We, the undersigned, as practitioners and researchers working in UK migration and asylum law, collectively observe the following issues with the UK Government’s asylum policy announcements which were presented to the House of Commons on 17th November 2025, and published with the title “Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy”. We are worried about the evidential foundations of the proposed policies and the effects that they will have on the UK’s compliance with its international law obligations and with domestic constitutional norms, as well as the values of justice, decency and fairness. The plans will also harm the ability of UK administrative bodies such as the Home Office to provide prompt and effective services.
The purpose of this statement of consensus is to highlight our concerns regarding these proposals in the hope that the government might return to valuing evidence-based policy and, accordingly, abandon the proposed Policy Paper which will exacerbate, rather than address, the current challenges facing the UK asylum system.
We collectively agree that:
1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognises the right to seek asylum in other countries. Multiple international instruments which the UK has signed proclaim non-refoulement obligations.Moreover, Article 31 of the Refugee Convention, to which the UK is a state party, states that refugees should not be penalised for their ‘illegal’ entry or presence.
2. ‘Illegal migration’ is a state-produced label, and its usage to refer to asylum-seekers is incompatible with the right to seek asylum. The government’s focus should instead be on the general introduction of safe routes to the UK for the purposes of claiming asylum without the application of arbitrary caps.
3. The Danish immigration and asylum policy reforms have come at the cost of espousing populist, unfair measures, underpinned by racist policies currently being challenged before the Court of Justice of the EU (Case C-417/23).
4. The UK hosts a disproportionately low number of individuals seeking asylum and refugees. For example, the UK saw applications relating to 111,084 individuals in the year to June 2025 compared with more than 200,000 applications in Germany. Elsewhere in Europe, Spain, France and Italy also saw more applications than the UK. Globally, the great majority of displaced people are in countries neighbouring those of their nationality such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Uganda, and Turkey.
5. The foreword produced by PM Keir Starmer that there is ‘a strong and perverse incentive for migrants who have arrived legally to switch into the asylum system once here’ is unsupported by the evidence: claiming asylum in the UK remains a desperate, last resort measure, with the loss of one’s passport, the need to live on extremely limited financial resources, and the risk of spending 10-15 years embroiled in inefficient procedures and, ultimately, receiving an unfair decision.
6. There is no evidence of asylum ‘forum shopping’; on the contrary, trying to reach the UK is mostly prompted by family links, language, and past colonial ties.
7. The use of ‘visa penalties’ for certain countries is a blanket arbitrary measure and unnecessarily punitive.
8. The strain on the ‘wider social contract’ is due to the prohibition on asylum-seekers entering work; in fact, there is longstanding evidence of the benefits of granting the right to work to asylum seekers, and there is no evidence that refugees prefer to remain in the ‘Core Protection Route’. What makes the UK a more divided place is economic inequality produced by insufficient investment in local and public services, combined with toxic populist discourses. To unite the country, focus should remain on promoting social and economic justice and providing education, not limiting the rights and wellbeing of a small minority of people in need of international protection.
9. The creation of a twin track route with opportunities for earlier settlement and family reunion only for those in work and study will discriminate against the most vulnerable refugees and those with caring responsibilities.
10. The suggestion that the UK should seek to reduce the effectiveness of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (protection against torture or inhuman or degrading treatment) is alarming, given its central role in ensuring that there are some acts which should never be treated as acceptable.
11. The proposal to render refugee status ‘temporary’ replicates previously scrapped policies and is a new iteration of the policy introduced by the Conservative government under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, which was widely criticised at the time and promptly reversed.
12. The requirement to reapply for retention of refugee status at intervals of 2.5 years means that people with refugee status will be in a state of ongoing, prolonged uncertainty, harming their integration and mental health. It will also require conducting tens of thousands of unnecessary re-assessments each year, thereby significantly undermining the capacity of the Home Office and exacerbating decision backlogs, heightening the likelihood of poor-quality decisions overturned at appeal, and extending considerably the costs of the asylum system.
