Nick Beales
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Head of Campaigning at RAMFEL
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Yesterday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a new set of hostile policy changes that will undermine the security and wellbeing of people seeking safety in the UK.
🔗 We have published a blog explainer about the changes, what this means in practice, their impact, and what we think:
🔗 We have published a blog explainer about the changes, what this means in practice, their impact, and what we think:
Changes to the UK asylum system: What we know so far - GMIAU
The Home Secretary announced changes to the UK asylum system in a paper called "Restoring Order and Control".
gmiau.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yesterday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a new set of hostile policy changes that will undermine the security and wellbeing of people seeking safety in the UK.
🔗 We have published a blog explainer about the changes, what this means in practice, their impact, and what we think:
🔗 We have published a blog explainer about the changes, what this means in practice, their impact, and what we think:
Reform’s new plans: remove EU citizens who’ve long made the UK their home from the welfare safety net.
Labour’s response: that’ll upset EU leaders.
Absolutely piss poor. You should condemn this because it’s disgusting not because it might be difficult to implement.
Labour’s response: that’ll upset EU leaders.
Absolutely piss poor. You should condemn this because it’s disgusting not because it might be difficult to implement.
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Reform’s new plans: remove EU citizens who’ve long made the UK their home from the welfare safety net.
Labour’s response: that’ll upset EU leaders.
Absolutely piss poor. You should condemn this because it’s disgusting not because it might be difficult to implement.
Labour’s response: that’ll upset EU leaders.
Absolutely piss poor. You should condemn this because it’s disgusting not because it might be difficult to implement.
If you don’t want Farage to say you sound like a Reform supporter, stop sounding like a Reform supporter.
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Don't oppose my asylum plans, Mahmood warns Labour MPs - as she tells Farage to 'sod off' — Sky News
Shabana Mahmood has announced sweeping changes to the UK's asylum system, including rowing back on guarantees of financial support. The tough proposals have been welcomed by the Tories and Reform, and...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you don’t want Farage to say you sound like a Reform supporter, stop sounding like a Reform supporter.
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Enough is enough. As Mahmood said, there’s no way she’d join Reform.
It’s far more likely that the likes of Kruger, Farage, Lowe and Braverman join Labour upon an invite and welcome basket from her and Starmer.
It’s far more likely that the likes of Kruger, Farage, Lowe and Braverman join Labour upon an invite and welcome basket from her and Starmer.
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Enough is enough. As Mahmood said, there’s no way she’d join Reform.
It’s far more likely that the likes of Kruger, Farage, Lowe and Braverman join Labour upon an invite and welcome basket from her and Starmer.
It’s far more likely that the likes of Kruger, Farage, Lowe and Braverman join Labour upon an invite and welcome basket from her and Starmer.
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"However cruel & unpleasant you make the UK appear, it will still be safer than indefinite military conscription, war or persecution based on your religion, race, gender or sexuality."
Labour's asylum plans are cruel & counter-productive. Read our response.
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www.ramfel.org.uk/news-and-blo...
"However cruel & unpleasant you make the UK appear, it will still be safer than indefinite military conscription, war or persecution based on your religion, race, gender or sexuality."
Labour's asylum plans are cruel & counter-productive. Read our response.
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www.ramfel.org.uk/news-and-blo...
shabana mahmood's attack on refugees is cruel and self-defeating
Another week, another raft of cruel and counter-productive immigration policies. This time, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is announcing what she claims are the most radical changes to the asylum...
www.ramfel.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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"However cruel & unpleasant you make the UK appear, it will still be safer than indefinite military conscription, war or persecution based on your religion, race, gender or sexuality."
Labour's asylum plans are cruel & counter-productive. Read our response.
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www.ramfel.org.uk/news-and-blo...
"However cruel & unpleasant you make the UK appear, it will still be safer than indefinite military conscription, war or persecution based on your religion, race, gender or sexuality."
Labour's asylum plans are cruel & counter-productive. Read our response.
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www.ramfel.org.uk/news-and-blo...
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The below is from the government's new asylum policy statement.
The language they use to demonise and dehumanise refugees is disgusting. Any MP supporting this needs to think long and hard about the sort of country they want the UK to be.
Say it loud, say it proud, refugees are welcome here.
The below is from the government's new asylum policy statement.
The language they use to demonise and dehumanise refugees is disgusting. Any MP supporting this needs to think long and hard about the sort of country they want the UK to be.
Say it loud, say it proud, refugees are welcome here.
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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The below is from the government's new asylum policy statement.
The language they use to demonise and dehumanise refugees is disgusting. Any MP supporting this needs to think long and hard about the sort of country they want the UK to be.
Say it loud, say it proud, refugees are welcome here.
The below is from the government's new asylum policy statement.
