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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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'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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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
The government’s ambition to further reduce net migration is a political choice that will result in a society where care for elderly people is rationed, workers are at greater risk of exploitation, and migrant families live in poverty for longer.
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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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