Refugee Action
@refugeeaction.bsky.social
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https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/
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Deterrence is not protection. Deterrence is turning away while people are drowning, while families are fleeing war. We can do better and we are better than this.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Deterrence is not protection. Deterrence is turning away while people are drowning, while families are fleeing war. We can do better and we are better than this.
The real solution is to tackle the root causes. That is tackling climate change, foreign policy failures, cuts to aid, and to create safe routes so everyone seeking safety can do so without risking their lives.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The real solution is to tackle the root causes. That is tackling climate change, foreign policy failures, cuts to aid, and to create safe routes so everyone seeking safety can do so without risking their lives.
After years of anti-refugee laws and rhetoric, these proposals mark another major step away from protection.
It’s time to stop the headline-grabbing policies that only divide us further, and invest in our communities with real change.
It’s time to stop the headline-grabbing policies that only divide us further, and invest in our communities with real change.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
After years of anti-refugee laws and rhetoric, these proposals mark another major step away from protection.
It’s time to stop the headline-grabbing policies that only divide us further, and invest in our communities with real change.
It’s time to stop the headline-grabbing policies that only divide us further, and invest in our communities with real change.
Bsma: “Why should we give to this community if they don’t even treat us as human? Your system is broken — don’t punish us for that.”
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Bsma: “Why should we give to this community if they don’t even treat us as human? Your system is broken — don’t punish us for that.”
How this feels to people living through the system
Campaigners from @rasvoice.bsky.social feel dehumanised and angry.
Cathy: “These messages are not about building Britain… They are about shattering lives, eroding hope, and undermining integration.”
Campaigners from @rasvoice.bsky.social feel dehumanised and angry.
Cathy: “These messages are not about building Britain… They are about shattering lives, eroding hope, and undermining integration.”
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
How this feels to people living through the system
Campaigners from @rasvoice.bsky.social feel dehumanised and angry.
Cathy: “These messages are not about building Britain… They are about shattering lives, eroding hope, and undermining integration.”
Campaigners from @rasvoice.bsky.social feel dehumanised and angry.
Cathy: “These messages are not about building Britain… They are about shattering lives, eroding hope, and undermining integration.”
Restrictions on human rights:
There are plans to strip back people's right to:
- A family life (Article 8)
- Protection from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 3)
There are plans to strip back people's right to:
- A family life (Article 8)
- Protection from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 3)
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Restrictions on human rights:
There are plans to strip back people's right to:
- A family life (Article 8)
- Protection from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 3)
There are plans to strip back people's right to:
- A family life (Article 8)
- Protection from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 3)
A new appeals system
A single-appeal model run by a new body, aimed at speeding up cases the government sees as unlikely to succeed. This risks reducing independent oversight of complex, life-or-death decisions.
A single-appeal model run by a new body, aimed at speeding up cases the government sees as unlikely to succeed. This risks reducing independent oversight of complex, life-or-death decisions.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A new appeals system
A single-appeal model run by a new body, aimed at speeding up cases the government sees as unlikely to succeed. This risks reducing independent oversight of complex, life-or-death decisions.
A single-appeal model run by a new body, aimed at speeding up cases the government sees as unlikely to succeed. This risks reducing independent oversight of complex, life-or-death decisions.
New “safe and legal routes”
Details are vague, but the Home Secretary says these routes will be capped, “modest”, and based on community sponsorship - similar to the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Details are vague, but the Home Secretary says these routes will be capped, “modest”, and based on community sponsorship - similar to the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New “safe and legal routes”
Details are vague, but the Home Secretary says these routes will be capped, “modest”, and based on community sponsorship - similar to the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Details are vague, but the Home Secretary says these routes will be capped, “modest”, and based on community sponsorship - similar to the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
AI in age assessments
The Home Office already uses AI to summarise interviews and case info.
This plan proposes using AI facial scanning in age disputes, raising big questions about accuracy, ethics and fairness, this kind of tech is notoriously unreliable when used on Black and Brown people.
The Home Office already uses AI to summarise interviews and case info.
This plan proposes using AI facial scanning in age disputes, raising big questions about accuracy, ethics and fairness, this kind of tech is notoriously unreliable when used on Black and Brown people.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
AI in age assessments
The Home Office already uses AI to summarise interviews and case info.
This plan proposes using AI facial scanning in age disputes, raising big questions about accuracy, ethics and fairness, this kind of tech is notoriously unreliable when used on Black and Brown people.
The Home Office already uses AI to summarise interviews and case info.
This plan proposes using AI facial scanning in age disputes, raising big questions about accuracy, ethics and fairness, this kind of tech is notoriously unreliable when used on Black and Brown people.
More large sites and military bases
The government plans to expand the use of large-scale sites for asylum accommodation, despite reems of evidence that large sites will cost more, and cause profound and irreparable harm to residents.
The government plans to expand the use of large-scale sites for asylum accommodation, despite reems of evidence that large sites will cost more, and cause profound and irreparable harm to residents.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
More large sites and military bases
The government plans to expand the use of large-scale sites for asylum accommodation, despite reems of evidence that large sites will cost more, and cause profound and irreparable harm to residents.
