“Unequal Impacts”: How UK immigration law and policy affected migrants' experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic

Download the report Join us Executive Summary Report summary This report explores how UK immigration policy, law and government decision-making have exacerbated the impact of Covid-19 on migrants, particularly those with insecure immigration status. It focuses on access to justice, Home Office applications, state support, healthcare, and the asylum accommodation system, as well as immigration enforcement.…

Beyond ‘Good Migrant / Bad Migrant’: centering anti-racism in the fight against the Hostile Environment

Humanitarian Visa Briefing (Report Stage, Nationality & Borders Bill)

Download this briefing Humanitarian Visa Briefing – JCWI & Detention Action (Report Stage, Nationality & Borders Bill) – December 2021 New clauses 10 & 11 tabled to the Nationality & Borders Bill ahead of Report Stage in the House of Commons would create a targeted and workable Humanitarian Visa for asylum seekers resident in France seeking…

Three simple ways to bring humanity into our immigration and asylum systems

Right now the UK has a racist, inhumane approach to migrants and refugees. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Let’s take a moment to imagine how different it could be: An asylum system that is accessible, fair, and allows people to quickly get on with building their lives in the UK.  A short,…

Three simple ways to fix our broken immigration and asylum systems

We all agree our asylum and immigration systems are broken. But let’s take a moment to imagine how different it could be: An asylum system that is accessible, fair, and allows people to quickly get on with building their lives in the UK.  A short, simple, affordable pathway to citizenship for people who make the…

What should I do if I encounter an immigration raid?

The Hostile Environment seeks to divide us. Migrant versus non-migrant. Refugee versus migrant worker. Settled person versus person without status. The government wants to run borders right through our communities. But it doesn’t have to be this way. We all have the power to resist the Hostile Environment, if we stand together with our neighbours. Solidarity is…