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Shabana Mahmood

Pic: House of Commons/PA Wire

March 18, 2026, 4:17 pm

Rabbis join call for government to rethink its settlement and citizenship reforms

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced plan to toughen criteria for indefinite leave to remain

By Lee Harpin

Protesters in support refugees in Westminster

March 4, 2026, 1:11 pm

Britain must reject plans for an ‘ICE-style’ deportation agency

Jewish history in Britain shows why immigration policies driven by fear threaten refugees and the country’s moral values

By Rabbi David Mason

Children who arrived on the Kindertransport

January 30, 2026, 12:57 pm

From Kindertransport to today: Why safe routes are central to atrocity prevention

Protecting people before violence escalates is not charity - it is a legal and moral duty rooted in history

By Jonathan Chern

November 25, 2025, 3:22 pm

Would Britain have accepted Jewish refugees under today’s rules?

New government proposals risk stripping safety, stability and dignity from refugees today

By Rabbi David Mason and Mia Hasenson-Gross

November 18, 2025, 12:04 pm

Polanski and Novara Media condemned for making appalling Holocaust comparisons

The Green Party leader and the far-left website both conflate new government asylum measures with the Nazi seizure of Jewish victims jewellery

By Lee Harpin

November 17, 2025, 10:24 pm

Home Secretary hits back at Sultana’s ‘fascist’ asylum policy claim as ‘beneath contempt’

Shabana Mahmood delivered stinging rebukes to left-wing, Green and Lid Dem critics as she outlined tough measures aimed at tackling the UK's asylum crisis in the Commons

By Lee Harpin

January 29, 2025, 10:29 am

OPINION: Trump’s new America threatens the most vulnerable in our societies

By remaining united, we can ensure that those facing hate are not alone, writes Rabbi David Mason

By Rabbi David Mason

Rabbi David Mason speaking at HIAS+JCORE event

June 11, 2024, 6:57 pm

Communal asylum charity chief urges politicians to stop using immigration to fuel hate

Rabbi David Mason was applauded after speaking at HIAS+JCORE charity event and pledging to work towards creating 'a more welcoming, more cohesive United Kingdom'

By Lee Harpin

Refugees seeking asylum.
https://www.politicshome.com/

September 14, 2023, 12:29 pm

Opinion: A need for more than spiritual asylum

Rosh Hashanah emphasises our place in the wider world and our deep responsibility to influence it and bring about change, writes David Mason, executive director of HIAS+JCORE

By David Mason

Stop Rwanda, outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Pic: HIAS+JCORE

April 21, 2023, 10:28 am

OPINION: Time for us to raise our voices for the oppressed stranger

Our community should play a key role in calling on the government to enact comprehensive immigration reform, say newly-merged UK and US refugee charities HIAS+JCORE

By Rachel Levitan + Isabel Burton + Rabbi David Mason

Marie van der Zyl, centre, helps with a food distribution to migrants inside the Dunkirk camp

April 4, 2023, 4:25 pm

SPECIAL REPORT: ‘There must be a way to treat asylum seekers as human beings’

With Passover approaching Jewish News joined Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl at a camp for migrants hoping for better lives in the UK, in Dunkirk, northern France

By Lee Harpin in Dunkirk

March 29, 2023, 11:34 am

BBC’s Yalda Hakim thanks Jewish community for refugee support

Yalda Hakim, whose parents fled Afghanistan, addresses guests at event for Jewish asylum and refugee charities HIAS and JCORE

By Adam Decker

Migrants being brought on shore by the border force at Dover (Jewish News)

March 8, 2023, 4:20 pm

Board have ‘significant concerns’ over Rishi Sunak’s Illegal Migration Bill

In a major intervention, Board of Deputies say they fear the government's bid to tackle rising migrant small boat crossings could 'breach both the Refugee Convention and the Human Rights Act'

By Lee Harpin

Gary Mond speaks to EJA conference in Budapest

June 21, 2022, 5:06 pm

Debate over Rwanda asylum policy not ‘important to Jews’, insists new communal body

Head of the National Jewish Assembly openly attacks Board of Deputies at a conference in Hungary, claiming debating issues such as Rwanda asylum policy divides the community.

By Lee Harpin

June 19, 2022, 11:50 pm

Board President to press for meeting with Priti Patel over Rwanda asylum policy

Marie Van Der Zyl confirms she will alert the Board's executive of wish to meet Home Secretary after her organisation's position on the issue is criticised at Sunday's plenary

By Lee Harpin

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