The language they use to demonise and dehumanise refugees is disgusting. Any MP supporting this needs to think long and hard about the sort of country they want the UK to be.
Say it loud, say it proud, refugees are welcome here.
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Labour new's asylum measures are:
“desperately cruel, counter-productive, harm attempts at social cohesion & do nothing to reduce numbers – with people having to constantly renew status, they'll also kneecap the Home Office”
RAMFEL's Nick Beales in the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour new's asylum measures are:
“desperately cruel, counter-productive, harm attempts at social cohesion & do nothing to reduce numbers – with people having to constantly renew status, they'll also kneecap the Home Office”
RAMFEL's Nick Beales in the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Labour new's asylum measures are:
“desperately cruel, counter-productive, harm attempts at social cohesion & do nothing to reduce numbers – with people having to constantly renew status, they'll also kneecap the Home Office”
RAMFEL's Nick Beales in the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour new's asylum measures are:
“desperately cruel, counter-productive, harm attempts at social cohesion & do nothing to reduce numbers – with people having to constantly renew status, they'll also kneecap the Home Office”
RAMFEL's Nick Beales in the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
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I hope every Labour MP considering whether to support Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans remembers Nigel Farage's assessment that the “Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter.”
If they support them they will too.
If they support them they will too.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I hope every Labour MP considering whether to support Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans remembers Nigel Farage's assessment that the “Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter.”
If they support them they will too.
If they support them they will too.
Yes, ‘dark forces are stirring up anger over immigration’ and you are your government have pandered to them completely and refused to remotely challenge their narrative.
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Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration
There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rights
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Yes, ‘dark forces are stirring up anger over immigration’ and you are your government have pandered to them completely and refused to remotely challenge their narrative.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
In 2022, Priti Patel introduced longer settlement routes for refugees.
In 2023, the Tories scrapped this.
Not because it was cruel (it is), but they recognised how pointless & counter-productive it was.
For Labour to revisit this means they are either grossly incompetent or the cruelty is the point
In 2023, the Tories scrapped this.
Not because it was cruel (it is), but they recognised how pointless & counter-productive it was.
For Labour to revisit this means they are either grossly incompetent or the cruelty is the point
November 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
In 2022, Priti Patel introduced longer settlement routes for refugees.
In 2023, the Tories scrapped this.
Not because it was cruel (it is), but they recognised how pointless & counter-productive it was.
For Labour to revisit this means they are either grossly incompetent or the cruelty is the point
In 2023, the Tories scrapped this.
Not because it was cruel (it is), but they recognised how pointless & counter-productive it was.
For Labour to revisit this means they are either grossly incompetent or the cruelty is the point
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When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
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Pretty sure it’s racism which is tearing Britain apart
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Pretty sure it’s racism which is tearing Britain apart
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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Is there a Home Secretary who, since 2005, *hasn’t* “introduced” safe return reviews for refugees? Other than Grant Shapps, who only had a few hours. Re-announcing an old, existing and totally pointless policy is very, very tired.
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Is there a Home Secretary who, since 2005, *hasn’t* “introduced” safe return reviews for refugees? Other than Grant Shapps, who only had a few hours. Re-announcing an old, existing and totally pointless policy is very, very tired.
It’s difficult to describe how stupid & bound to fail on its terms this would be.
There have been crueller policies but I can’t think of any that would so obviously fail practically & politically.
This won’t reduce numbers but will make everyone’s lives worse.
They must know that & just don’t care.
There have been crueller policies but I can’t think of any that would so obviously fail practically & politically.
This won’t reduce numbers but will make everyone’s lives worse.
They must know that & just don’t care.
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s difficult to describe how stupid & bound to fail on its terms this would be.
There have been crueller policies but I can’t think of any that would so obviously fail practically & politically.
This won’t reduce numbers but will make everyone’s lives worse.
They must know that & just don’t care.
There have been crueller policies but I can’t think of any that would so obviously fail practically & politically.
This won’t reduce numbers but will make everyone’s lives worse.
They must know that & just don’t care.
✅ cruel and inhumane
✅ won’t reduce unsafe journeys
✅ will make life more difficult for the Home Office
✅ is exactly the type of thing the Tories would have done
✅ alienates left wing voters
✅ doesn’t win back Refor voters
✅✅✅ Sign Labour up
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✅ won’t reduce unsafe journeys
✅ will make life more difficult for the Home Office
✅ is exactly the type of thing the Tories would have done
✅ alienates left wing voters
✅ doesn’t win back Refor voters
✅✅✅ Sign Labour up
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
✅ cruel and inhumane
✅ won’t reduce unsafe journeys
✅ will make life more difficult for the Home Office
✅ is exactly the type of thing the Tories would have done
✅ alienates left wing voters
✅ doesn’t win back Refor voters
✅✅✅ Sign Labour up
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
✅ won’t reduce unsafe journeys
✅ will make life more difficult for the Home Office
✅ is exactly the type of thing the Tories would have done
✅ alienates left wing voters
✅ doesn’t win back Refor voters
✅✅✅ Sign Labour up
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The more I look at this, the more disgusting it is.
