UCU: End the attacks on migrant residence and settlement rights

Motion

Motion text: Congress condemns
1. moves by the UK Government making it more difficult for migrants to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)
2. the deportation of Dipesh Ramtel, a student at York St John University, for a minor breach of working time limits
3. the continuation of ‘hostile environment’ policies as the Labour Government imitates Reform UK’s racist rhetoric
Congress calls on universities and colleges to support students and staff who are migrants.
Congress calls on the UK government to
a. recognise the positive contribution migrants make
b. end the racist policing of working time limits on international students
c. make it easier for international students to study in the UK
d. shorten and simplify routes to ILR, not lengthen and make them more difficult
e. establish voting rights for migrants in local and Westminster elections
Congress calls on UCU NEC to campaign for the above objectives and to raise them with parliamentary contacts and the TUC.