TUP in the media
4/3/23. Sky news (broadcast), Migrants: 'No recourse to public funds' policy ruled unlawful, for the fifth time
4/3/23. Sky news (print), 'Why am I suffering like this?': Mum of shooting victim among those affected by unlawful 'hostile environment' policy
26/12/22. Sky news (broadcast), Cost of living crisis: About 1.4 million families unable to get help due to visa restrictions
26/12/22. Sky news (print), Cost of living crisis: About 1.4 million families unable to get help due to visa restrictions
29/4/21. Diane Taylor, The Guardian, Boy wins case against Home Office policy of no recourse to public funds
18/3/21. Tom Williams, The Metro, Boy, 5, taking Home Office to court after migrant family denied benefits
17/3/21. Diane Taylor, The Guardian, Five-year-old takes Home Office to high court over benefits ban
22/1/21. Hannah Westwater, The Big Issue, Government faces court action over rule punishing migrants in lockdown
24/10/20. Georgina Bailey, The House magazine, ‘I Look After People But No One Will Look After Me’ - Why The UK's Migrant Key Workers Are Facing Extreme Poverty And Abuse In The Pandemic
18/5/20. Robert Wright, The Financial Times, UK benefits ban leaves migrants struggling for food during lockdown
12/5/20. May Bulman, The Independent, Coronavirus: The people left with nothing because of the lockdown
7/5/20. Diane Taylor, The Guardian, Home Office's denial of benefits to migrant families unlawful, court rules
7/5/20. May Bulman, The Independent, Eight-year-old boy left street homeless with his mother because Home Office unlawfully refused them benefits
29/4/20. ITV London, TV news broadcast
25/4/20. Your Broccoli Weekly podcast, Why it’s time to scrap the Government’s NRPF Policy
3/4/20. BBC, TV news broadcast
3/4/20. Jim Reed and Sean Clare, BBC, ‘Coronavirus: Single parents take government to court over welfare rules’
15/12/19. Threads Radio podcast, https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/threads-outreach-haringey-migrant-support-centre-15-dec-19/
25/9/19. Frances Perraudin, The Guardian, ‘Labour members back proposal to give all UK residents voting rights’
05/08/19. Colin Yeo, Free Movement, ‘What is the no recourse to public funds condition?’.
23/07/19. Baroness Lister, Politics Home, ‘Home Office must assess the negative impact 'no recourse to public funds' immigration rules are having on’ children’.
13/06/19.
Diane Taylor and Aamna Mohdin, The Guardian, ‘British children in poverty denied basic benefits by Home Office, report finds’.
Aaron Walawalkar, Rights Info, ‘Home Office Denies Benefits To British Children In Poverty, Report Finds’.
20/12/17. James Morris, Islington Gazette, ‘Emily Thornberry looks back on 2017: 'People are in tears about housing every time I hold a surgery'.
19/12/17. Alex Wilkins, East London Lines, ‘Seeking social change connections in historic Newington Green church’.
24/11/17. Joe Cooper, Islington Tribune, ‘New centre to help vulnerable migrants’.
23/11/17. Rhiannon Long, Islington Gazette, ‘Islington's volunteer-run Unity Project launches to help migrants navigate paperwork and integrate with community’.
“The Unity Project is a miracle.
It is the only project dedicated to helping people change the conditions of their leave to gain access to public funds. The work to get a change of conditions is meticulous and intensive but the results are life changing.
I cannot recommend this charity enough. ”
“Thank you for helping the community who have been neglected for many years and for the fantastic work you’re doing concerning families like me with NRPF.
Thank you for fighting for it to be removed. My hope is that the Home Office should scrap it.
I will be visiting soon to help.”
“Making a Change of Conditions application is an overly difficult, complex process which seems designed to ensure that applicants do not even try.
Despite this, The Unity Project has achieved incredible results with extremely limited resources. As long as the No Recourse to Public Funds restriction continues to be applied in its current form, the UK needs a hundred The Unity Projects.
For now, we only have one and we should all support it as best we can.”