The government plans to expand the use of large-scale sites for asylum accommodation, despite reems of evidence that large sites will cost more, and cause profound and irreparable harm to residents.
• No support for people allowed to work but currently unemployed
• A “contributions” system where people with small savings or income pay towards their own asylum support
It would create an increasingly complex and bureaucratic system which risks leaving people in poverty.
• A “contributions” system where people with small savings or income pay towards their own asylum support
It would create an increasingly complex and bureaucratic system which risks leaving people in poverty.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
• No support for people allowed to work but currently unemployed
• A “contributions” system where people with small savings or income pay towards their own asylum support
It would create an increasingly complex and bureaucratic system which risks leaving people in poverty.
• A “contributions” system where people with small savings or income pay towards their own asylum support
It would create an increasingly complex and bureaucratic system which risks leaving people in poverty.
Removing the legal duty to support people seeking asylum
The government wants to end the obligation to provide accommodation and financial support to people who would otherwise be destitute.
This could mean:
The government wants to end the obligation to provide accommodation and financial support to people who would otherwise be destitute.
This could mean:
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Removing the legal duty to support people seeking asylum
The government wants to end the obligation to provide accommodation and financial support to people who would otherwise be destitute.
This could mean:
The government wants to end the obligation to provide accommodation and financial support to people who would otherwise be destitute.
This could mean:
A new “Protection Work and Study Visa”
The plans suggest people could “earn” settlement faster by switching to a new visa route if they can work or study “at an appropriate level” and pay a fee.
It creates a 2-tier system where people who are unable to take up work or education would be excluded.
The plans suggest people could “earn” settlement faster by switching to a new visa route if they can work or study “at an appropriate level” and pay a fee.
It creates a 2-tier system where people who are unable to take up work or education would be excluded.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A new “Protection Work and Study Visa”
The plans suggest people could “earn” settlement faster by switching to a new visa route if they can work or study “at an appropriate level” and pay a fee.
It creates a 2-tier system where people who are unable to take up work or education would be excluded.
The plans suggest people could “earn” settlement faster by switching to a new visa route if they can work or study “at an appropriate level” and pay a fee.
It creates a 2-tier system where people who are unable to take up work or education would be excluded.
A 20-year road to settlement
Right now, refugees can apply for indefinite leave after 5 years.
Under these proposals, they would need to wait 20. That's two decades of instability, repeated assessments, and continued fear of being forced back to danger. This insecurity causes poor mental health.
Right now, refugees can apply for indefinite leave after 5 years.
Under these proposals, they would need to wait 20. That's two decades of instability, repeated assessments, and continued fear of being forced back to danger. This insecurity causes poor mental health.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A 20-year road to settlement
Right now, refugees can apply for indefinite leave after 5 years.
Under these proposals, they would need to wait 20. That's two decades of instability, repeated assessments, and continued fear of being forced back to danger. This insecurity causes poor mental health.
Right now, refugees can apply for indefinite leave after 5 years.
Under these proposals, they would need to wait 20. That's two decades of instability, repeated assessments, and continued fear of being forced back to danger. This insecurity causes poor mental health.
Introducing “Core Protection”
People granted asylum would get only 2.5 years of leave to remain, not the current 5 years.
Each period would then be reassessed based on if it’s “safe” for them to return. This will leave people in a constant state of possible deportation and create instability.
People granted asylum would get only 2.5 years of leave to remain, not the current 5 years.
Each period would then be reassessed based on if it’s “safe” for them to return. This will leave people in a constant state of possible deportation and create instability.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Introducing “Core Protection”
People granted asylum would get only 2.5 years of leave to remain, not the current 5 years.
Each period would then be reassessed based on if it’s “safe” for them to return. This will leave people in a constant state of possible deportation and create instability.
People granted asylum would get only 2.5 years of leave to remain, not the current 5 years.
Each period would then be reassessed based on if it’s “safe” for them to return. This will leave people in a constant state of possible deportation and create instability.
The headline plan?
An end to permanent resettlement for refugees in the UK.
The government wants to replace our current model with something similar to Denmark’s: temporary, more limited protection instead of a clear route to permanent safety.
An end to permanent resettlement for refugees in the UK.
The government wants to replace our current model with something similar to Denmark’s: temporary, more limited protection instead of a clear route to permanent safety.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The headline plan?
An end to permanent resettlement for refugees in the UK.
The government wants to replace our current model with something similar to Denmark’s: temporary, more limited protection instead of a clear route to permanent safety.
An end to permanent resettlement for refugees in the UK.
The government wants to replace our current model with something similar to Denmark’s: temporary, more limited protection instead of a clear route to permanent safety.
We invite you to share your thoughts with us in the comments below and make a space of welcome, listening and community. Something the government is failing to create.
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We invite you to share your thoughts with us in the comments below and make a space of welcome, listening and community. Something the government is failing to create.
Alongside hundreds of thousands of supporters, we stand with you. We're stronger together. And we won't allow more politicians to divide us over problems they made.
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Alongside hundreds of thousands of supporters, we stand with you. We're stronger together. And we won't allow more politicians to divide us over problems they made.