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Earned settlement proposals: An extraordinary betrayal of migrant communities
With new proposals to substantially increase the time to settlement for many, impose additional English and financial contribution requirements for all, and apply these changes retroactively, the Home Secretary delivers the biggest blow to migrant communities in a generation. You can feedback by 12 February 2026.
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With Skilled Worker visa numbers in decline, what’s the cost?
The number of Skilled Worker visas issued is at its lowest since 2021, but with vacancies in critical sectors unfilled and the risks of labour exploitation still high, we find real human and economic costs behind the politics of lowering numbers.
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Increasing qualifying time for ILR would increase the risk of poverty and exploitation, the MAC warns
Why the government’s ambition to further reduce net migration is a political choice that comes with serious economic and societal risks.
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Room for improvement: Our submission to the Home Office's consultation on the identification of victims of modern slavery
We’ve submitted evidence demonstrating how the identification of victims of modern slavery, specifically sponsored migrant workers, is dangerously inadequate.
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Labour Party Conference 2025: Bringing migrant workers to the table
For the third year in a row, we attended the Labour Party Conference where we met a government more concerned with appearing tough on migration than engaging with the reality of migration and migrants’ experiences.
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