4 November 2025: Status Now is signatory to the Reunite Families UK initiative organised by JCWI. It is campaigning to preserve the right to refugee family reunion current under threat by the government.
Reunite Families UK: The government has shut down refugee family reunion — turning in effect a “temporary pause” into a permanent ban. You can following campaign developments on this BlueSky list: https://bsky.app/profile/rfuk.bsky.social/post/3m4sdxdbj6s2x
Reunite Families UK: Over 60 orgs condemn suspension of refugee family reunion route
Reunite Families UK, together with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants coordinated a statement that has been signed by over 60 organisations across the UK condemning the suspension of the refugee family reunion route.
We are appalled and outraged by the government’s unexpected and cruel suspension of applications for refugee family reunion, first announced in early September, and the more recent announcement to permanently strip refugees of this fundamental right.
What was initially described as a temporary measure has become a full-scale closure of the route. Refugees now face impossibly strict requirements that many people in our communities already struggle to overcome. Forcing people to meet a minimum income requirement that 50% of the UK working population would not meet is ludicrous, intentionally cruel and inhumane.
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