13. The proposed quadrupling of the residence period before refugees can apply for settlement, from 5 to 20 years, is significantly out of step with global norms and would have disastrous impacts on the health and well-being of refugees as well as on community cohesion. It is incompatible with the obligation in Article 34 of the Refugee Convention to ‘as far as possible facilitate the assimilation and naturalization of refugees’ and ‘in particular make every effort to expedite naturalization proceedings…’. It also disregards that integration – along with resettlement and return – is one of the three main solutions for displacement, as advocated by the UNCHR. Leaving recognised refugees in a limbo for 20 years is, in fact, counter-productive in terms of promoting integration.
14. There is no reliable body of evidence suggesting that changes to reception conditions have any measurable effect on where people seek asylum. There is, in fact, an extensive body of evidence suggesting that reception conditions have very little effect. For example, in the 2017 Crossing the Mediterranean Sea By Boat Report, reception was rarely given as a reason for the choice of destination in a sample of more than 250 interviews. At any rate, reception conditions, as confirmed by multiple reports, are in fact of poor quality, owing to profit-maximisation efforts by private providers.
15. The attempted reform of the appeals procedures shows disregard for the rule of law and fair legal process and misunderstands the reality of legal proceedings. Rather than reducing the right of appeal and accelerating procedures at the cost of claimants’ rights, the focus should be placed on increasing the capacity of the Home Office by investing in the training and resources available to Home Office case workers and improving the quality of decision-making. Increasing capacity through the introduction of ‘professionally trained adjudicators’ is not reassuring without further details of the qualifications of those professionals and the availability of independent legal representation, considering the current issues with the decision-making of the Home Office.
16. The proposed changes to family reunification rules risk being incompatible with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The evidence cited in the statement does not support the assertion that ‘Article 8 rights are currently leading to high numbers of arrivals from those who would not otherwise have the right to live in the UK’. As per MA v Denmark no 6697/18 (GC) (9 July 2021), the European Court of Human Rights has said that refugees need a ‘more favourable’ family reunion policy than that available to other migrants because they cannot return to their home country.
17. The proposed changes will undermine the capacity of the Home Office, immigration and asylum lawyers, and appellate bodies, reducing the ability of these institutions to process claims in a fair and timely manner and therefore increasing the costs of the asylum system.
18. Using the ‘late disclosure’ of facts and evidence should not unreasonably undermine a claimant’s credibility, as there may be many good reasons for such lateness. Indeed, some of the causes of lateness lie in existing UK asylum policy. For example, the lack of accessible legal aid in many parts of the UK means that many people only become aware of their legal rights at a late stage in the asylum process.
19. Using Artificial Intelligence, such as ‘facial age estimation technology’ in the context of international protection claims, is highly problematic from an ethical perspective and not underpinned by accurate and robust evidence, so it should be abandoned for the time being. Its usage may risk the legality of decisions and could lead to increased challenges and associated costs.
20. The introduction of safe routes is a welcome step but including a cap is counterproductive. People-smuggling is only a profitable illegal activity because of the lack of safe alternatives. The only safe alternative is to set up a fair and efficient humanitarian visa system.
21. Private sponsorship, while positive, should never be a substitute to a state-led and funded system of international protection. Having private sponsorship as the main means of international protection in the UK is tantamount to privatising international protection, which, as evidenced by Canada, has produced dubious compliance with its human rights and humanitarian obligations.
22. If the Government is truly concerned about the impact of conflicts around the world, it should focus on the UK’s development policy – the budget for which has been slashed – and diplomatic and peace efforts to ameliorate the human rights situation in areas from which most asylum-seekers originate.
23. Attempts to reform the asylum system, based on similar mechanisms to the ‘French return pilot’, have proved disastrous in other contexts, such as the EU-Turkey statement, where dangerous sea journeys still take place and refugees remain trapped in situations of human rights violations.
