Half a Decade of Data: NRPF Connect in Scotland (No Recourse North East Partnership, March 2026)

What does five years of Scottish local authority data reveal about the hidden pressures on NRPF support systems, and why is the system struggling to keep pace? Our condensed analysis of NRPF Connect records from 2020 to 2025 evidences a landscape under mounting pressure. Drawing on data from Scottish local authorities, the piece examines shifting patterns in referrals, support durations, and expenditure, asking whether the system can resolve cases faster than demand grows.

Landmark legal challenge against Home Office eVisa system heard (Computer Weekly, March 2026)

Is it lawful for the Home Office to refuse any alternative proof of immigration status when its digital-only eVisa system is plagued by persistent failures? The High Court has heard arguments in a judicial review brought by two individuals whose lives were thrown into uncertainty by faulty eVisas. This brief summary introduces the case as it stands, where lawyers argue that the Home Office’s blanket policy of refusing physical proof is irrational and unlawful, whilst the Home Office defends its digital-only approach.

Government brings forward reforms affecting asylum seekers (NRPF Network, March 2026)

Amid all the political rhetoric about asylum and control, what is the government actually reforming, and what does it mean for the people caught in the system? The government has introduced wide-ranging changes to asylum support and protection, removing long-standing duties and shortening the length of refugee grants. The NRPF Network takes a few minutes to assess what these reforms mean for destitution, homelessness, and the local authorities left to pick up the pieces.

Government proposals risk pushing vulnerable care leavers into exploitation (ECPAT UK, March 2026)

What happens when young people who have already survived trafficking and exploitation lose all support the day they turn 18, simply due to their immigration status? In this short article, ECPAT UK warns that government proposals in the Family Returns consultation would prevent local authorities from providing leaving-care support to some young people without immigration status. For those who arrived as unaccompanied children or trafficking survivors, the removal of accommodation, financial support, and trusted adults on their 18th birthday could create the very conditions exploiters target.

Not a Stranger Campaign Report (Migrant Rights Network, March 2026)

What could happen when settlement is no longer a right you can rely on indefinitely, but something individuals must prove and earn again and again? This 17-page report from the migrant-led Not a Stranger campaign, presents survey findings from 225 migrants on the government’s proposed “earned settlement” reforms. The results reveal soaring levels of anxiety, frustration, and isolation, alongside a stark warning that longer pathways, financial hurdles, and punitive time penalties are already making people question whether they want to stay in the UK long term.

Perinatal Outcomes Among Women with NRPF or Irregular Status (Raymont-Jones et al, March 2026)

What happens when immigration status becomes a, or the, determining factor in maternal and infant health?
This 9-page retrospective cohort study of over 44,000 pregnancies in South London provides the first UK population-based evidence on outcomes for migrant women with No Recourse to Public Funds. The findings reveal stark disparities pointing to hidden harms among mothers targeted by the hostile environment.

Government-Imposed Poverty (Refugee and Migrant Justice, March 2026)

This 18-page report from Refugee and Migrant Justice captures the voices of 68 parents on the 10-year route to settlement, all from racialised backgrounds, facing proposed changes that would add 5 or 10 years to their qualifying period if they have ever claimed public funds. The findings are clear: the proposed policy will force families to choose between short-term survival and long-term security.

Systems-wide evaluation of homelessness, rough sleeping and asylum (UK Gov, December 2025)

What happens when two government departments have conflicting priorities and refugees get caught in the gap between asylum accommodation and settled housing? This extensive government-commissioned evaluation examines the critical transition period when people granted refugee status must leave asylum accommodation, often within 28 to 56 days. Drawing on interviews with 60 stakeholders across six local areas, the report finds that delayed information sharing, inadequate move-on support, and a shortage of affordable housing are pushing newly recognised refugees into homelessness.

