The Government and Reform UK are considering changes that would make life harder and less secure for migrants — extending the settlement route beyond 5 years, scrapping ILR, imposing unfair “earned” tests, raising fees, cutting support, and even forcing people to renounce other citizenships.

We migrants already pay fair share — through taxes, hard work, and some of the highest visa fees in the world. These fees even include an NHS surcharge, meaning we pay for the health service twice: once through visa fees and again through our wages. Yet without ILR, British citizenship, refugee status, or humanitarian protection, we are denied access to public funds such as Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, and Child Benefit. Meanwhile, misinformation is spread through the politics of hate, designed to divide ordinary working people against one another.

Instead of defending the human rights of all migrants — those who have lived in the UK for many years, built their lives here, and call this country home, as well as those forced to leave their homelands because of war, natural disasters, poverty, or trauma — politicians are choosing to scapegoat and blame migrants for falling living standards and deepening inequality.

Deporting migrants — including refugees and asylum seekers — or making it harder to stay will not improve living standards or reduce inequality. The real pressures on the NHS, housing, and schools come not from migrants, but from decades of underfunding and austerity. If politicians were truly committed to protecting the many rather than the few, they would consider a modest 2% wealth tax on the super-rich, raising £24 billion a year. This is not just about numbers — it is about political choices and whose interests are being protected. The wealth of the richest continues to grow while their vested interests remain untouched.

The truth is: migrants and UK-born people in our neighbourhoods share common struggles and stand together, supporting each other, while the super-rich remain insulated from the pain of the many.

This is a war without bullets — a war that divides and pits ordinary people against one another. Attempts to force migrants to renounce other citizenships or make settlement harder will have consequences far beyond what many realise. Families will be torn apart, loved ones separated, and communities destabilised. Even if this policy does not affect you directly today, it could affect your children, your neighbours, your friends, or your family.

This goes beyond whether you are a migrant or UK-born. No one is safe in a society where power thrives on fear and hate. Today it is migrants who are targeted; tomorrow, it could be you or someone you love.

An environment of division will not build a better future — it only allows the super-rich to keep living beyond our imagination while ordinary people suffer.

We Demand:

• Keep the 5-year ILR route protected and accessible for everyone, regardless of visa status

• Do not extend settlement from 5 years to more years

• Reject any move to force renunciation of other citizenships

• End scapegoating and build policies based on fairness, compassion, and security for all

Every signature matters. Together, we can influence politics and show that people stand for dignity, not division.

Sign this petition. Stand with us. Because we belong — and we stand together.

Once we reach 1,000, we’ll start reaching out to MPs, demanding they speak up in Parliament, and mobilising for peaceful demonstrations to show our unity and strength.