In this blog we explore some of the options available to Government if they’re serious about ending poverty for all children.

This Government was elected with a manifesto commitment to cut child poverty. This explainer lays out some of the unique barriers facing migrant children, and why they may be particularly at risk of poverty.

In 2018, the Windrush Scandal broke. It was exposed that thousands of people from the Windrush generation, and in some cases their descendants, were being denied legal right to live in the UK.

Here at Praxis, we support people marginalised by hostile immigration policies with legal advice and community support. We see every day how cruel and costly immigration rules push people into poverty, debt, and destitution.

No Recourse to Public Funds is a policy that prevents most migrants from accessing most forms of government support, even if they are on the streets or facing another kind of a crisis.

In 2012, Theresa May, the Conservative Home Secretary introduced the ‘Hostile Environment’- a policy response aiming to make life as difficult as possible for people without regular immigration status to live in the UK. Today, the ‘Hostile Environment’ refers to the overarching approach and numerous policies which aim to make it as difficult as possible for migrants.

Today’s conversation about migration is full of misinformation, so we’ve set out the answers to the common questions about people who've migrated and refugees that we hear.