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A fundamental rejection: our submission to the Home Office’s “earned” settlement
We have submitted supplementary evidence to the Home Office fundamentally rejecting the "earned” settlement proposals as they would undermine integration, increase poverty, and fuel systemic exploitation.
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Over 70 parliamentarians join our call to axe retrospective settlement plans
A broad coalition of parliamentarians, unions, and civil society have joined the Work Rights Centre and Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan in an open letter urging the Home Secretary to halt the consultation on "earned" settlement.
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Will the Fair Work Agency put immigration enforcement before workers’ rights?
Following announcements in the budget, we are concerned that the Fair Work Agency's focus and resources are being shifted away from protecting the most vulnerable workers, and towards tougher immigration enforcement.
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'Earned' settlement proposals: an extraordinary betrayal of migrant communities
New Home Office plans to retroactively double the baseline waiting period for settlement, and impose additional English and financial requirements for all, have delivered the biggest blow to migrant communities in a generation.
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How new asylum rules creating a temporary refugee status will fuel exploitation
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans to create a temporary 30-month refugee status risk pushing refugees away from good, sustainable work, and towards exploiters or traffickers.
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