Labour’s Andy Burnham voiced support for migrants to have immediate access to welfare and social housing

Labour’s Andy Burnham voiced support for migrants to have immediate access to welfare and social housing

During his tenure as Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham has repeatedly urged ministers to “abolish the no recourse to public funds policy” (NRPF), a measure that has been standard on temporary visas since 1980 and prevents migrants from immediately accessing Britain’s welfare state. This is not an inconsequential statement. It is the setting out of…

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GOP Rep Demands Open-Ended Deportation Shield For 350,000 Haitians

Republican New York Rep. Mike Lawler called on the Trump administration Thursday to prevent the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian healthcare workers after the Supreme Court cleared the way for ending TPS. Lawler stressed in an X post that the migrant workers should retain their protected status from deportation due to humanitarian issues…

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