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What do we do?
📍 Immigration advice & representation
⚖️ Take government to court
🎤 Centre lived experience in our advocacy
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After 2 decades in the UK, our client has finally been given his visa.
He's now eligible for indefinite leave in 10 years.
Yet, the govt wants to change these rules & make him wait another 30 years.
So they think he should qualify for indefinite leave after living here for half a century.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"Nestor is a top chef who's worked at Michelin-star restaurants in Edinburgh & London."
What a guy.
We don't know Nestor's salary, but there's a good chance this govt thinks he's not rich enough to have "earned" the right to stay here permanently.
www.standard.co.uk/news/nestor-...
‘I arrived here as a child refugee — now I’m a chef at Michelin-star restaurants’
As This Day donates £900K to our campaign taking the total raised to £1.4M, we reveal how the Scottish Refugee Council helped an unaccompanied child who came with nothing
www.standard.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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RAMFEL's Nick Beales in The Guardian responding to the government's latest cruel, oppressive and counter-productive anti-migrants measures.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New Labour policy is that if you've ever had to borrow money because this country is incredibly expensive or if you're sick and therefore don't work and pay tax, you can never secure permanent immigration status.
Just let that sink in.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This proposal will affect:
1️⃣ People with disabilities & long-term health issues
2️⃣ Parents of British children
3️⃣ Low-paid workers, such as carers
4️⃣ People who temporarily lose jobs & have paid tax for years
5️⃣ Trafficking victims
6️⃣ Torture survivors
It is unconscionable & disgusting.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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“When I received my refugee status, I felt a moment of safety and hope for the first time in years,” he added. “But these new rules take that hope away. They replace it with a constant uncertainty."
The human cost of Labour's assault on asylum rights.
inews.co.uk/news/refugee...
I’m a refugee – new asylum reforms wouldn't have stopped me coming to the UK
Refugees say many asylum seekers are too 'desperate' to be put off by Shabana Mahmood’s proposed changes
inews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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“It’s clear that Labour’s shameful decision to suspend family reunion was just the first shot in their war on asylum rights. The human cost of keeping vulnerable people separated from their loved ones is huge.”
RAMFEL's Nick Beales on family reunion suspension.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘I’m missing so much of my son’s life’: the families split by Labour’s asylum crackdown
As the government imposes stricter rules for families of asylum seekers coming to the UK, one mother tells how her son is growing up without her
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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"I have witnessed residents with health conditions being denied the food they require, or denied transport to attend their medical appointments."
RAMFEL's Isabelle Pereira on the reality of life in asylum hotels. Not the "golden ticket" politicians claim.
www.insidehousing.co.uk/comment/is-t...
Is this ‘luxury’? Exposing the living conditions of asylum seekers
Overcrowding, neglect and profit-driven hotels are failing asylum seekers, writes Isabelle Pereira of Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex & London.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety

The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures

Me, for @zeteo.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 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...
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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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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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
Making refugees wait 20 yrs before securing permanent status is obviously cruel. It is also utterly counter-productive & will achieve nothing.
As experts, we'd welcome the chance to speak with the govt about why these plans are so foolish. Name a time & place, Shabana.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tackling illegal migration a 'moral mission', Mahmood says
The home secretary will announce major reforms to the asylum system on Monday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them

Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Big thanks to our friends @leigh-day.bsky.social for all their support in documenting and exposing the horrors of asylum hotels. We wouldn't have been able to publish our report Profiting From People: Inside the UK's Asylum Hotels without them.
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
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Our clients are husband & wife & parents of 3 UK born children.
The father applied to extend his visa in 2023 & is still waiting for a decision.
The mother applied to extend her visa in June 2025 & the govt approved her application today.
The applications are basically identical.
a woman in a pink dress is making a face with the words make it make sense above her
ALT: a woman in a pink dress is making a face with the words make it make sense above her
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Shocking evidence of the REALITY of asylum hotel life here, in this important @ramfel.bsky.social report just out.
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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Asylum Hotels Report
Our new report, Profiting from People: Inside the UK’s Asylum Hotels , exposes the true horrors that refugees face whilst housed for years on end in asylum hotels. We’ve long known this, and now...
www.ramfel.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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⚡Powerful report from @ramfel.bsky.social published this week showing the reality of life in the UK's asylum hotels.

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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Asylum Hotels Report
Our new report, Profiting from People: Inside the UK’s Asylum Hotels , exposes the true horrors that refugees face whilst housed for years on end in asylum hotels. We’ve long known this, and now...
www.ramfel.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 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...
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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People seeking asylum deserve care, not constant neglect.

RAMFEL’s new report shows how poor nutrition and ignored medical needs are harming people's health - something we have seen again and again in our work at asylum hotels.

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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Asylum Hotels Report
Our new report, Profiting from People: Inside the UK’s Asylum Hotels , exposes the true horrors that refugees face whilst housed for years on end in asylum hotels. We’ve long known this, and now...
www.ramfel.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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This vital new report sheds light on the horrific conditions in asylum hotels.

While families live in crowded, mouldy hotel rooms and are served substandard food, private companies pocket millions.

It’s time to end the use of asylum hotels and invest in communities.
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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Asylum Hotels Report
Our new report, Profiting from People: Inside the UK’s Asylum Hotels , exposes the true horrors that refugees face whilst housed for years on end in asylum hotels. We’ve long known this, and now...
www.ramfel.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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While families live in crowded, mouldy hotel rooms, and are served inedible food, three big companies pocket millions of £££. It’s time to end the use of asylum hotels and invest in real homes, not corporate shareholders. #ProfitingfromPeople
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November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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These are the voices you never hear. People seeking safety are trapped in hotel rooms for months, often years. These lengthy stays are ruining people’s lives, whilst lining the pockets of others. #ProfitingfromPeople
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November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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In 2024, there were 463 complaints specifically about the meals provided in asylum hotels. Can you guess why?
Read more about the reality of hotel life in our new report. #ProfitingfromPeople
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November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM