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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 1d

The NHS was built by and continues to function because of the work of migrants. We’re calling for a fairer system: no one should have to wait more than 5 years to settle.

📝 Sign the Scrap the Barriers petition act.praxis.org.uk/scrap-the-ba...

Scrap the Barriers

Everyone deserves a secure future, no matter where we're from. But right now, thousands of migrants like us are being held back, forced to wait over 10 years for the right to stay permanently in the p...

act.praxis.org.uk

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 1d

📢 "The hundreds of signatures on this letter shows that health workers will not stand for these harmful, divisive and xenophobic policies. Instead, we want to foster a society that is inclusive, compassionate, and welcoming to all, not just today or around elections, but every day”

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Over 800 NHS workers have signed our letter with Medact, saying the “already strained NHS would crumble under the pressure” of Reform’s proposal to scrap Indefinite Leave to Remain and Labour’s planned restrictions on migrant workers.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

www.theguardian.com

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 1d

Campaigner Olivia called for shorter routes to settlement & to scrap NRPF at the Green Party Conference.

📢"I believe we're all human beings. What is happening to migrants can happen to anyone. You don't plan it, but anytime, it can happen to you."
Thanks to @carladenyer.bsky.social for chairing.

Campaigner, Olivia, standing in front of a larger poster that reads: 'Green Party, Autumn Conference'

Four people sitting on a panel, all are smiling and clapping.

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 6d

Just days after Kier Starmer branded Reform’s plan to scrap ILR as 'racist' and 'immoral', it’s hard to call today’s announcement anything else.

His message here is that some people are less deserving of fundamental rights than others - that inequality is lawful.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Refugees to face longer route to settlement rights

Details of the new conditions refugees will have to meet are to be set out later in the autumn.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 7d

It seems Labour have now learnt the word 'racism', but this is utterly disingenuous given how they are pandering to Reform’s far-right agenda.

✍️ our Stephen Walcott, Head of Policy, on @bigissue.com

Labour can't out-Reform Reform – it needs to change tact

The Labour Party can't out-Reform Reform, and if it genuinely wants to choose ‘decency’ over ‘division’, it needs to change tact.

www.bigissue.com

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 7d

“This is my home. I'm raising my three-year-old, I'm looking for a school for her, and now I'm more worried because she's obviously my skin colour, and I'm worried about her safety. I'm worried about my safety." Nish, Youth Organiser at Praxis

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'I'm looking over shoulder for fear of racism after Farage's disturbing plan'

Two women who have lived in the UK for years are now looking over their shoulder for fear of racism amid Nigel Farage’s targeting of migrants

www.mirror.co.uk

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 7d

Keir Starmer's call for unity rings hollow. Under his leadership, rampant racism has gone unchecked.

It's disingenuous to talk about growth & belonging whilst also announcing tougher immigration rules that create a two-tier system and will devastate our economy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Decency or division’: Britain faces era-defining choice, Keir Starmer warns

Prime minister lambasts Nigel Farage and the politics of Reform in combative Labour conference speech

www.theguardian.com

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 7d

Health workers across the UK are fighting back. We’re working to protect Indefinite Leave to Remain and advocate for shorter, more affordable routes to settlement.

Join us now. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Calling all healthcare workers

Are you a healthcare worker currently on the 5-year route to settlement or want to campaign in solidarity? At Praxis, a migrant and refugee rights charity, our campaign Scrap the Barriers calls for sh...

docs.google.com

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 8d

Scrapping Indefinite Leave to Remain or making it harder to get - like the Government has just announced - will devastate our NHS.

It punishes people who’ve already been part of our communities for years.

Indefinite Leave to Remain is the backbone of belonging.
youtube.com/shorts/aHTh0...

Does Nigel Farage need a basic maths lesson?

YouTube video by Praxis, for Migrants and Refugees

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Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social · 8d

100% agree. @barnardos.org.uk & @praxisprojects.bsky.social told #Lab25 that proposals to double settlement requirements to 10 years would push more children into poverty for longer.

“Making the lives of migrant children harder will not improve the lives of non migrant children” - Comfort Etim

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 The Government wants to crash the economy.

On the very same day the Prime Minister finally distanced himself from Reform UK’s policies, his own Home Secretary announced proposals that would create a two-tier society.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 9d

💥NEW: Our State of HOPE polling, a mega survey of 45,000 people, shows what people in the UK are really thinking 👇

hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hope/

The State of HOPE

A new mega poll of 45,000 people shows what “people in the UK” are really thinking

hopenothate.org.uk

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Green Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · 8d

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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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 8d

Now, @minnierahman.bsky.social of @praxisprojects.bsky.social speaks to far-right targeting of migrants in the UK, and the targeting of staff working in migrants’ rights charities.

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 12d

📢Watch @josephinewy.bsky.social our Head of Advocacy talking on @news.sky.com about why digital ID is a distraction from the real everyday issues people are facing in this country.

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 12d

NEW: Keir Starmer announces compulsory digital ID cards.

"Far from reducing irregular migration, mandatory digital ID will entrench discrimination, supercharge the hostile environment and create a surveillance state nobody asked for." Josephine, Head of Advocacy

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Keir Starmer says digital ID cards are an ‘enormous opportunity’ and will make it tougher to work illegally - UK politics live

Prime minister says plans for a new digital ID held on people’s phones will become mandatory to prove the right to work

www.theguardian.com

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 13d

No one should have to risk their life to seek refuge. No one should face deportation for trying to claim asylum here in the only way that is available to them.

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 13d

We welcome the safe arrival of the family of three who have become the first to do so under the new “one in, one out” agreement with France. But let’s be clear: their safety should not come at the expense of others.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Family of three are first arrivals in UK under ‘one in, one out’ immigration deal

Small child part of first reciprocal intake after removal of four asylum seekers from Britain to France over past week

www.theguardian.com

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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

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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?

www.theguardian.com

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 14d

"A country where everyone’s rights are protected and respected. A country where we take care seriously, and fix our NHS. Our United Kingdom. Not Trump’s America. Not Farage’s Britain." @eddavey.libdems.org.uk's Conference speech was an urgent plea for the kind of country we want to be.

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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

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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?

www.theguardian.com

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 16d

“This all makes you feel very unstable. But this is my life, this is where I am. It is very unsettling; I’m worried for my and my family’s future.” Nish, Youth Organiser at Praxis

Nish secured Indefinite Leave to Remain after a decade of visa applications.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

‘Britain is my home – but Farage’s new plan has me fearing for my future’

As Nigel Farage vows to ditch indefinite leave to remain for migrants, those who have made a life in the UK share their fears about the plan

www.independent.co.uk

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 16d

We've joined over 150 lawyers, human rights, refugee orgs to call out the increasing threat of the far-right to our safety and the safety of those we work with.

We urgently call for an end to the media narrative that is stoking the flames of division.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters

At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety

www.theguardian.com

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 16d

Permanent settlement in the UK helps people put down roots in communities and fulfil their potential. But Reform don’t want that.

Instead, they want to crash the already-struggling economy and tear people’s lives apart by making them "foreigners" forever.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Farage vows to axe indefinite leave to remain and ban migrants’ benefits access

The Reform UK leader will outline a planned crackdown on legal immigration at a Monday press conference

www.independent.co.uk

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