Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI).
An independent national charity fighting for justice in immigration, asylum & nationality law in the UK since 1967.
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- The government has gone very far down a very dark road. This announcement of mass deportations while also seeking to gut rights protections is frightening. Meanwhile, the home secretary is openly using fascist rhetoric. We were quoted in the Guardian 👇
- The government continues to perpetrate this cruelty and violence in an increasingly desperate attempt to court the far right. Behind these numbers are real people who have had their lives torn apart.
- We need a compassionate system that puts people first, with the same routes of travel accessible for everyone, and the same good quality, safe housing for everyone.
- This is more performative cruelty from the government. Instead of fixing a broken system, it seeks to blame the most marginalised. Ending taxi support means asylum seekers may have to travel far without the means to do so, preventing access to medical support. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Instead of tackling systemic failures like poor planning, isolated accommodation - which is why some people were forced to take long taxi rides to appointments - the government is again trying to court the far-right with this punitive and short-sighted ban.
- This isn’t a serious plan. It’s punitive, reactive policymaking designed to appease far-right narratives, targeting those who already have so little. Ministers need to stop dancing to that tune and start building systems that are humane, robust, and actually work.
- Our Griff Ferris speaks on the BBC about the waste of public money on private companies that profit from providing inadequate housing for those seeking safety & how this money can go towards improving local council housing to house people seeking asylum in our communities, where they belong. S: BBC