24. Outsourcing the UK’s international protection obligations to third countries through mechanisms such as ‘return hubs’ is a neo colonial policy that is not compatible with the mutual respect that all countries owe each other. Instead, countries should collaborate to eliminate the causes of displacement and protect people currently displaced.
Authored by:
1. Dr Ruvi Ziegler, Associate Professor in International Refugee Law, University of Reading (Co-Chair, Membership and Exclusion under Constitutions research group, International Association of Constitutional Law)
2. Dr Alex Powell, Associate Professor in Law, University of Warwick (Co-Convenor Migration & Asylum, Society of Legal Scholars)
3. Dr Raawiyah Rifath, Lecturer in Law, University of Exeter (Co-Convenor Migration & Asylum, Society of Legal Scholars)
4. Prof Nuno Ferreira, Professor of Law, University of Sussex
5. Dr Simon Behrman, Reader in Law, University of Warwick
6. Prof Dallal Stevens, Professor of Refugee & Asylum Law, University of Warwick
7. Dr Jo Wilding, Associate Professor in Law, University of Sussex
8. Prof Helena Wray, Professor of Migration Law, University of Exeter
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- Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
- Andrea Vukovic and Isabel Young, Co-Directors of Women for Refugee Women
- Professor Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham
- Dr Alison Kelly, Director, Voices in Exile
- Solange Valdez-Symonds, CEO/Senior Solicitor, PRCBC
- Liz Griffith, Head of Migration Justice at Law Centre NI
- Rebecca Joy Novell, Co-Chair City of Sanctuary UK
- Anna Kouma, Solicitor and CEO, Migrant Legal Action
- Duduzile Moyo, Solicitor & Legal Manager, Refugee Action
- Prof Cornelius Katona, Hon Medical and Research Director, Helen Bamber Foundation
- Dr Rhian Croke, Strategic Litigation and Policy Advocacy Lead, Children’s Legal Centre Wales
- David Pountney, Head of Legal Services, GMIAU
- Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP
- Prof. Lara Montesinos Coleman, Professor of International Law, Ethics and Political Economy, University of Sussex
- Professor Sarah Singer, School of Advanced Study, University of London
- Faye Morgan Downs, Asylum and Immigration Lawyer, Asylum Justice
- Professor Matthew Weait, Emeritus Professor of Law and Society, University of Oxford
- Jo Pettitt, Co-Director, Asylos
- Professor Bridget Anderson, Director Migration Mobilities Bristol, University of Bristol
- Lucy Mair, Barrister, Garden Court North Chambers
- Catriona Jarvis, Chair of Directors and Trustees, Methoria
- Lidia Dancu, Interim CEO, STAR (Student Action for Refugees)
- Professor Vanessa Munro, Warwick Law School, University of Warwick
- Prof Mette Louise Berg, Director, Head of the Social Research Institute, University College London
- Paul Sceeny, NATECLA (National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults) Co-Chair
- Dr Naeema Hann, Co-Chair, NATECLA
- Bushra Akhtar, Violence Against Women and Girls Officer, Kingston Council
- John Howard-Norman, Chair, West End Refugee Service
- Mary Bosworth, Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford
- Maggie O’Neill, Professor in Sociology & Criminology at UCC.
