APPG on Migration

The session drew on expertise from trade unions, legal experts, and individuals with lived experience, with contributions from UNISON, ILPA, Barnardo’s, the Skilled Workers Justice Alliance, and Vialto.

The event outlined the proposed settlement reforms and their likely impact on workers, families and employers, and aimed to support parliamentarians in engaging with constituents and the consultation process.

On Wednesday, the APPG on Migration held a Parliamentary briefing on the Government's new Earned Settlement Model.

This event offered parliamentarians to hear directly from sponsored refugees and the host families who welcomed them, showing how sponsorship works in practice.

Chaired by Bishop Guli, the event brought together lived-experience voices, policy experts and organisations delivering sponsorship programmes to explore the opportunities and challenges of the Government’s new ‘named sponsorship’ policy.

Today the APPG on Migration hosted an event on 'Strengthening Refugee Protection Through Community-Led Sponsorship', exploring how local communities can play a greater role in refugee resettlement.

APPG on Migration member Tony Vaughan KC MP shared his reflections from the APPG visit to France during a BBC South East interview. He noted that UK–France cooperation on migration has significantly improved in both scale and quality, marking a clear shift from previous years.

I visited Calais last week along with a group of MPs to talk to the French authorities about the new “taxi boat” smuggling tactic. I was astonished by how the smuggling operation functions like organised crime or the mafia: well-resourced, complex and multinational. (1/3)

An update following a very interesting visit to Calais yesterday about migration and small boats

Thank you to Chris for chairing and to Luke for sharing insights. The event explored how to have more constructive conversations about immigration–a key priority raised by members at our inaugural meeting, where they discussed the challenges of effective engagement on this issue.

Really interesting to chair a great discussion with @LukeTryl @Moreincommon_ about public attitudes to migration, organised by the @APPGMigration in Parliament today.

The report is available to read here: appgmigration.org.uk/the-effects-of…

She noted the report’s recommendation that the Government consider limiting the NRPF condition to five years for those on settlement routes. It also suggested extending child benefit to migrant families with NRPF and expanding funded childcare for working migrant parents.

Co-chair of the APPG on Migration, Olivia Blake MP hosted a Westminster Hall Debate yesterday on Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public Funds. 🧵

Lord Dubs urged for greater co-operation with France and Interpol to tackle people traffickers and called for broader international collaboration, especially with the EU, to address asylum issues more effectively.

The Bishop of Sheffield asked whether the Government has considered a guardianship scheme, like Scotland’s, to support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, highlighting their vulnerability, especially when placed in hotels.

Yesterday there was a Lords Chamber debate following an earlier Urgent Question in the Commons by Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp on asylum hotels and Channel crossings. Members of the APPG on Migration spoke at the debate: 🧵