JCWI, along with 22 other organisations, wrote to the Home Secretary Priti Patel on 8 April 2020. We asked her to take urgent action to protect families at risk of being split up because of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the restrictions that have been put in place to save lives…
JCWI, along with 22 other organisations, wrote to the Home Secretary Priti Patel on 8 April 2020. We asked her to take urgent action to protect families at risk of being split up because of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the restrictions that have been put in place to save lives…
JCWI, along with 22 other organisations, wrote to the Home Secretary Priti Patel on 8 April 2020. We asked her to take urgent action to protect families at risk of being split up because of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the restrictions that have been put in place to save lives…
100 civil society groups, Windrush survivors and religious organisations have come together to demand safe and legal routes now, in response to the government’s dangerous rhetoric surrounding recent Channel crossings. The fact is that people seeking protection in the UK can only do so once they reach UK soil. The lack of safe and legal…
Download the briefing here Background Over the course of August 2020, media coverage of Channel crossings has increased significantly, drawing attention to the plight of those seeking refuge in the UK. In response to the number of crossings, Ministers have proposed measures aimed at making the route “unviable” and restricting the ability of asylum-seekers to…
The past few months have shown that while we may be weathering the same storm, we are not all in the same boat. The immigration system makes migrants in the UK vulnerable – cut out of healthcare, barred from the social safety net, left in absolute poverty, and the right to safety at work undermined. …
The Home Office has been ordered to publish a statement setting out the equality impacts of the EU Settlement scheme, after we made a complaint to the Information Commissioner. The scheme will force significant numbers of EU citizens and non-EU family members out of status after the cut-off point next year. With so much at stake,…
Download the evidence session Background JCWI has conducted extensive work on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) since its inception, specifically focusing on its impact on vulnerable EU citizens and non-EU family members (EEA+ citizens) most at risk of slipping through the cracks in the scheme. We have called on MPs to reform the scheme in…
We are delighted to announce that the Home Office has agreed to scrap its ‘visa streaming’ algorithm, in response to legal action we launched with tech-justice group Foxglove. From Friday, 7 August, Home Secretary Priti Patel will suspend the “visa streaming” algorithm “pending a redesign of the process,” which will consider “issues around unconscious bias…