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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · 2d

Our article is here.. when we hear huge numbers like £4.7 billion spent in 2023-4 on asylum accommodation, it is always worth talking about who is actually getting our money.

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The Business of Refuge: How UK Hotel Millionaires Profit from the Asylum Support System - Green Party Asylum and Migration Policy Working Group

A system built for extraction Successive policies by Labour and Conservative governments have drastically increased the need for the state to support asylum seekers. Policies such as removing the righ...

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · 2d

In August we investigated how the hotel millionaires were profiting from the asylum support system, good to see the BBC catching up..

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Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 7d

The only political party whose policies are in line with the recommendations made by Praxis. Lib Dems close. Everyone else miles away and actively working against our charitable objectives.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d

"We absolutely need to stop the boats,” Polanski said, “but let’s stop the boats by offering safe and legal routes to asylum and not having people clinging on to dinghies for dear life.*

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Zack Polanski: “We absolutely need to stop the boats”

The Greens’ Zack Polanski on facing up to Reform

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · 6d

Pleased to announce that @regulariseuk.bsky.social will now be joining us as a speaker at our Hostile Environment fringe event tomorrow 💚

Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · 9d

Getting excited about Autumn Conference in Bournemouth.. we have organised an important and timely fringe event on Saturday with @praxisprojects.bsky.social and @migrantvoice.bsky.social chaired by @carladenyer.bsky.social

Come and say hello 👋

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Autumn Conference 2025 - Green Party Asylum and Migration Policy Working Group

We are pleased to be running a fringe event at conference this Autumn on Saturday at 9am. After the success of our event last year focussing on migrant destitution, this...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6d

"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."

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Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · 9d

And we will be running a workshop on Sunday at 1:30pm on messaging and myth-busting - for all those who want to know more about migration issues

There will be a quiz 😀

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · 9d

Getting excited about Autumn Conference in Bournemouth.. we have organised an important and timely fringe event on Saturday with @praxisprojects.bsky.social and @migrantvoice.bsky.social chaired by @carladenyer.bsky.social

Come and say hello 👋

migration.greenparty.org.uk/autumn-confe...

Autumn Conference 2025 - Green Party Asylum and Migration Policy Working Group

We are pleased to be running a fringe event at conference this Autumn on Saturday at 9am. After the success of our event last year focussing on migrant destitution, this...

migration.greenparty.org.uk

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · 15d

These performative policies are not bad because they are 'unworkable' or because we 'need' migrants, it is because they are cruel and will break up families 💔

Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 15d

“My husband, who is Turkish, has applied for ILR and will hopefully be eligible for it next year...Would a Reform government insist that my husband has to take my children when he is deported or would they be allowed to stay?” Josephine, Head of Advocacy

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What are Nigel Farage’s immigration plans – and do his sums add up?

Reform UK leader’s hardline plans were lauded by rightwing press. But are they coherent and will they save money?

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Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social · 23d

🔈 Tackling the far-right starts with making your #WordsMatter

After a weekend of far-right violence, pushing back against #disinformation is more important than ever. So, let's start by unpacking the dehumanising term "illegal immigration". buff.ly/QaR41WV

No human is illegal ✊

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · 27d

Love to see this - go and watch the full podcast here

youtu.be/NlXUf1XipTA?...

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · Sep 4

"I think we should want a country that people want to live here"

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Sep 2

‘I reject Nigel Farage’s politics’ – new Green leader Zack Polanski

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‘I reject Nigel Farage’s politics’ – new Green leader Zack Polanski

Zack Polanski, who serves on the London Assembly but has never been an MP, has become the new leader of the Green Party by a margin of five-to-one.

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · Sep 3

“I’m in shock. I thought this was the country of human rights but the government is not treating us like humans. I have no plan B. This announcement is going to destroy families and destroy hope.”

