Gaza PhD student and family evacuated to UK after Foreign Office U-turn
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/19/gaza-phd-student-manar-al-houbi-granted-access-to-uk-but-others-remain-stranded
"As part of a UK crackdown on immigration, most international students have been prevented from bringing their dependants.
Shortly after Houbi’s story, the UK government made a U-turn on its policy, stating it would support the evacuation of dependants on a “case-by-case basis”."
400 #jobs lost and an entire #University campus closed in #Essex due to a decline in #InternationalStudent numbers (clearly the effect of our #HostileEnvironment for #Immigration) - and this Uni is offering courses in #HealthAndSocialCare for jobs which are in high demand in the region!
"Mahmood announces ban on taxi use for asylum seeker medical trips"
The way this is framed is that asylum seekers are getting taxis at the taxpayers' expense because they're too lazy to get public transport. The reality is that the companies running asylum hotels are responsible for arranging their transport to medical appointments, so have mutually highly profitable contracts with taxi companies at the taxpayers' expense to get them there. Blame the right people.
UK rejects visa for 8 year old girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa to join her parents in the UK
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/28/uk-home-office-rejects-visa-young-girl-destitute-jamaica-hurricane-melissa
Home Office - Hostile Environment Policy
The UK Home Office hostile environment policy is a set of administrative and legislative measures designed to make staying in the United Kingdom as difficult as possible for people without leave to remain, in the hope that they may "voluntarily leave".
The Home Office policy was first announced in 2012 under the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition. The policy was widely seen as being part of a strategy of reducing UK immigration figures to the levels promised in the 2010 Conservative Party Election Manifesto.
#HostileEnvironment #HostileEnvironmentPolicy
The policy led to issues with the Windrush generation and other Commonwealth citizens not being able to prove their right to remain in the UK. The resulting Windrush scandal led to the resignation of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary, on 29 April 2018, and the appointment of Sajid Javid as her successor.
(nb: "Windrush Generation" is a made-up term created by UK Cabinet Office.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office_hostile_environment_policy
Charities attack ban on Gaza students bringing families to UK
"Last week, 34 Gaza students with scholarships at British universities were evacuated ahead of starting their studies.
But some students said they would have to give up their places rather than leave family in Gaza, after learning tighter immigration rules barred them from bringing dependents." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgee1wwd29o
Our food is restocked thanks to those who helped and what we need is the tyres so we can get out of Ohio and so our tyres don't throw their tread and pop and potentially injure someone or damage a vehicle
https://pounced-on.me/@Kuniti_shino/115155204211037797
Because where it's bloating and cracking is at the retreads and also we need it urgently so we don't get in trouble for staying at a truck stop too long
#mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #transinneed #disabledmutualaid #EmergencyAid #emergency #hostileenvironment
Why do racist rioters get treated with so much respect?
"One month ago, I marched with 100,000 people at London Trans Pride... But somehow, trans people and their allies are still treated like a fringe minority.
By contrast, there are rarely more than a thousand people at the asylum hotel protests - but parliament and the papers are falling over themselves to respect their complaints. "
https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/why-do-racist-rioters-get-treated
#UKPol #UKFarRight #HostileEnvironment #UKLabour #UKTransphobia #Transphobia
Transport for London staff face deportation under new visa salary threshold rules - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2en38jll94o
Cameron Ciraldo, Stephen Crichton tackle on Taylan May, Lachlan Galvin boos, Canterbury Bulldogs vs Wests Tigers, Round 22
Cameron Ciraldo doesn’t expect his skipper Stephen Crichton to be suspend…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #attitudechange #AU #Australia #CameronCiraldo #CanterburyBulldogs #convincingdefeat #heirpack #hostileenvironment #injurycrisis #JaromeLuai #LachlanGalvin #MarkStJohn #mid-seasonmove #StephenCrichton #tackletechnique #WestsTigers #wetweather
https://www.newsbeep.com/36558/
Goldman Sachs boss: #London finance lead ‘fragile’
#GBR #hostileenvironment #finance
www.cityam.com/goldman-sach...
Goldman Sachs boss: London fin...
Update: the children have now been allowed to remain in the UK. While this is cause for celebration the system that made the initial decision and caused this family unimaginable stress still needs dismantling.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/09/home-office-reverses-decision-send-children-brazil?
For a year, we've asked the UK Home Office to allow migrants to use a physicaI ID to prove their right to be in the UK.
This latest eVisa fiasco shows why this is urgently needed.
Write to your MP to demand this change ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-mp-allow-physical-proof-immigration-status
#migrants #migrantdigitaljustice #evisa #immigration #digitalrights #ukpolitics #ukpol #hostileenvironment
The UK eVisa scheme gets even worse.
Migrants have been made to get an eVisa and then get told it's not accepted as valid ID or proof of immigration status!
This hostile scheme is pushing people into uncertainty and risks creating another Windrush scandal.
#migrants #migrantdigitaljustice #evisa #immigration #digitalrights #ukpolitics #ukpol #hostileenvironment
New #FDI projects in the #UK fall to record low
Official data fuels concerns over Labour’s ambition to attract foreign capital to Britain #GBR #GBP
#hostileenvironment
www.ft.com/content/d5d4...
New FDI projects in the UK fal...
#Britain to lose more millionaires than any other country after #tax raid - #taxfraud
#hostileenvironment #GBR #GBP
Estimated 16,500 to flee UK as #RachelReeves considers U-turn on non-dom rules #labour
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Britain to lose more millionai...
Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/21/assaults-on-asylum-seekers-in-home-office-care?
The Digital Hostile Environment is expanding 🚨
The UK Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill gives broad powers to impose conditions on a person with lawful leave in the UK, including electronic monitoring and any other conditions the Home Secretary sees fit.
We demand #DigitalSanctuary for all migrants!
#DigitalHostileEnvironment #hostileenvironment #migrants #migrantdigitaljustice #immigration #surveillance #ukpolitics #ukpol
In an NHS ward I saw how Britain relies on immigrants. Yet still we tell them they’re not wanted https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/16/nhs-britain-immigrants-dad?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #UK #NHS #SocialCare #Immigration The #HostileEnvironment continues - shameful and evidence the country is set on continued decline.
ORG published our 'e-Visas: Hostile and Broken' report about the UK Home Office's flawed e-Visa scheme.
We warned that an online-only proof of status could create a digital Windrush scandal, leading to the scheme's roll-out being delayed.
We hope this will be an opportunity to bring in changes that will ensure people can prove their immigration status in any circumstance.
#ORG2024 #eVisa #immigration #HostileEnvironment #digitalrights #migrants #ukpolitics
