The Home Office is currently in the process of transitioning away from a physical system of proving immigration status to a digital system. The briefing below explains how the current system works, our issues and concerns with the transition to eVisas, and our asks moving forward for the Home Office.

In this joint briefing with Migrant Voice, British in Europe & Reunite Families UK, we examine the proposed changes to the Minimum Income Requirement (MIR) and highlight the impacts that the rules have on the families and children who are currently separated.

Together with JCWI, Reunite Families, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, Migrant Voice and RAMFEL, Praxis has produced a joint briefing about why nobody should have to wait a decade or more for security and stability, and why it’s vital that routes to settlement are capped at 5 years.

Government immigration policies are denying thousands of people whose lives and futures are in the UK the certainty they need to belong here, making them wait a decade or more for secure immigration status, with damaging consequences for their ability to integrate, look after their families and be self-sufficient.

Find our more - including what should change - here.

Children living in poverty who are affected by the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition remain unable to access free school meals, despite recent policy change. As the cost of living rises steeply, those who have no access to a safety net are amongst the most vulnerable in our society, and hungry children are again paying the price.

Find out more here.

No strategy to reduce poverty in the UK can succeed whilst some in our communities are systematically excluded from the welfare safety net, and from the policy initiatives, programs and support that are specifically designed to reduce poverty. Yet there are an estimated 1.376m people, including 175,000 children, who are denied access to the welfare system by their immigration status, via the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition.

Find out more here.

Imposing NRPF on thousands more people: implications for poverty, destitution and homelessness amongst refugees.

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