In May 2026, CAS submitted evidence to the joint Call for Evidence by the All Party Parliamentary Groups on Migration and on Poverty & Inequality

Key Points:  

• Our evidence broadly aligns with the findings in your recent joint report on the effects of UK  Immigration, Asylum and Refugee Policy on poverty in the UK. We note that the changes recently proposed by the Home Office to the settlement framework and refugee protection, overall, run counter to key recommendations the joint APPG report has made.
• We have significant concerns that the far-reaching Home Office proposals to drastically restrict access to settlement and implement major rights regressions for people wanting to build a life in the UK will increase and further entrench insecurity, poverty and exploitation within our communities.
• The proposal to apply these fundamental changes retroactively to people already in the UK appears unprecedented and incompatible with the rule of law and the principle of legal certainty. Should the government push ahead with these changes, transitional arrangements for this cohort must be enacted to safeguard their rights.