Month: December 2025

Migrant workers and allies march to the Home Secretary’s Office in Birmingham 

Migrant workers rights national demo was held in Birmingham on 13th December 2025. 

Migrant workers from across the country and their allies marched from St Martins Square to Shabana Mahmood’s office, despite the rough weather.

One of the demonstrators, Fatema Hickson said, “I attended the demo last week because I am unhappy with the way migrant communities are being treated by this government. We depend on migrant workers but they are being seen as being dispensable, they should be valued and appreciated not made to feel insecure and be exploited.”

Rally organisers’ leaflets described the aim of the rally as being to show that “we support and defend each other” following the harsh immigration laws that are being pushed out by politicians.

Migrant workers marching to Home Secretary’s Office in Birmingham (back of the march)

10 December 2025: BBC: UK Asylum System Hit by Inefficiencies and Wasted Funds

The UK’s asylum system is affected by inefficiencies, “wasted public funds” and a succession of “short-term, reactive” government policies that have moved problems elsewhere, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.

As part of its analysis, the spending watchdog looked at a sample of 5,000 asylum claims lodged almost three years ago, in January 2023. Since then, 35% (1,619) of those asylum seekers had been given some sort of protection such as refugee status, and 9% (452) had been removed from the country. But 56% (2,812) still did not have a final outcome in their case.

The Home Office welcomed the analysis, which it said supported “the case for fundamental reform of the asylum system”.

Most of the cases in the remaining group (2,021 out of the 2,812) remained in a sort of “limbo”, with no appeal lodged.

Read more; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qen9pwlzwo