Research

Here you can access free academic articles, reports and research aiming to drive structural change and build a network of resistance.

‘Understanding’

‘Understanding’ is a research project started by Migrant Action aiming to provide public and community education on key migration justice topics, and organise ways to build resistance and solidarity in our community

‘Understanding: The Hostile Environment’ – Nova Jaszkiewicz, 2025

• Another piece on the Hostile Environment

Economic and Labour Justice

Praxis – Living with Dignity: Campaign to end NRPF Manifesto

Precarious Prospects: Understanding precarious work among foreign-born workers – Resolution Founfation

Interrogating the Rationale of Visa Fees – Nova Jaszkiewicz and Fidelis Chebe

Migrants Organise: Threadbare: the Quality of Legal Aid

Hidden hardships: The immigration system and child poverty – IPPR 2025

HC 733: The UK Government’s New Policy on Care Worker Visas – Progress or Persistent Barriers? – Tulia Group, 2025

‘Profit, Power, and Control: The Theft of Migrant Workers’ Wages in England’ – Jon Burnett and Fidelis Chebe 2025

‘Migrant Status and Destitution: It’s time to sever the link’ – Georgia Hawthorne, 2023

Destroying hopes, dreams and lives: How the UK visa costs and process impact migrants’ lives – Migrant Voice Report, 2022

Extortionate immigration Fees for migrants: Unfair & Inhumane – Fidelis Chebe, 2021

“The Right Thing To Do”; In light of the global pandemic, have the Conservatives finally learnt the true value of migrants to the UK? – Fidelis Chebe, 2020

Asylum Rights

Mental Health Foundation: The mental health of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK

‘STOP THE BOATS: Protecting borders or protecting lives?’ – Mia Kinsey, 2023

Migrant Action Reports and Case Studies