- Usha Sood, barrister and Head of Trent Chambers, Nottingham (and retired Senior Lecturer in Law, Nottingham Trent University)
- Dr Ayesha Riaz, University of Greenwich
- Dr Aleksandra Lewicki, Reader in Sociology, University of Sussex
- Emeritus Professor Sally R Munt, University of Sussex
- Dr Stephanie Berry, Associate Professor of International Human Rights Law, University of Sussex
- Dr Arianne Shahvisi, Associate Professor in Ethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
- Dr Rossella Pulvirenti, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Professor JoAnn McGregor, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex
- Dr Neil Graffin, Senior Lecturer, The Open University
- Dr Miroslav Baros, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
- Anne-Meike Fechter, Professor of Anthropology and International Development, University of Sussex
- Carol Bohmer, Visiting Scholar, Dartmouth College
- Professor Sonia Morano-Foadi, Oxford Brookes University
- Dr Paul White, Associate Professor of Organisation Studies, Swansea University
- The Revd Fleur Houston, Independant Scholar
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- Dr Peter West-Oram, Associate Professor in Bioethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
- Mr. Hafeez Ullah, PhD researcher in Border Studies, University of Sussex
- Samuel Ballin, PhD candidate, Radboud University Centre for Migration Law
- Dr Natasha Saunders, University of St Andrews
- Professor Barbara Crossouard, Director, Centre for International Education, University of Sussex
- Dr Arwen Joyce, Lecturer in Law, University of Leicester
- Professor Goldie Osuri, Sociology, University of Warwick
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- Dr Filippo Dionigi, Senior Lecturer of Politics and International Relations, University of Bristol
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- Professor Maria do Mar Pereira, Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick
- Sarah Ankers, ESOL Lecturer
- Galatea Scotti, PhD Researcher in Social Anthropology, University of Birmingham
- Charlotte Vines, PhD candidate, University of Warwick
- Mr. Dmitri Hui Ken Chong, PhD researcher, University of Westminster.
- SJ Cooper-Knock, Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield
- Professor Emeritus Louiza Odysseos, University of Sussex
- Noor Tazka, Warwick University
- Shavena Vigneswara Kumar, PhD researcher, University of Warwick and Coventry University
- Angeliki Sifaki/Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow/CES, University of Coimbra
- David Jones, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers/Director of HJT Research
- Sarah Taal, Baobab Women’s Project CIC & Birmingham University Research Associate, IRiS Department
- Raphaela Armbruster, Head of Admissions and Scholarships, UCL International Foundation Year
- Abida Khatoon – ESOL curriculum Leader
- Dr Dara Ruane, Assistant Professor in Sociology and Criminology, University of Sussex
- Professor Elena Vacchelli, University of Greenwich
- Paul Sceeny, NATECLA (National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults) Co-Chair
- Ben Rampton, Professor of Sociolinguistics, King’s College London
- Lauren Butler, Solicitor, Lecturer in Law, The University of Law, Manchester
- Susanna Revolti, Chif Executive Officer, Refugee Support Devon
- Laura Reyes Pollak, M.A. International Criminology
- Dr Costantino Grasso, Associate Professor in Law, University of Exeter
- Gabriel du Plessix, University of Warwick.
- Dayoung Moon, PhD student, University of Warwick
- Dr Charlotte Bishop, Law School, University of Exeter
- Patrick Stevenson, Emeritus Professor of German and Linguistics, University of Southampton
- Marion Demossier, Professor of French and Social anthropology
- Eleanor Nesbitt, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick
- Denise Parker, Refugees as Medical Professionals, Integration Officer, Refugee Support Devon
- Sharon Cowan, Professor of Feminist and Queer Legal Studies, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Annika Jones, Associate Professor in Law, University of Exeter
- Cameron Caverhill, Immigration adviser, Refugee Support Devon
- Adriana Patino – Professor of Language, Culture and Society- University of Southampton
- Jasmin El-Shewy, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Law School, University of Exeter
- Dr Louise Loder, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Exeter Law School
- Bushra Akhtar, Violence Against Women and Girls Officer, Kingston Council
- Ms Sarah Atkins, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Portsmouth
- Phoebe McLeod, ESOL teacher, Blackpool and the Fylde College
- Elena Isayev, Professor in Humanities, University of Exeter
- Timothy Myers, Senior Lecturer in Law, Bath Spa University
- Claire Holleran, Associate Professor, University of Exeter
- Laura Hyde, Lecturer and Law Clinic Manager, Ulster University
- Dr Lauren Bouttell, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of East Anglia
- Anna Paraskevopoulou, Associate Professor, Anglia Ruskin University
- Rachel Öner, NATECLA Trustee.