I get, politically, why Labour think boasting about deportations will appeal to people.
You don’t have to act like it gives you a hard on though.
I get, politically, why Labour think boasting about deportations will appeal to people.
You don’t have to act like it gives you a hard on though.
Halloween has been and gone, you should save the shit Donald Trump impressions for next year
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The more I look at this, the more disgusting it is.
I get, politically, why Labour think boasting about deportations will appeal to people.
You don’t have to act like it gives you a hard on though.
I get, politically, why Labour think boasting about deportations will appeal to people.
You don’t have to act like it gives you a hard on though.
Halloween has been and gone, you should save the shit Donald Trump impressions for next year
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Halloween has been and gone, you should save the shit Donald Trump impressions for next year
If Labour is boasting about making the UK as hostile as possible for refugees then they’re basically saying they agree with Farage.
That mainstreams his views, mainstreams his party’s open racism & will push voters towards him, not bring them back towards Labour.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
That mainstreams his views, mainstreams his party’s open racism & will push voters towards him, not bring them back towards Labour.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Mahmood to unveil anti-migration measures modelled on Danish system
Home secretary to set out sweeping plans to deter people from coming to the UK and make deportations easier
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If Labour is boasting about making the UK as hostile as possible for refugees then they’re basically saying they agree with Farage.
That mainstreams his views, mainstreams his party’s open racism & will push voters towards him, not bring them back towards Labour.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
That mainstreams his views, mainstreams his party’s open racism & will push voters towards him, not bring them back towards Labour.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Leigh Day solicitor John Crowley says the conditions of accommodation highlighted in a new RAMFEL 🧡 report looking at the government’s use of hotels to house asylum seekers are "deeply concerning."
https://leighdaylaw.info/4ijGlrP
https://leighdaylaw.info/4ijGlrP
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Leigh Day solicitor John Crowley says the conditions of accommodation highlighted in a new RAMFEL 🧡 report looking at the government’s use of hotels to house asylum seekers are "deeply concerning."
https://leighdaylaw.info/4ijGlrP
https://leighdaylaw.info/4ijGlrP
Exactly this.
But whilst horrible, it also won’t work this time.
‘Anything but the Tories’ worked because people were fed up & wanted change. The same message doesn’t work when you’re in charge, cashing the cheques & people still want change.
They’ll be rightly battered from the left & the right.
But whilst horrible, it also won’t work this time.
‘Anything but the Tories’ worked because people were fed up & wanted change. The same message doesn’t work when you’re in charge, cashing the cheques & people still want change.
They’ll be rightly battered from the left & the right.
It is rapidly getting to the point where it doesn't make a difference. Labour are already saying that marginalised groups have the choice between the hangman and the firing squad, the outcome remains the same. Those defending them show they don't care about human rights, only their own.
This is political blackmail dressed up as pragmatism. Justifying their nasty policies with “Reform will be worse”.
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Exactly this.
But whilst horrible, it also won’t work this time.
‘Anything but the Tories’ worked because people were fed up & wanted change. The same message doesn’t work when you’re in charge, cashing the cheques & people still want change.
They’ll be rightly battered from the left & the right.
But whilst horrible, it also won’t work this time.
‘Anything but the Tories’ worked because people were fed up & wanted change. The same message doesn’t work when you’re in charge, cashing the cheques & people still want change.
They’ll be rightly battered from the left & the right.
U-turning on plans to raise income taxes looks messy & chaotic. Money raised by tinkering clearly wont make a difference.
If this govt isn’t going to make bold calls, tax the wealthy & improve services, their arse will be handed to them when the country next votes
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If this govt isn’t going to make bold calls, tax the wealthy & improve services, their arse will be handed to them when the country next votes
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to abandon plans to raise income tax rates in budget
Labour had laid the ground to break a manifesto pledge on taxes for working people but has now made a U-turn
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
U-turning on plans to raise income taxes looks messy & chaotic. Money raised by tinkering clearly wont make a difference.
If this govt isn’t going to make bold calls, tax the wealthy & improve services, their arse will be handed to them when the country next votes
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If this govt isn’t going to make bold calls, tax the wealthy & improve services, their arse will be handed to them when the country next votes
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The Saudi regime has executed 322 people this year. Some were child defendants, most were alleged drug offenders, more than half were foreign nationals.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s rule
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Saudi regime has executed 322 people this year. Some were child defendants, most were alleged drug offenders, more than half were foreign nationals.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
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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...