We stand united against harmful BBC reporting that targets already marginalised communities

17 April 2026: QARN has signed this letter.: Rainbow Migration: We are joined by over 100 organisations as signatories of this statement: recent BBC reporting risks causing real harm to communities that are already systemically marginalised.

Read our joint statement and see the full list of signatories below:

As organisations supporting and advocating for migrants and refugees, LGBTQI+ people, and survivors of domestic abuse and gender-based violence, we are appalled at the quality of reporting from the BBC in its recent investigation, which has amplified a small number of bad-faith actors offering fraudulent immigration and asylum advice. This reporting risks causing real harm to communities that are already systemically marginalised, and whose lives are being made harder by the rise in racist far-right rhetoric and increasingly harsh anti-migrant policies by successive governments.

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Refugee family plans “will deepen suffering”

2 April 2026: Quakers: Refugee family plans “will deepen suffering”

We are called to speak truth to power, and the truth is that separating families fleeing persecution is cruel and wrong.- Adwoa Burnley

Faith leaders from across the UK, including Quakers, have written to the Home Secretary warning against permanently restricting refugee family reunion.

The Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other faith leaders, alongside Adwoa Burnley, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, urge Shabana Mahmood to demonstrate “the moral leadership that this moment demands.”

She should champion compassion, such as that shown to Ukrainians in 2022, rather than yield to the loudest calls against it, they say.

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