Against the UK Government's White Paper on Immigration
"Are you settled?" Today, this question defines the value of your existence in the UK. It is no longer who you are but how much you earn. It is no longer right, but a condition. It is no longer refuge but exclusion.

With the new White Paper on Immigration, the UK Government proposes a system that:

• Extends the time to obtain residence status from 5 to 10 years.
• It also implies stricter language requirements for family members.
• Raises the skill and salary thresholds for accessing visas.
• Uses "net reduction in migration" as a political goal, ignoring the human impacts.
• Treats protection and integration as conditional privileges, rather than fundamental rights.

These measures do not increase justice. They increase inequality, institutional racism and the dehumanisation of migrants.

Behind the language of "fairness" and "control" lies a system that:

• Instrumentalises migrants as scapegoats for economic decline.
• Exploits the narrative of "merit" to justify exclusion and precariousness.
• Erases colonial history and the essential contribution of migrants in building the United Kingdom.

✊ What we ask
We, citizens, scholars, activists, workers, migrants and supporters:

• We reject this White Paper and the measures it contains.
• We call for a review of the immigration system based on rights, dignity and social justice.
• We demand transparency on public funds currently invested in control and surveillance rather than welfare.
• We denounce the rhetoric that fuels xenophobia and division, rather than cohesion and solidarity.

✍️ Sign to say:
❝ No human being is illegal. No right is a privilege. ❞
❝ The only broken system is the one that divides, not the people who migrate. ❞

ARE YOU SETTLED? We are. In our beliefs. In solidarity. In the fight.

📚 Insights
For further information and critical analysis of the new White Paper on immigration and the Prime Minister's speech, we invite you to consult the following articles from the Guardian:

Starmer faces opposition from Labour MPs and employers over immigration shift | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian