RAMFEL 🧡
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What do we do?
📍 Immigration advice & representation
⚖️ Take government to court
🎤 Centre lived experience in our advocacy
Find all our other content here: https://linktr.ee/ramfeluk
What do we do?
📍 Immigration advice & representation
⚖️ Take government to court
🎤 Centre lived experience in our advocacy
We spoke to 68 migrant parents raising 134 children about the Government’s proposed “earned settlement” model.
👇They told us the plans would push families into government-imposed poverty and make it harder to keep their children safe, housed and secure.
👇They told us the plans would push families into government-imposed poverty and make it harder to keep their children safe, housed and secure.
February 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM
We spoke to 68 migrant parents raising 134 children about the Government’s proposed “earned settlement” model.
👇They told us the plans would push families into government-imposed poverty and make it harder to keep their children safe, housed and secure.
👇They told us the plans would push families into government-imposed poverty and make it harder to keep their children safe, housed and secure.
NEW RESEARCH: UK gov’s plans to punish migrants who receive public funds will force parents to choose: accept basic support so their children can eat and stay warm, OR give up support to avoid being punished with an extra 10yrs stuck in temporary immigration status. www.ramfel.org.uk/earned-settl...
Earned Settlement Report
In November 2025, the Government announced plans to introduce a new “earned settlement” model, linking eligibility for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) to National Insurance contributions and...
www.ramfel.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
NEW RESEARCH: UK gov’s plans to punish migrants who receive public funds will force parents to choose: accept basic support so their children can eat and stay warm, OR give up support to avoid being punished with an extra 10yrs stuck in temporary immigration status. www.ramfel.org.uk/earned-settl...
1/ We're pleased the Prime Minister has called out Jim Ratcliffe's disgusting, racist & dehumanising language.
However, these words ring somewhat hollow when his government is imposing cruel, self-defeating immigration rules that damage social cohesion.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
However, these words ring somewhat hollow when his government is imposing cruel, self-defeating immigration rules that damage social cohesion.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants
PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:39 AM
1/ We're pleased the Prime Minister has called out Jim Ratcliffe's disgusting, racist & dehumanising language.
However, these words ring somewhat hollow when his government is imposing cruel, self-defeating immigration rules that damage social cohesion.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
However, these words ring somewhat hollow when his government is imposing cruel, self-defeating immigration rules that damage social cohesion.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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"At a stroke, a Labour government will torpedo 75 years of successful integration policy."
Bang on @colinyeo.bsky.social
freemovement.org.uk/labours-earn...
"At a stroke, a Labour government will torpedo 75 years of successful integration policy."
Bang on @colinyeo.bsky.social
freemovement.org.uk/labours-earn...
Labour's earned settlement proposals: destroying a British success story - Free Movement
The earned settlement proposals confuse immigration policy with citizenship policy. They will harm not help integration.
freemovement.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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"At a stroke, a Labour government will torpedo 75 years of successful integration policy."
Bang on @colinyeo.bsky.social
freemovement.org.uk/labours-earn...
"At a stroke, a Labour government will torpedo 75 years of successful integration policy."
Bang on @colinyeo.bsky.social
freemovement.org.uk/labours-earn...
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⚠️Our survey reveals 3 in 5 fear family separation under new settlement plans.
@minnierahman.bsky.social: "We all know migrants bring vital skills and experience. The government needs to stop penalising migrant communities and start reflecting that reality.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
@minnierahman.bsky.social: "We all know migrants bring vital skills and experience. The government needs to stop penalising migrant communities and start reflecting that reality.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
Exclusive: Most people in charity’s study say they worry about being separated from relatives under Mahmood plans
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:29 AM
⚠️Our survey reveals 3 in 5 fear family separation under new settlement plans.
@minnierahman.bsky.social: "We all know migrants bring vital skills and experience. The government needs to stop penalising migrant communities and start reflecting that reality.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
@minnierahman.bsky.social: "We all know migrants bring vital skills and experience. The government needs to stop penalising migrant communities and start reflecting that reality.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Over 300,000 children already living in the UK could face 5–10 extra years before they can settle permanently.
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Over 300,000 children already living in the UK could face 5–10 extra years before they can settle permanently.
