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To: Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary
OPEN PUBLIC LETTER: Stop the New Immigration Crackdown – Protect Families, Workers, and Communities
We call on the UK Government to reverse their latest immigration changes — and the new proposals announced since — which are cruel, unnecessary, and dangerous. They tear families apart, weaken workers’ rights, and punish people for seeking basic safety.
Why is this important?
The new rules include:
- huge income and salary thresholds that will separate thousands of families,
- restrictions on dependants,
- temporary refugee status that must be renewed every 30 months,
- retroactive ILR changes that break the rule of law,
- expanded deportation powers, and
- a ban on settlement for anyone who has ever accessed “public funds” — including emergency housing after racist attacks, riots, or domestic violence, and legal aid for cases against abusive employers or hate crime.
These measures put entire communities at risk and undermine the human rights protections guaranteed under the Good Friday Agreement.
We are calling for:
We are calling for:
- protection for everyone already living in the UK,
- reversal of the 11 November changes,
- an end to retroactive immigration rules,
- an end to temporary refugee status reviews,
- and the dismantling of the Hostile Environment.
Sign now to stand with families, workers, and communities — and stop these harmful changes.
Signed by:
Signed by:
- Queerde Palestine
- Progressive Politics NI
- My Way Access
- United Against Racism Derry & North West
- Fridays for Future NI
- Rainbow Refugees NI
- Comitato Informales 25 Aprile
- Croí for Change
- North West Migrants Forum
- Save the Moat
- Melted Parents
- Causeway Pride
- IPSC Belfast
- People Before Profit
- Green Party NI
- Gerry Carroll MLA