport asylum seekers back to Syria are set to be ramped up as a Home Office
www.lbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 9:35 AM
The Home Secretary is pressing ahead with deportations to Syria despite growing safety fears.
People seeking asylum should not be deported to unsafe countries.
Far from clearing the asylum backlog, this will trap people in lengthy and costly appeals.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/syri...
People seeking asylum should not be deported to unsafe countries.
Far from clearing the asylum backlog, this will trap people in lengthy and costly appeals.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/syri...
Harrowing report from @theindependent.bsky.social exposes excessive force used against vulnerable migrants inside Brook House detention centre.
The UK remains the only European country to allow indefinite detention.
This is a system wholly unfit for purpose.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The UK remains the only European country to allow indefinite detention.
This is a system wholly unfit for purpose.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Inside UK’s most notorious immigration detention centre
Brook House near Gatwick airport was the subject of an independent inquiry after G4S guards were filmed abusing detainees in 2017. Now, The Independent has obtained stark written accounts from officer...
www.independent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Harrowing report from @theindependent.bsky.social exposes excessive force used against vulnerable migrants inside Brook House detention centre.
The UK remains the only European country to allow indefinite detention.
This is a system wholly unfit for purpose.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The UK remains the only European country to allow indefinite detention.
This is a system wholly unfit for purpose.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
We may not have guns but we do have:
⚠️ICE-style raids invading homes and workplaces
⚠️Indefinite detention of women, children and men
⚠️Deportation footage bragged about on TikTok
⚠️Riot police used on peaceful protest
⚠️Politicians calling for mass deportations.
This isn’t “just America.”
⚠️ICE-style raids invading homes and workplaces
⚠️Indefinite detention of women, children and men
⚠️Deportation footage bragged about on TikTok
⚠️Riot police used on peaceful protest
⚠️Politicians calling for mass deportations.
This isn’t “just America.”
"The way we do immigration enforcement could not be more different."
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood reassures LBC listeners that American ICE-style tactics will not be coming to the UK.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood reassures LBC listeners that American ICE-style tactics will not be coming to the UK.
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 AM
We may not have guns but we do have:
⚠️ICE-style raids invading homes and workplaces
⚠️Indefinite detention of women, children and men
⚠️Deportation footage bragged about on TikTok
⚠️Riot police used on peaceful protest
⚠️Politicians calling for mass deportations.
This isn’t “just America.”
⚠️ICE-style raids invading homes and workplaces
⚠️Indefinite detention of women, children and men
⚠️Deportation footage bragged about on TikTok
⚠️Riot police used on peaceful protest
⚠️Politicians calling for mass deportations.
This isn’t “just America.”
The government is still abandoning people to street homelessness because of failures in the immigration system.
New settlement rules will only widen this failure, trapping even more people in dangerous, life-threatening uncertainty.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
New settlement rules will only widen this failure, trapping even more people in dangerous, life-threatening uncertainty.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘I’m part of this country’: Windrush man left homeless by Home Office inaction
George Campbell, 69, slept in bus station as officials questioned his right to live in the UK after hospital stay
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The government is still abandoning people to street homelessness because of failures in the immigration system.
New settlement rules will only widen this failure, trapping even more people in dangerous, life-threatening uncertainty.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
New settlement rules will only widen this failure, trapping even more people in dangerous, life-threatening uncertainty.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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We need your help.
The Government is proposing sweeping reforms to settlement for migrants and refugees, including for those already in the country.
Add your voice to the public consultation before 12 February, using @praxisprojects.bsky.social's response link 🔗 www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
The Government is proposing sweeping reforms to settlement for migrants and refugees, including for those already in the country.
Add your voice to the public consultation before 12 February, using @praxisprojects.bsky.social's response link 🔗 www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
January 23, 2026 at 1:43 PM
We need your help.
The Government is proposing sweeping reforms to settlement for migrants and refugees, including for those already in the country.
Add your voice to the public consultation before 12 February, using @praxisprojects.bsky.social's response link 🔗 www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
The Government is proposing sweeping reforms to settlement for migrants and refugees, including for those already in the country.
Add your voice to the public consultation before 12 February, using @praxisprojects.bsky.social's response link 🔗 www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
Horrifying scenes from the US over the weekend show us where rising far-right populism will lead us.
📢"This shocking moment is the outcome of a political, institutional and media environment that is not far off Britain’s."
By @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
📢"This shocking moment is the outcome of a political, institutional and media environment that is not far off Britain’s."
By @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What ICE is doing on US streets looks terrifying, but don’t forget: it could happen anywhere | Nesrine Malik
This shocking moment is the outcome of a political, institutional and media environment that is not far off Britain’s, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Horrifying scenes from the US over the weekend show us where rising far-right populism will lead us.
📢"This shocking moment is the outcome of a political, institutional and media environment that is not far off Britain’s."
By @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
📢"This shocking moment is the outcome of a political, institutional and media environment that is not far off Britain’s."
By @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'Our Side of the Story'
Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.
Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.
Our Side of the Story: Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group
YouTube video by GMIAU
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 11:13 AM
'Our Side of the Story'
Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.
Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.
The Government is introducing the biggest immigration overhaul in 50 years. They want to make settling here harder than ever as part of a broader attack on migrants and refugees. Now, they're asking what YOU think of their plans.