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
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Refugee homelessness has risen 400% in just four years.
Instead of fixing the crisis, the government is cutting support for people seeking asylum and refugees, leaving more people on the streets.
Safe housing is a human right & the Home Office is failing to protect it.
Instead of fixing the crisis, the government is cutting support for people seeking asylum and refugees, leaving more people on the streets.
Safe housing is a human right & the Home Office is failing to protect it.
Number of homeless refugees in England soars, BBC has found
Analysis of government data shows numbers increased from 3,560 in 2021/22 to 19,310 in 2024/25.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Refugee homelessness has risen 400% in just four years.
Instead of fixing the crisis, the government is cutting support for people seeking asylum and refugees, leaving more people on the streets.
Safe housing is a human right & the Home Office is failing to protect it.
Instead of fixing the crisis, the government is cutting support for people seeking asylum and refugees, leaving more people on the streets.
Safe housing is a human right & the Home Office is failing to protect it.
Allowing refugee children to reunite with family members settled in the UK is morally the right thing to do and also removes the need for them to take dangerous journeys in search of safety.
Lord Dubs gets this. The government must listen to him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lord Dubs gets this. The government must listen to him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees
Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Allowing refugee children to reunite with family members settled in the UK is morally the right thing to do and also removes the need for them to take dangerous journeys in search of safety.
Lord Dubs gets this. The government must listen to him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lord Dubs gets this. The government must listen to him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Vital research by @ippr.org on how the government's plans to increase settlement routes will harm hundreds of thousands of children's future prospects.
It doesn't have to to be this way.
The government should cap settlement routes, not expand them.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Vital research by @ippr.org on how the government's plans to increase settlement routes will harm hundreds of thousands of children's future prospects.
It doesn't have to to be this way.
The government should cap settlement routes, not expand them.
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 1:09 PM
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Vital research by @ippr.org on how the government's plans to increase settlement routes will harm hundreds of thousands of children's future prospects.
It doesn't have to to be this way.
The government should cap settlement routes, not expand them.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Vital research by @ippr.org on how the government's plans to increase settlement routes will harm hundreds of thousands of children's future prospects.
It doesn't have to to be this way.
The government should cap settlement routes, not expand them.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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⚠️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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"The proposals would extend insecurity for families, with damaging consequences for integration, educational opportunities and child poverty." @ippr.org
Pushing more people onto this punishing route will only entrench the hardship people in our community already face. This is not the answer.
Pushing more people onto this punishing route will only entrench the hardship people in our community already face. This is not the answer.
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 10:28 AM
"The proposals would extend insecurity for families, with damaging consequences for integration, educational opportunities and child poverty." @ippr.org
Pushing more people onto this punishing route will only entrench the hardship people in our community already face. This is not the answer.
Pushing more people onto this punishing route will only entrench the hardship people in our community already face. This is not the answer.
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It's not that hard. We don't have to let workers or students come here in the first place - as long as we are willing to bear the economic, tax and other costs of not doing so. But if we do let them in, we should treat them decently. And their children!
Child poverty is the fault of the parents, says the Labour Home Secretary. Or the fault of the children for existing. I'm not sure but it seems to be one of the two.
"Are you worried that there will be an impact on child poverty?"
Home Secretary "This is a system of economic migration ... they chose to bring their families with them" is the underlying principle.
Home Secretary "This is a system of economic migration ... they chose to bring their families with them" is the underlying principle.
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM
It's not that hard. We don't have to let workers or students come here in the first place - as long as we are willing to bear the economic, tax and other costs of not doing so. But if we do let them in, we should treat them decently. And their children!
The Cranston inquiry made 1 thing painfully clear: the deaths of 30 people, inc women&children, were avoidable. If the gov created safe routes, desperate people wouldn’t have to risk their lives on perilous journeys whilst human traffickers profit off their misery www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...
‘No foot-dragging’, warns chair of inquiry into 27 Channel deaths
Inquiry set up after report found rescue attempts beset by confusion and poor communication between UK and France
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
The Cranston inquiry made 1 thing painfully clear: the deaths of 30 people, inc women&children, were avoidable. If the gov created safe routes, desperate people wouldn’t have to risk their lives on perilous journeys whilst human traffickers profit off their misery www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...