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‘It kept me going’: halt to refugee reunion scheme in UK shatters hopes

Afghan man seeking asylum and permission to bring wife to Britain describes shock at home secretary’s announcement

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is a mindless and dangerous comment from the Government

If they are upset for 'legitimate reasons' why are they targeting asylum seekers and not protesting outside the Home Office

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Epping asylum hotel protesters ‘upset for legitimate reasons’, minister says

Jonathan Reynolds says ‘I understand the frustrations people have’, as police brace for further unrest

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · Jul 10

“The only way to stop people making dangerous journeys across the channel is to introduce safe and managed routes for people to seek asylum in the UK. Anything else – including the impractical and unrealistic deal announced today – is a distraction.

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Greens call for safe and managed routes for asylum seekers - Green Party

Responding to the new Anglo-French deal on small-boat crossings, Carla Denyer, Green Party Co-Leader, said: “The only way to stop people making dangerous journeys across the channel is to introduce sa...

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · Jul 5

The Green Party believes that people seeking asylum, and their dependents, should be allowed to work and start rebuilding their lives immediately on arrival to the UK.

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Right to Work for People Seeking Asylum - Green Party Asylum and Migration Policy Working Group

According to the National Audit Office, at the end of June 2024, the number of outstanding asylum claims awaiting an initial decision was around 86,000. In addition, the number of...

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · Jul 5

The pull factor is a myth. Evidence from countries like Germany and Canada, which grant earlier work rights, shows no correlation between work access and the number of asylum applications.

People seeking asylum are driven to move by safety concerns, not employment opportunities.

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · Jul 5

A better solution is available... Allowing asylum seekers to work would help restore their dignity and sense of purpose. Being barred from working can lead to frustration and feelings of isolation. The right to work should be viewed as an essential human right.

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Home Office announces ‘nationwide blitz’ on asylum seekers taking jobs

Government under pressure on issue after stories of asylum seekers working illegally as takeaway delivery riders

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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · Jul 5

As the Home Office announces a "nationwide blitz" on undocumented workers, read my latest on why it won't work.

Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · Jul 1

This week the Home Office brought together reps from the three biggest apps to try to crack down on undocumented riders.

Here's why it won't work. 👇

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My 12-hour shift as a Deliveroo rider

It's a sweltering summer’s day and I'm sitting on some steps at the top of the main drag in Chinatown.

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Jun 18

Very glad to hear the Deputy PM commit to reading my report 'No Way Home?' - after decades of taxpayer money wasted and lives ruined by the failing Home Office, it's time for a new approach. Read the report: carladenyer.co.uk/no-way-home/

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Jun 18

Whether for love, work or to flee danger - people move. Always have and always will. It's the govt's job to make it work - but instead the failing Home Office wastes taxpayer money treating migrants like criminals. Time for something new - my report with
‪@zoejardiniere.bsky.social‬ out today.

Quote graphic with text reading: "The Home Office has lost the trust of all major stakeholders and must be radically reformed if it is to have a hope of rebuilding confidence". Then block text saying "No way home? It is time to remove management of immigration from the home Office" with text below reading "A report by Zoe Gardner, commissioned by Carla Denyer MP."

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · Jun 3

"The answer here is for the government to actually tackle inequality."

@zackpolanski.bsky.social makes the case for proper investment in our public services, not more demonisation of migrants.

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · Jun 2

We've been reading the recent Immigration White Paper and have written a detailed response here.

tldr: it is incoherent, unfair and dangerous

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Our Response to the Immigration White Paper - Green Party Asylum and Migration Policy Working Group

Statement from Green Party Asylum & Migration Policy Working Group in response to the Restoring Control over the Immigration System Immigration White Paper published 12 May 2025. This Immigration Whit...

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Lou Calvey @loucalvey.bsky.social · May 13

Kenmure Street, Glasgow. Four years ago.

Ordinary people stopped what they were doing to protect their neighbours. No strangers.

Happy Kenmure Street Day ✊

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · May 12

When will Starmer learn that no matter how good his Nigel Farage impression gets, it won't save him from wipeout at the hands of Reform? Here's another idea - how about doing the work that's needed to actually make people's lives better? 🧵

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · May 12

Starmer's Britain.

Not even subtle.

They found ourselves made strangers in their own country. Enoch Powell. We risk becoming an island of strangers. Keir Starmer.

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