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
Consultation — Praxis for Migrants and Refugees
www.praxis.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The Government is introducing the biggest immigration overhaul in 50 years. They want to make settling here harder than ever as part of a broader attack on migrants and refugees. Now, they're asking what YOU think of their plans.
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
It's hard to see how the Government expects to attract highly skilled workers while rewriting the rules to push out doctors, care workers, engineers - workers from ANY industry - already building lives here.
If promises don’t hold, why would anyone trust them?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If promises don’t hold, why would anyone trust them?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves plans to refund some visa fees in effort to attract ‘trailblazer’ investment to UK
Chancellor, who flies to Davos on Tuesday, will announce changes aimed at encouraging global firms to bring highly skilled staff to Britain
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 AM
It's hard to see how the Government expects to attract highly skilled workers while rewriting the rules to push out doctors, care workers, engineers - workers from ANY industry - already building lives here.
If promises don’t hold, why would anyone trust them?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If promises don’t hold, why would anyone trust them?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Yet another act of economic self-sabotage driven by a Government that's got its priorities backwards
In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
UK drops target for international student recruitment
Government to encourage education providers to open campuses overseas as it focuses on reducing migration
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Yet another act of economic self-sabotage driven by a Government that's got its priorities backwards
"This narrative shift has been stark. It has emboldened the far right to exploit people’s concerns and pushed them to take matters into their own hands."
A sobering snapshot of rising toxicity toward migrants and those who support them by @enversol.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A sobering snapshot of rising toxicity toward migrants and those who support them by @enversol.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I never thought I’d see an asylum hotel on fire, or worry about my staff’s safety. The past five years changed that | Enver Solomon
As head of an immigration charity, I’ve seen firsthand how hostility and toxicity have reached unprecedented levels, says outgoing Refugee Council CEO Enver Solomon
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:47 AM
"This narrative shift has been stark. It has emboldened the far right to exploit people’s concerns and pushed them to take matters into their own hands."
A sobering snapshot of rising toxicity toward migrants and those who support them by @enversol.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A sobering snapshot of rising toxicity toward migrants and those who support them by @enversol.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A new report finds tougher rules may have wrongly denied support to thousands of modern slavery survivors.
Home Office data shows over half of refusals later reviewed were overturned, suggesting many initial decisions were wrong.
Essential reporting from @mellino.bsky.social at @tbij.bsky.social
Home Office data shows over half of refusals later reviewed were overturned, suggesting many initial decisions were wrong.
Essential reporting from @mellino.bsky.social at @tbij.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 10:07 AM
A new report finds tougher rules may have wrongly denied support to thousands of modern slavery survivors.
Home Office data shows over half of refusals later reviewed were overturned, suggesting many initial decisions were wrong.
Essential reporting from @mellino.bsky.social at @tbij.bsky.social
Home Office data shows over half of refusals later reviewed were overturned, suggesting many initial decisions were wrong.
Essential reporting from @mellino.bsky.social at @tbij.bsky.social
Keir Starmer could not be more detached from reality referring to the period when the Tories left the EU as an "open borders experiment."
People have always come to the UK to work, study, and be with family. They pay taxes, exorbitant visa fees, tuition costs, and the NHS surcharge. (1/2)
People have always come to the UK to work, study, and be with family. They pay taxes, exorbitant visa fees, tuition costs, and the NHS surcharge. (1/2)
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Keir Starmer could not be more detached from reality referring to the period when the Tories left the EU as an "open borders experiment."
People have always come to the UK to work, study, and be with family. They pay taxes, exorbitant visa fees, tuition costs, and the NHS surcharge. (1/2)
People have always come to the UK to work, study, and be with family. They pay taxes, exorbitant visa fees, tuition costs, and the NHS surcharge. (1/2)
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🚨 We are horrified by the disturbing footage of the response to peaceful protests in two detention centres against the harmful 'one in, one out' UK-France deal .
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/3
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/3
More than 100 asylum seekers stage ‘one in, one out’ protests at detention centres
Officers with riot shields, dogs and teargas called in to quell action at Harmondsworth and Brook House facilities
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
🚨 We are horrified by the disturbing footage of the response to peaceful protests in two detention centres against the harmful 'one in, one out' UK-France deal .
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/3
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/3
The Gov's anti-immigration policies not only fuel fear and division - they actively undermine economic stability.
The economic pressures exploited to drive anti-immigration sentiment - like stretched public services, low growth & limited opportunities - are set to worsen because of these policies.
The economic pressures exploited to drive anti-immigration sentiment - like stretched public services, low growth & limited opportunities - are set to worsen because of these policies.
"Congratulations, we are cutting migration. But we have persistently high NHS waiting lists, a shortage of social care, collapsing universities, missed housebuilding targets, lower economic growth and higher taxes."
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/fall...
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/fall...
Falling migration could be about to drive your taxes up
Our reliance on migration for economic stability and adequate care for our ageing population is obvious and undeniable
inews.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:51 AM
The Gov's anti-immigration policies not only fuel fear and division - they actively undermine economic stability.
The economic pressures exploited to drive anti-immigration sentiment - like stretched public services, low growth & limited opportunities - are set to worsen because of these policies.
The economic pressures exploited to drive anti-immigration sentiment - like stretched public services, low growth & limited opportunities - are set to worsen because of these policies.