After 10,000 people signed our petition calling for the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) visa condition to be scrapped, the government was obliged to respond.
No Recourse to Public Funds leaves migrants with no safety net, makes families homeless, traps women with violent partners and leaves children hungry. Attempting to justify it is defending the indefensible. Here, we unpick some of the government’s arguments. 
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The government says: The principle of NRPF was established as far back as 1971 and is a condition that has been applied to those staying here with a temporary immigration status under successive Governments. Migrants here without lawful status are also subject to NRPF.
The reality: NRPF conditions apply to all those on a visa who have not been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain – this includes people who intend to stay in the UK permanently or have been in the UK for many years but are on restrictive and long…