- Gabriella Bettiga, Solicitor and Director of MGBe Legal
- Mr Corin James Timson, Barrister
- Professor Stella Burch Elias, Professor of Law, and Bouma Family Fellow in Law, University of Iowa, USA
- Emma Walker-Silverman, Doctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
- Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip, co-chair of trustees of the Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group
- Adela Belecova, English for Action, Executive Team Member/ESOL teacher-organiser
- Robin Peeler, Trustee, Taunton Welcomes Refugees
- Anna Banks, Yorkshire And Humberside Natecla Chair
- Arnela Imamovic, Barrister , No8 Chambers
- Sevra Guzel, Senior Lecturer, Bath Spa University
- Liz Teixeira, ESOL Course Lead and NATECLA Southwest Co Chair
- Emma Cresswell, NATECLA Scotland Co-Chair
- Lucy Mayblin, Senior Lecturer Sociology, University of Sheffield
- Nickie Charles, Professor, University of Warwick
- Olivia Sheringham, Senior Lecturer Geography, Birkbeck University of London
- Laura Schwartz, Professor of Modern British History, University of Warwick
- Maya Beney, DPhil Candidate in International Development, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
- Alessia Dalceggio, Doctoral Researcher, London Metropolitan University
- Francesco Goglia, Associate Professor, University of Exeter
- Ian Wollington, Chair London NATECLA
- Zaina Aljumma, PhD candidate in Bilingualism and Migration, Swansea University
- Jennifer Turner, Curriculum Director and NATECLA Management Council Member
- Dr David Suber, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford
- Kanie Juanroyee, LLM Human Rights Graduate, University of Edinburgh
- Saffa Bellis (ESOL professional and Chair NATECLA Cymru)
- Kanie Juanroyee, LLM Human Rights Graduate, University of Edinburgh
- Algar Goredema-Braid Workstream Lead on local Universities of Sanctuary Birmingham City of Sanctuary
- Calogero Giametta, Lecturer of Criminology, University of Leicester
- Simon Elliott, Trustee, West End Refugee Service, Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Dr Denise de Pauw, senior lecturer, University of Leeds
- Kate Macpherson, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Hertfordshire
- Dr. Tabish Zaman, Senior Lecturer Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge
- Alessia Risi, Senior Lecturer in Italian and Film, University of Exeter
- Susana Afonso, Associate Professor of Language, Cognition and Society, University of Exeter
- Dawn Judd, Chair, Preston City of Sanctuary
- Dr Unis Nisa, Global Partnerships Manager (Humanitarian and Global Civic) University of Reading
- Dr Diana Camps, Lecturer in Education, University of Glasgow
- Dr Egle Dagilyte, Associate Professor in European Law and Society, Anglia Ruskin University
- Nadia Igsiz, Trustee of the West End Refugee Service, Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Molli Cleaver, Community Engagement Manager, University of Reading
- Madeleine Lindh, PhD Candidate in International Politics, QMUL
- Susana Afonso, Associate Professor of Language, Cognition and Society, University of Exeter
- Ranita Chatterjee, Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter
- Dr Zoe Given-Wilson, Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law, Royal Holloway University of London
- Dr Francesca Esposito, Researcher, Border Criminologies
- Rachel Larkin. Assistant Professor, University of Sussex
- Dr Milena Rizzotti- lecturer, university of leicester
- Simon Forrester Chair Taunton Welcomes Refugees
- Dr Nerina Boursinou, Associate Lecturer, University of Surrey
- Dr Nicola Mai, Professor of Criminology at the University of Leicester
- Unis Nisa, Global Partnerships Manager (Humanitarian and Global Civic), University of Reading
- Susana Afonso, Associate Professor of Language, Cognition and Society, University of Exeter
- Aidan Power, Lecturer, University of Exeter
- Mariah Cady, Doctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
- Frederic Kastner, Director of Social Innovation, The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network C.I.C.
