Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

These airlines are deporting people who came to the UK seeking safety, fleeing war, persecution and climate breakdown.

We call on these airlines to end their complicity in this violent scheme now.

We have written to the four airlines carrying out deportations under the cruel and inhumane UK-France agreement, along with many other British and French groups - calling on these airlines to cease their complicity.

They are: Air France, Titan Airways, Albastar Airlines& Corendon Airlines

Refugees like me are sick of being told we’re not welcome Under new rules, the status of every refugee is deemed temporary and an individual’s refugee status is subject to checks every 30 months.

“People seeking asylum and other immigrants we work with only hear one message from this government – you are not welcome.” Writes our Yazan Miri

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While others expand protection, this Government retreats.

It ignores climate displacement, deepens the hostile environment, and scapegoats refugees for crises of its own making.

We demand an end to the hostility towards the most vulnerable while it fuels wars abroad.

The UK government arms and morally supports the Zionist regime. It is complicit in this war. #Iran

This scandal-ridden government is scapegoating migrants for its own failures to tackle the concerns that really matter to people: the cost of living crisis, unemployment & housing.

The UK should look to Spain, not Denmark, welcome migrants & regularise all undocumented people.

Today, we’re writing to the Prime Minister, calling on the UK Government to abolish citizenship stripping.

Using these extreme powers, the Home Secretary can deprive some British citizens of legal rights simply by saying it is 'conducive to the public good' to do so.

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The state must work for ordinary people, not the tiny minority of private jet owners.

This erosion of protections for those who need them most, while allowing billionaires to stop paying tax, is exactly how corporate-run governments operate.

This government has always been against those at the margins, whether people who are sleeping rough, people who do not earn enough to survive, or people who are disabled.

UK migrant families face giving up vital in-work benefits to avoid being ‘punished’ Under Shabana Mahmood’s proposals, wait for settled status would double to 20 years if public funds used while in work

What this means is that the UK government is going to entrench child poverty, deep poverty, and homelessness for many people across the country.

@ramfel.bsky.social

Titan Airways, shame on you, you are complicit in the violent deportations of torture and trafficking survivors.

We call on you to end your complicity, now. Stop these cruel, inhumane deportations.

Read letter to Titan, signed by many British and French groups

jcwi.org.uk/updates/brit...

Shame on you Air France. Stop these deportations, now.
These people came to the UK seeking safety. Many of them have fled war, persecution and climate breakdown.
Join the boycott of Air France until they commit to stopping these inhumane deportations.

Signatories include:

@care4calais.org:
@biddetention.bsky.social
@gmiau.bsky.social
@humansforrights.bsky.social
@irrnews.bsky.social
@medact.bsky.social
@migrantsrights.bsky.social
@rainbowmigration.bsky.social
@utopia56.bsky.social
@projectplayfrance.bsky.social
@4refugeewomen.bsky.social

These airlines are deporting people who came to the UK seeking safety, fleeing war, persecution and climate breakdown.

Shame. Stop these violent deportations.

The full letters are on our website here: jcwi.org.uk/updates/brit...

Rights groups urge airlines to halt ‘one in, one out’ deportation flights British and French activists write to Air France, AlbaStar, Titan and Corendon airlines over ‘shameful involvement’

We've written to the four airlines carrying out deportations under the cruel and inhumane UK-France agreement.

They are: Air France, Titan Airways, AlbaStar Airlines & Corenden Airlines.

We call on them to end their complicity, now.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

We need a compassionate migration policy that welcomes people who've undergone often horrific journeys and exploitation and offers them safe haven.

Migrants launch court bid to halt one-in, one-out deportations to France Legal challenge comes as a coalition of UK and French charities issue a statement warning of widespread failures under the flagship deal

The UK-France deportation scheme is cruel and inhumane and amounts to state-sponsored human trafficking.

We stand with @detentionaction.bsky.social, @biddetention.bsky.social, @migrantsrights.bsky.social and others in Britain and France calling for it to end.

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Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election Shabana Mahmood insists deportations will rise, as Labour government is accused of promoting ‘harmful stereotypes’ of migrants

This announcement of mass deportations while also seeking to gut rights protections is frightening.

And the home secretary is yet again using openly fascist rhetoric.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We need a compassionate system that puts people first, with the same routes of travel accessible for everyone, and the same good quality, safe housing for everyone.

The government continues to perpetrate this cruelty and violence in an increasingly desperate attempt to court the far right.

Behind these numbers are real people who have had their lives torn apart.

Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election Shabana Mahmood insists deportations will rise, as Labour government is accused of promoting ‘harmful stereotypes’ of migrants

The government has gone very far down a very dark road.

This announcement of mass deportations while also seeking to gut rights protections is frightening.

Meanwhile, the home secretary is openly using fascist rhetoric.

We were quoted in the Guardian 👇

This isn’t a serious plan. It’s punitive, reactive policymaking designed to appease far-right narratives, targeting those who already have so little.

Ministers need to stop dancing to that tune and start building systems that are humane, robust, and actually work.

Instead of tackling systemic failures like poor planning, isolated accommodation - which is why some people were forced to take long taxi rides to appointments - the government is again trying to court the far-right with this punitive and short-sighted ban.

Ban on asylum seekers using taxis for medical appointments comes into force It comes after a BBC investigation which showed people travelling long distances at high cost.

This is more performative cruelty from the government.

Instead of fixing a broken system, it seeks to blame the most marginalised.

Ending taxi support means asylum seekers may have to travel far without the means to do so, preventing access to medical support.

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Our Griff Ferris speaks on the BBC about the waste of public money on private companies that profit from providing inadequate housing for those seeking safety & how this money can go towards improving local council housing to house people seeking asylum in our communities, where they belong.

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