Migrant Destitution Fund

22/04/2026

Together with the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, we have produced an information sheet about local authority support for destitute families in GM:https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/S17-Information-Sheet.pdf

We don’t believe that anyone should be forced into destitution because of their immigration status – especially children. The information sheet is therefore aimed at families themselves, and services supporting them, to identify a potential pathway out of destitution.

While people with ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) cannot access mainstream welfare, they may be eligible for support under section 17 of the Children Act 1989. Our information sheet includes:

🔹What section 17 support should entail, and what people should not be offered
🔹How to apply and where people can seek advice
🔹How children’s services will decide what to offer
🔹How immigration status may affect the support offered, as well as any risks to applying

To find out more, visit our website: https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/information-sheet-on-local-authority-support-for-destitute-families/

22/04/2026

Last month we released our impact report about MDF's activity in 2025 across all our strands of work - promoting dignity and wellbeing through our grants programme; fostering a partner network of care and solidarity; and working towards our vision of a world without destitution.

“The money is important to buy things I need but the MDF also makes me feel like people are looking out for me, that I'm not alone. It means a lot to me.”

Check out the full report:https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Impact-Report-2025.pdf

Huge thanks to the many people and organisations who have made all this work possible.

09/03/2026

Over the last few weeks, the Home Secretary made a number of announcements about the asylum system. These have been both confusing and worrying.

Right to Remain will be hosting our Radical Solidarity Hub online meeting this week on Thursday 12 March, on Zoom, 2:00 - 3:30. In this session, we will:

- Share what we know, based on the official information. We will be going over our legal update we published last week.
- Exchange our responses and thoughts about these changes. - - Collect questions and concerns that we have.

Please note that we do not have all the answers: there are still so many unknowns. We recognise, however, that we need to come together and think about how they will affect our community and what we should do.

This session is particularly aimed at small grassroots organisations with no in-house policy or legal expertise. We will prioritise spaces for this target group.

https://righttoremain.org.uk/radical-solidarity-hub-making-sense-of-the-latest-changes-to-the-asylum-system-12-march-online/

01/03/2026

👥👥👥 It takes all of us! 👥👥👥

Have you joined the campaign?

Visit the campaign page for actions you can take: https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/end-destitution/

✨️ Write to your local MP and councillors (template letters available)

✨️ Write a message of solidarity and welcome

✨️ Sign the pledge

✨️ Donate to the MDF

Every action matters. Together we can stand up for what's right - an end to destitution in our GM communities.

27/01/2026

📣Today we have launched the campaign📣

https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/end-destitution/

‼️The government’s latest plans threaten to force yet more people in our communities into destitution. We must stand against this.

Rather than creating an even more Hostile Environment, we want the government to stop using destitution as a weapon of immigration control, so that everyone in our society can live with dignity, no matter where they come from.

✊🏾We are not powerless. There is so much we can do to show up in solidarity with people in our communities facing enforced destitution, and to advocate for change.

✨Visit our campaign page for some solidarity actions you can take!

https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/end-destitution/

29/12/2025

✨ As we approach a new year, if you’ve been thinking about how to make a meaningful difference, here's one way...

Please donate to the Migrant Destitution Fund. Whether it’s a one‑off or a monthly donation, every bit matters a lot. 100% of your donation will go to members of our GM communities facing enforced destitution.

We are determined to keep this fund open for as long as it is needed.

https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/donate/

https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/mdf-festive-fundraiser/

20/12/2025

Happy International Migrants Day!

We dream of a world where everyone has the right to remain where they want to be – not because they are “deserving”, not because they are “hard working”, not because they are made “vulnerable”, not because they are “exceptional”, but because they love, they live and they are human.

Actually, we are not dreaming – we are building that world today, right now, by being here.

Migration is life. No one is illegal. These walls must fall.

In solidarity, always.

Right to Remain team

20/12/2025

Our MDF spokespeople met earlier this week to share some food and time together as the year comes to an end.

We spoke about the government’s latest plans. We talked about wanting to work and “be useful” – but because of destitution, facing barriers everywhere to doing so. Everyone agreed that the government’s new plans will only create more barriers: “They’re making us like useless persons”.

https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/what-the-governments-latest-plans-mean-for-destitution-in-our-communities/

How the government’s latest plans will force more people into destitutionDecember 8, 2025December 8, 2025 At the end of November, the government announced a series of cruel plans to make the Hostile Environment even more hostile. On 17th November, they announced changes to the asylum system in a p...

15/12/2025

Campaigners call for quarterly data to be published in line with other departments instead of FoI route

15/12/2025

At the end of November, the government announced a series of cruel plans to make the Hostile Environment even more hostile.

Enforced destitution has already been designed into the hostile environment for decades. These plans risk creating yet more destitution in our communities.

Read more about the plans & the impact they will have here: https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/what-the-governments-latest-plans-mean-for-destitution-in-our-communities/

In short:

⚠️THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST PLANS WILL FORCE MORE PEOPLE INTO DESTITUTION ⚠️

📣These changes, if implemented, will benefit NO-ONE except those who want to sow division and hate. They risk tearing our communities apart. They must be fought.

How the government’s latest plans will force more people into destitutionDecember 8, 2025December 8, 2025 At the end of November, the government announced a series of cruel plans to make the Hostile Environment even more hostile. On 17th November, they announced changes to the asylum system in a p...

07/12/2025

✨️ This festive season, show solidarity, love and care to our friends and neighbours who are forced into destitution by donating to the GM Migrant Destitution Fund.

https://migrantdestitution.co.uk/donate/

100% of your donation will go directly - as cash - to people facing enforced destitution.

💛 Your support means a lot! Please help us by sharing this with friends, family and colleagues.