Architectures of Asylum and Changing Practices of Solidarity (Philipp Misselwitz, February 2026)

How do the physical spaces we create for asylum seekers shape, or constrain, the possibility of solidarity? This talk by Philipp Misselwitz at TU Berlin explores the evolving relationship between architecture, asylum policy, and grassroots solidarity in Berlin. Tracing shifts from large-scale reception centres to more dispersed models, the 27-minute lecture examines how spatial design can either reinforce exclusion or enable new forms of welcome, and what the German experience might offer for debates elsewhere.

Living a Differentiated Childhood (Ilona Pinter, March 2025)

What happens when the system designed to support asylum-seeking families manufactures impoverishment, and the children inside it are rendered invisible? This 34-minute seminar from Ilona Pinter presents research on children in asylum-seeking families, a group largely absent from both poverty and asylum literatures. The findings reveal how Asylum Support exposes children to a “survival-only” regime. Separated from mainstream poverty measures, young people are left feeling marginalised, unequal to their peers, and excluded, with grave consequences for their emotional and relational well-being.

British Born Migrant Children Fight to Survive Poverty (Channel 4, April 2025)

What happens when a child is born in Britain, grows up in Britain, but is denied the financial safety net because of their parents’ immigration status? This 6-minute documentary follows young people over two years as they navigate life under the “no recourse to public funds” condition. Despite being British citizens, these children are cut off from universal credit, income support, social housing, and even child benefit, because their parents’ visas restrict access. Filmed over two years, the report reveals the hidden reality of childhood poverty where citizenship alone is no guarantee of protection.

Human Rights Implications of Proposed Settlement Changes (Human Rights Solidarity, January 2026)

When settlement becomes conditional on “earning” the right to stay, and the rules can be applied retrospectively, what becomes of the right to private and family life? In this 35-minute discussion, migration solicitor Barry O’Leary, drawing on his recent oral evidence to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee, examines the government’s proposed “earned settlement” reforms. The conversation explores the implications for refugees, care workers, skilled migrants, and families, with particular attention to children, social cohesion, and the right to private and family life.

Free Movement Monthly Roundup (Free Movement, February 2025)

Have you caught up with all that’s happened in a momentous February? This 34-minute episode of the Free Movement Podcast offers a comprehensive roundup of key immigration developments from a month marked by significant policy shifts, legal rulings, and political debates. From proposed settlement reforms to changes in asylum support and landmark court decisions, this is your chance to get up to speed on what unfolded, and what it means for what comes next.

Detention Landscapes (The Migration Oxford Podcast, March 2026)

What does immigration detention actually mean for those who live through it, and how does a system designed for administrative convenience become a landscape of violence? This 29-minute episode of the Migration Oxford podcast examines immigration detention across Europe through multiple lenses: the harrowing individual experience of detention in the UK, research into human rights violations in detention facilities in Greece, and the broader politics shaping detention systems across the continent.

Who Really Decides Immigration Rules? (Parliament Matters Podcast, March 2026)

Have you ever wondered why sweeping changes to immigration law can be pushed through with almost no parliamentary scrutiny, and why MPs can vote to disapprove but not to stop them? In this 52-minute episode, Jonathan Featonby of the Refugee Council explains the extraordinary power of the Home Secretary to rewrite Immigration Rules under the 1971 Act, where Statements of Change are laid before Parliament but cannot be annulled; they can only be disapproved. The conversation examines what this means for democratic accountability and why MPs pushing back have so few levers to pull.

The State of Hate 2026 (HOPE not hate, March 2026)

How has the British far right evolved over the past year, and what does the latest evidence tell us about the scale of the threat?
CEO Nick Lowles and Director of Research Joe Mulhall discuss the 2026 edition of State of HATE, the organisation’s annual deep dive into the far right in Britain. From shifting organisational tactics to the mainstreaming of extremist narratives, this 22-minute episode lays out the trends, networks, and flashpoints that defined the past year, and what they mean for communities, politics, and those on the frontlines of resistance.