I'm Jeremiah

Jeremiah has been living in the UK for 16 years and works on construction sites, building new houses in London. However, when Covid19 hit, like many others, he lost his job and his only source of income.

“I cannot afford to pay rent, I cannot afford to pay council tax, everyone is chasing me for bills from left and right...myself and my partner have to eat once a day and the kids are wondering why we are doing that? ”

— Jeremiah, on his family's struggles under NRPF condition

At the beginning of lockdown the government told us that ‘they would look after all the most vulnerable in society’. Yet according to the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, in the UK more than one million people like Jeremiah do not have access to public support as a result of an unfair immigration policies such as No Recourse to Public Funds.

Throughout this crisis, people with No Recourse to Public Funds

have not been supported through the government’s Covid19 safety net.

Yet they have been severely affected by its consequences. Many have lost their jobs with no access to universal credit. Praxis has supported hundreds of people who are having to choose between their and the public’s health and being able to feed and safely house their families.

Jeremiah, his wife and their three children are among them. For months they had to rely on charities to feed their children, often going hungry while debt was mounting.

“Every day we see people like Jeremiah who are pushed into abject destitution because of unfair policies like No Recourse to Public Funds. If it was hard to survive before Covid19 and the economic recession hit the UK, now that thousands of jobs are disappearing it is almost impossible”

— Bethan Lant, Praxis' Casework, Advocacy and Training Manager

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters and funders, Praxis was able to support Jeremiah and his family.

But it shouldn’t be left to charities like us to do this. The government should abolish immigration policies preventing people like Jeremiah from accessing welfare support when they need it the most.

Will you donate today to help us to continue to offer support to people like Jeremiah and campaign to end unfair immigration policies like No Recourse to Public Funds?

Your generosity will ensure that we can continue to be there for those who really need our help

Thank you