Southeast and East Asian Centre (SEEAC)

The UK government introduced major immigration rule changes from July 22, 2025, mainly affecting work and settlement routes. Aimed at reducing overall migration and prioritising higher-skilled, higher-paid workers, these reforms raise qualification and salary thresholds and tighten family and settlement rules — developments that could significantly impact migrants, particularly those from East and Southeast Asia.

SEEAC launches 5-Year Impact Report: A Collective Journey for Resilience, Empowering & Caring Communities during ESEA Heritage Month in September 2025.

SEEAC is delighted to have collaborated with Work Better Innovations to submit a joint Parallel Report to the UN, highlighting the situations and challenges faced by migrant workers and refugees in the UK and provides recommendations for areas of improvement for the UK Government during its 7th State Review under the (ICESCR). 

18th December is International Migrants Day. We pay tribute to the positive impacts of our migrant communities, whose strength and resilience inspire us and shape a better world. We also revisited our work with communities in 2024.

This is the part 2 of the blog exploring the experiences of ESEA community members navigating the UK's eVisa system, highlighting their challenges, resilience, and the crucial role of community support in adapting to digital migration policies.

This is the part 1 of the blog exploring the experiences of ESEA community members navigating the UK's eVisa system, highlighting their challenges, resilience, and the crucial role of community support in adapting to digital migration policies.