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It's so important to remember that it's people who suffer through oppressive and cruel immigration and asylum policies. Not numbers, people.
Thanks for this crucial piece @diane-writer10.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
It's so important to remember that it's people who suffer through oppressive and cruel immigration and asylum policies. Not numbers, people.
Thanks for this crucial piece @diane-writer10.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘They were humans’: inquiry into mass Channel drowning hears from families
Relatives of at least 27 people who died in November 2021 describe their loved ones and their grief to Cranston inquiry
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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It's so important to remember that it's people who suffer through oppressive and cruel immigration and asylum policies. Not numbers, people.
Thanks for this crucial piece @diane-writer10.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
It's so important to remember that it's people who suffer through oppressive and cruel immigration and asylum policies. Not numbers, people.
Thanks for this crucial piece @diane-writer10.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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If you want practical support for answering the consultation, we together with a host of other orgs ( @migrantvoice.bsky.social, @ramfel.bsky.social, @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social) prepared a guide to help you prepare your responses👉 reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/wp-content/u...
reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
If you want practical support for answering the consultation, we together with a host of other orgs ( @migrantvoice.bsky.social, @ramfel.bsky.social, @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social) prepared a guide to help you prepare your responses👉 reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/wp-content/u...
We submitted 2 family reunion applications the day before the scheme was suspended. Today, they were both granted!!! A Kenyan mother & trafficking survivor, suffering with PTSD, will now be reunited with her children in the UK❤️ If we'd waited just 2 days, her family may have been separated forever.
January 30, 2026 at 2:46 PM
We submitted 2 family reunion applications the day before the scheme was suspended. Today, they were both granted!!! A Kenyan mother & trafficking survivor, suffering with PTSD, will now be reunited with her children in the UK❤️ If we'd waited just 2 days, her family may have been separated forever.
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This story lays bare the forces shaping how people who need a home are housed:
- Vulgar profitmaking
- Divided communities
- Refugees scapegoated
If we are to heal our communities, this must end.
- Vulgar profitmaking
- Divided communities
- Refugees scapegoated
If we are to heal our communities, this must end.
January 30, 2026 at 8:20 AM
This story lays bare the forces shaping how people who need a home are housed:
- Vulgar profitmaking
- Divided communities
- Refugees scapegoated
If we are to heal our communities, this must end.
- Vulgar profitmaking
- Divided communities
- Refugees scapegoated
If we are to heal our communities, this must end.
The government is rushing to deport people to Syria irrespective of whether it is safe to do so. The risks to those deported are potentially fatal & the harm caused irreversible.
It doesn't have to be this way & the UK must continue offering sanctuary to those who need it
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
It doesn't have to be this way & the UK must continue offering sanctuary to those who need it
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Home Office set to deport asylum seekers to Syria despite safety fears
Returns could be both voluntary and enforced under Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms
inews.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The government is rushing to deport people to Syria irrespective of whether it is safe to do so. The risks to those deported are potentially fatal & the harm caused irreversible.
It doesn't have to be this way & the UK must continue offering sanctuary to those who need it
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
It doesn't have to be this way & the UK must continue offering sanctuary to those who need it
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Our client's been given indefinite leave to remain.
Since 2012, she's had short parent visas & securing her ILR now was more vital than ever as, due to mental health issues, she gets some state support.
In April, the govt would have added another 10 yrs to her settlement route because of this.
Our client's been given indefinite leave to remain.
Since 2012, she's had short parent visas & securing her ILR now was more vital than ever as, due to mental health issues, she gets some state support.
In April, the govt would have added another 10 yrs to her settlement route because of this.
January 29, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Our client's been given indefinite leave to remain.
Since 2012, she's had short parent visas & securing her ILR now was more vital than ever as, due to mental health issues, she gets some state support.
In April, the govt would have added another 10 yrs to her settlement route because of this.
Our client's been given indefinite leave to remain.
Since 2012, she's had short parent visas & securing her ILR now was more vital than ever as, due to mental health issues, she gets some state support.
In April, the govt would have added another 10 yrs to her settlement route because of this.
George is a victim of the hostile environment, like many others who've lived here for decades & know the UK as home.