- Rubab Meraj, MA Migration and Global Development, University of Sussex
- Joseph Beckett, Freelance ESOL/EFL teacher and researcher
- Dr Suzy Tutchell, Associate Professor in Art Education, University of Reading
- Antonia Benfield, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers
- Victoria Canning, Professor of Criminology, Lancaster University
- Patricia Bartley, PhD Researcher, University of Durham
- Helen Peden, Barrister, Garden Court North Chambers
- Laura Walker, Lecturer in TESOL, University of Lancashire
- Seána Roberts, Director, Merseyside Refugee Support Network
- José A. Gutiérrez, Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR), University of York
- Professor Lynn Martin, Anglia Ruskin University
- Helen Backhouse retired tutor/teacher
- Dr Anna Papoutsi, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
- Daniel Calvert, Postgraduate Researcher in refugee integration, University of Stirling
- Jaba Kaplanishvili, PhD Researcher at the University of Westminster
- Dr Alison Kelly, Director, Voices in Exile
- Silvia Gomes, Associate Professor, University of Warwick
- Professor Kirsten McConnachie, University of East Anglia
- Dr Kate Smith, Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, University of Salford
- Elspeth Guild, Professor, School of Social Justice, University of Liverpool
- Ms Carla Field, Doctoral Researcher, University of Leicester
- Bee Damara, postgraduate researcher in lived experience perspectives on human trafficking, University of Leicester
- Professor Giorgia Dona, co- director Centre for Migration, Refugees and Belonging, University of East London
- Dr Philip Martin, Research Fellow, University of Salford
- Katy Cotton, Administrator, University of Southampton
- Ms Carla Field, Doctoral Researcher, University of Leicester
- Dr Dave Beck, Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Salford
- Bee Damara, postgraduate researcher, University of Leicester
- Dr Donna Peach, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
- Philomene Uwamaliya, Trustee Doctors of the World; Freedom from Torture, Refugee Women Connect; Senior Lecturer Mental Health Nursing, Liverpool John Moores University
- Professor Paul Statham, Director Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex
- Dr Shailesh Kumar, Lecturer in Law, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Sarah McKeon, Research & Innovation Development Officer, University of Hull
- Poppy Abbott, Lead IDVA, IDAS
- Dr Sharon Coen, Associate Professor, University of Salford
- Dr Alasia Nuti, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, University of York
- Judith Carter, Solicitor and Lecturer, University of Liverpool Law Clini
- Professor Majella Kilkey, Professor of Social Policy, University of Sheffield
- Leyla Williams, Deputy Director, West London Welcome
- Dr Keith Kazvita Silika . Lecturer in Policing
- Dr Joshua Findlay, University of Manchester
- Hanna Morozova, Business Support Facilitation TERN
- Mx Clarissa Muller-Kosmarov, Doctoral Researcher in Philosophy, University of Warwick
- Minh Dang, Former Director, Survivor Alliance UK; University of Nottingham Research Fellow
- Iweta Baran, PhD researcher in Intercultural Communication and Migration, Edinburgh Napier University
- Amélie Courtine, Postgraduate Researcher, University of Leicester
- Ambrose Musiyiwa, PhD Student, University of Manchester
- Manuela Barreto, Professor of Social Psychology, University of Exeter
- Dr Kelly Staples, Associate Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester
- Eirini Ketzitzidou Argyri, PhD Candidate, University of Exeter
- Charlotte Shevchenko Knight, Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Hull
- Lucie Gegg, ESOL Lecturer, Cardiff and Vale College
- Brodhie Molloy, PhD student, University of Leicester
- Dr Mengia Tschalär, Adj. Professor of Anthropology and Law and Society, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
- Joe Turner, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of York.
