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Research Fellow - Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) | Working on Migration and Race.
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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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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-...
The govt's child poverty strategy must support all children, regardless of immigration status:
✅ Remove NRPF for families after 5 years of residence
✅ Statutory guidance for councils to support families in crisis
✅ Extend childcare to working parents with NRPF
The @IPPR report🔗 tinyurl.com/yrbjptmb
✅ Remove NRPF for families after 5 years of residence
✅ Statutory guidance for councils to support families in crisis
✅ Extend childcare to working parents with NRPF
The @IPPR report🔗 tinyurl.com/yrbjptmb
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 8:14 AM
The govt's child poverty strategy must support all children, regardless of immigration status:
✅ Remove NRPF for families after 5 years of residence
✅ Statutory guidance for councils to support families in crisis
✅ Extend childcare to working parents with NRPF
The @IPPR report🔗 tinyurl.com/yrbjptmb
✅ Remove NRPF for families after 5 years of residence
✅ Statutory guidance for councils to support families in crisis
✅ Extend childcare to working parents with NRPF
The @IPPR report🔗 tinyurl.com/yrbjptmb
📢Parents shared the reality of raising children under these conditions:
"I can’t buy clothes for my children, shoes, or even snacks" – Hafsa, a skilled worker visa holder
"I've dealt with immigration for 24 years and have yet to rest or feel at ease" – Sharon, a mother married to a British citizen
"I can’t buy clothes for my children, shoes, or even snacks" – Hafsa, a skilled worker visa holder
"I've dealt with immigration for 24 years and have yet to rest or feel at ease" – Sharon, a mother married to a British citizen
March 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📢Parents shared the reality of raising children under these conditions:
"I can’t buy clothes for my children, shoes, or even snacks" – Hafsa, a skilled worker visa holder
"I've dealt with immigration for 24 years and have yet to rest or feel at ease" – Sharon, a mother married to a British citizen
"I can’t buy clothes for my children, shoes, or even snacks" – Hafsa, a skilled worker visa holder
"I've dealt with immigration for 24 years and have yet to rest or feel at ease" – Sharon, a mother married to a British citizen
Families face legal, institutional & social barriers:
⚠️ NRPF restrictions lock families out of essential support like Child Benefit
⚠️ Extortionate visa fees force parents to pay thousands to stay in the UK
⚠️ Discrimination & language barriers limit work opportunities & make accessing support harder
⚠️ NRPF restrictions lock families out of essential support like Child Benefit
⚠️ Extortionate visa fees force parents to pay thousands to stay in the UK
⚠️ Discrimination & language barriers limit work opportunities & make accessing support harder
March 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Families face legal, institutional & social barriers:
⚠️ NRPF restrictions lock families out of essential support like Child Benefit
⚠️ Extortionate visa fees force parents to pay thousands to stay in the UK
⚠️ Discrimination & language barriers limit work opportunities & make accessing support harder
⚠️ NRPF restrictions lock families out of essential support like Child Benefit
⚠️ Extortionate visa fees force parents to pay thousands to stay in the UK
⚠️ Discrimination & language barriers limit work opportunities & make accessing support harder
Over a third of children in poverty in the UK are from migrant families:
📍 1.5 million children in poverty have parents born outside the UK
📍 1 in 5 of these children live in very deep poverty
📍 Many go without proper food, school trips, hobbies, or even a bedroom of their own
📍 1.5 million children in poverty have parents born outside the UK
📍 1 in 5 of these children live in very deep poverty
📍 Many go without proper food, school trips, hobbies, or even a bedroom of their own
March 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Over a third of children in poverty in the UK are from migrant families:
📍 1.5 million children in poverty have parents born outside the UK
📍 1 in 5 of these children live in very deep poverty
📍 Many go without proper food, school trips, hobbies, or even a bedroom of their own
📍 1.5 million children in poverty have parents born outside the UK
📍 1 in 5 of these children live in very deep poverty
📍 Many go without proper food, school trips, hobbies, or even a bedroom of their own
Wholesale asylum reform is critical.
This can be done by reintroducing an improved streamlined asylum process to clear the backlog. The govt should also consider a locally and regionally led approach to accommodation to reduce hotel use and improve living conditions for people seeking asylum.
This can be done by reintroducing an improved streamlined asylum process to clear the backlog. The govt should also consider a locally and regionally led approach to accommodation to reduce hotel use and improve living conditions for people seeking asylum.
November 28, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Wholesale asylum reform is critical.
This can be done by reintroducing an improved streamlined asylum process to clear the backlog. The govt should also consider a locally and regionally led approach to accommodation to reduce hotel use and improve living conditions for people seeking asylum.
This can be done by reintroducing an improved streamlined asylum process to clear the backlog. The govt should also consider a locally and regionally led approach to accommodation to reduce hotel use and improve living conditions for people seeking asylum.
The government also has inherited an asylum system in disarray, and the first vital step is to fix the block on claims processing caused by the Illegal Migration Act.
November 28, 2024 at 10:54 AM
The government also has inherited an asylum system in disarray, and the first vital step is to fix the block on claims processing caused by the Illegal Migration Act.