Several organisations worked together to resolve George's problems. Without such support, he'd have suffered even more harm.
Please contact us if you encounter people in his position.
Several organisations worked together to resolve George's problems. Without such support, he'd have suffered even more harm.
Please contact us if you encounter people in his position.
“Seven years after the government apologised for the errors that led to thousands of people being wrongly categorised as illegal immigrants, individual Windrush cases continue to emerge...” 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 3:37 PM
George is a victim of the hostile environment, like many others who've lived here for decades & know the UK as home.
Several organisations worked together to resolve George's problems. Without such support, he'd have suffered even more harm.
Please contact us if you encounter people in his position.
Several organisations worked together to resolve George's problems. Without such support, he'd have suffered even more harm.
Please contact us if you encounter people in his position.
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🧵I wish I could say George’s story is unique - the Windrush scandal continues to damage the lives of many and shows what happens when you let hostility drive immigration reform rather than common sense.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026....
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‘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 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
🧵I wish I could say George’s story is unique - the Windrush scandal continues to damage the lives of many and shows what happens when you let hostility drive immigration reform rather than common sense.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026....
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026....
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A big thank you, Stella, for going to bat for George.
🧵I wish I could say George’s story is unique - the Windrush scandal continues to damage the lives of many and shows what happens when you let hostility drive immigration reform rather than common sense.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026....
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026....
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‘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 2:46 PM
A big thank you, Stella, for going to bat for George.
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1/ A friend of our 71yr old former client just contacted us. Our client's lived here for decades & had a visa on the 10yr route to settlement.
Elderly & digitally excluded, she didn't know how to renew her visa & missed the deadline. All support will soon be suspended & she'll face destitution.
1/ A friend of our 71yr old former client just contacted us. Our client's lived here for decades & had a visa on the 10yr route to settlement.
Elderly & digitally excluded, she didn't know how to renew her visa & missed the deadline. All support will soon be suspended & she'll face destitution.
January 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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1/ A friend of our 71yr old former client just contacted us. Our client's lived here for decades & had a visa on the 10yr route to settlement.
Elderly & digitally excluded, she didn't know how to renew her visa & missed the deadline. All support will soon be suspended & she'll face destitution.
1/ A friend of our 71yr old former client just contacted us. Our client's lived here for decades & had a visa on the 10yr route to settlement.
Elderly & digitally excluded, she didn't know how to renew her visa & missed the deadline. All support will soon be suspended & she'll face destitution.
"I didn't come to the UK on a small boat because I was reckless or careless with my life. I came because every legal door was closed & the danger I faced at home left me no real choice."
Maybe if the Home Sec asked refugees why they travel, she'd understand this.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Maybe if the Home Sec asked refugees why they travel, she'd understand this.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I risked my life to cross the Channel because I believed in British justice. But Britain is abandoning me | Anonymous
The government has been trying to send me back to France under the “one in, one out” policy. The threats to my life there don’t seem to matter
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:16 AM
"I didn't come to the UK on a small boat because I was reckless or careless with my life. I came because every legal door was closed & the danger I faced at home left me no real choice."
Maybe if the Home Sec asked refugees why they travel, she'd understand this.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Maybe if the Home Sec asked refugees why they travel, she'd understand this.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We work with thousands of asylum seekers every year.
None have ever said they chose to seek safety in the UK because of hotel accommodation.
If the Home Sec thinks this motivates people, she needs to actually consult with asylum seekers and expert organisations.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
None have ever said they chose to seek safety in the UK because of hotel accommodation.
If the Home Sec thinks this motivates people, she needs to actually consult with asylum seekers and expert organisations.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Protests expected as first asylum seekers arrive at East Sussex camp
Minister says use of former army barracks at Crowborough is part of plan to move people out of hotels
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:13 PM
We work with thousands of asylum seekers every year.
None have ever said they chose to seek safety in the UK because of hotel accommodation.
If the Home Sec thinks this motivates people, she needs to actually consult with asylum seekers and expert organisations.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
None have ever said they chose to seek safety in the UK because of hotel accommodation.
If the Home Sec thinks this motivates people, she needs to actually consult with asylum seekers and expert organisations.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...