- Professor Simon Parker, Co-Chair University of York Migration Network, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of York
- Dr Tom Avery, Chair, Swansea City of Sanctuary
- Eleftheria Ktenas, Specialist Caseworker (Forced Migrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers), UCL
- Andy Rogers, PhD Candidate, University of Leicester
- Dr. Feride Kumbasar, Borderlines, Queen Mary University of London
- Matthew Nielson, Lecturer, University of Exeter
- Alan Desmond, Leicester Law School, University of Leicester
- Dr Tanya Palmer, Associate Professor of Law, University of Sussex
- Claudia Zugno, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Bedfordshire
- Majd Shams, Operations Coordinator, The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network C.I.C.
- Christopher Jeavons, Postgraduate Researcher, University of Leicester.
- Prof James Hampshire, Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
- Dr Kerri Woods, University of Leeds
- Tony Griffin Level 2 IAA Immigration Adviser Refugee Support Devon
- Dr Dan Fisher, University of Glasgow
- Nina Walker, Postgraduate Researcher, University of Leicester
- Sohail Jannesari, Research Fellow, King’s College London
- Katherine Smith, Immigration Adviser, Redwing Immigration Consultants
- Emily Heinrich, Senior Solicitor, Wesley Gryk Solicitors
- Amna Smith, Postgraduate Researcher, University of Southampton
- Dr Lena S. Opfermann, Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Studies, University of Bedfordshire
- Lutz Oette, Professor of International Human Rights Law, SOAS, University of London
- Oscar Frandsen, Lecturer, SOAS University of London
- Jana Ezrokh, IAA Immigration Adviser, Coventry Street Advisors
- Shoaib M Khan, Human Rights Lawyer
- Nina Sekular, Consultant Solicitor
- Alex Goodman, IAA Immigration Adviser, Refugee Support Devon
- Lojain Sallah, Assistant Psychologist at Helen Bamber Foundation
- Dr Elena Gualco, Senior Lecturer and Programme Team Leader in Law, Arden University
- Julie Begum, teacher/organiser
- Harjap Singh Bhangal, Solicitor & Director, GLS Solicitors, Broadcaster, Various Media Outlets
- Wai-Leng Chon, Programme Manager, The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network CIC
- Gianluca Palombo, research consultant and evaluation lead
- Dr Melany Cruz, Lecturer, University of Leicester
- Dr Zalfa Feghali, Associate Professor, University of Leicester
- Kate Ritchie, senior lecturer, The Open University
- Catherine Dupre, Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Exeter
- Sabrina Galella, Human Rights Activist
- Luis Hernandez Calixto, Political activist
- Dr Martin Nickson, Chair Sanctuary Champions Network, University of Hull
- Alex Piletska, Senior Associate, Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law
- Dr Alys McAlpine, Senior Research Fellow, University College London
- Roxanne Douglas, Assistant Professor at The University of Warwick
- Prof Cornelius Katona, Hon Medical and Research Director, Helen Bamber Foundation
- Rumbidzai Bvunzawabaya Solicitor Tulia Group CIC
- Yasir Wahbi, IAA Immigration Adviser, Lifeline Options
- Nick Beales, Head of Campaigning, Refugee and Migrant Forum for Essex & London
- Walaa Mouma, PhD Student at Swansea University
- Úna Boyd, Solicitor, Committee on the Administration of Justice
- Dr. Thom Davies, Associate Professor in Geography, School of Geography, University of Nottingham
- Dr Nick Clare, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham
- Smita Bajaria, Solicitor, Coram CLC
- Dr Veronica Burke, Senior Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University
- Dr Lara Momesso, Associate Research Fellow at the University of Lancashire
- Dr Paladia Ziss, Independent Scholar
- Dr Cetta Mainwaring, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Ann-Christin Zuntz, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Edinburgh
- Bria Trosclair, PhD Researcher at University of Glasgow
- George Palattiyil, Professor of Social Work and Refugee Studies, The University of Edinburgh
- Jo Drugan, Professor of Ethical Research Methods, Heriot-Watt University
- Meg Wishart, GRAMNet PGR Intern, University of Glasgow
- Ross Bond, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Teresa Piacentini, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow
- Mathew Haine, Student Outcomes Manager, University of Reading
- Dr Steve Kirkwood, Head of Social Work, The University of Edinburgh
- Dr Mike Slaven, Associate Professor, University of Lincoln
- Hugo Gorringe, Professor in Sociology, University of Edinburgh
- Mohua Saha- Executive Administration Officer- Research, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading
- Chris Leinster, Marketing, University of Reading
- Dean Ross, PhD Researcher, University of Glasgow
- Kirstin Sonne, PhD Researcher, University of Edinburgh
- Georgina Firth, Senior Lecturer, Lancaster University Law School
- Emily Boling, Head of Programmes, Breadwinners
- Tahir Zaman, Associate Professor in Geography, University of Sussex
- Dr Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti, Senior lecturer in Criminology, University of Bristol
- Dr Gil Viry, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Trish Reid, Head of School, Arts and Communication Design, University of Reading
- Prof. Sari Pöyhönen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
- Dr Bhavna Sennik, Psychologist NHS and academic
- Martin Cosarinsky Campos, Managing Director, Breadwinners
- Zozan Yasar, PhD student, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Cat Wayland, Lecturer, University of Reading
- David Forbes, IAA Immigration Adviser, Lifeline Options
- Prof Laura Brace, University of Leicester
- Prof Vikram Devaraj, Associate Med Ed, Refuge Support Devon
- Karim Mitha, PhD Researcher, University of Glasgow
- Dr Natalie Turney, Lecturer in Law, University of Reading
- Steven Galliver-Andrew, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
- Laura Jeffery, Professor of Anthropology of Migration, University of Edinburgh
- Prof Bernard Ryan, University of Leicester
- Dr Dina P Sidhva, Lecturer in Social Work, University of the West of Scotland
- Nariman Massoumi, Associate Professor, University of Bristol
- Nicola Loughran, former Asylum and Refugee lawyer
- Dr. Ali Ali, Senior Lecturer Human Geography, University of Sussex
- Mattia Pinto, Lecturer and Deputy Director, Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York
- Dr Jill Court, Senior Research and Policy Lead, ACH
- Dr Zoe Groves, Lecturer in Modern Global Colonial and Postcolonial History, University of Leicester
- Prof Ruth Evans, Professor in Human Geography, University of Reading
- Dr Tamsin Barber, Associate Professor in Sociology and Chair of the Migration and Refugees Research Network, Oxford Brookes University
- Simriti Singh, PhD Researcher, Oxford Brookes University
- Lucy Leon, Senior Researcher, Centre on Migration, Policy & Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford
- Juany Murphy, PhD Candidate on Migration, Oxford Brookes University
- Dr Esteban Devis-Amaya, Co-lead of the Migration & Refugees Research Network, Oxford Brookes University
- Rizwana Rafiq, Mentor to Refugee Students, Refugee Led Research Hub (RLRH) by the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford
- Rachael Takens-Milne, Co-Director, Justice Collaborations on Behalf of the Justice Together Initiative
- Sanor Rasool, ESOL Tutor
- Phillip Thorpe, Principal Consultant, Migrant Voices Collective, Oxford
- Ahmed Bashir Nour, Basic Needs Department Assistant, Jesuit Refugee Service Uganda, MA Candidate in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, University of London
- Matthew Smeardon, Chief Executive, LEF
- Md Saiduzzaman Khan, Head of Business Development & Resource Mobilization, Plan International
- Alice Gerlach, Associate Professor of Criminology and Deputy Head of School of Law and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University
- Maria Mele, Lecturer in Advanced and Specialist Practice, Human Rights Law
- Prof Stephen Skinner, Professor of Comparative Legal History and Legal Theory, University of Exeter.
- Document Date
- Tuesday November 25, 2025