Latest News

Brand new videos about the UK asylum system

Aug 13, 2019

We are very excited to announce the launch of brand new videos about the UK asylum system, a joint project between Refugee Info Bus, Right to Remain and Sara Khayat Art Work.

Based on the Right to Remain Toolkit, with translations by Refugee Info Bus and with stunning animation by Sara, these videos will help people understand their rights at crucial stages of the asylum process.

read more

Be part of the transformation of Right to Remain’s Toolkit

Aug 9, 2019

We are delighted to be embarking on a new chapter in the life of the Toolkit, thanks to a grant from the Legal Education Foundation.

We are really excited to be getting out and about, hearing from the people who need our resources most, and taking the Toolkit to the next level.

If you use the Toolkit, please help us by taking part in a short survey.

read more

Home Office asylum interviews: “principles and standards”?

Aug 7, 2019

The newly updated Home Office guidance on conducting asylum substantive interviews makes for interesting reading.

The document presents a curious mismatch between good practice on paper, and years of hearing and seeing their behaviour in the past.

read more

The Claim play: a comically absurd and quietly shattering journey to the heart of the UK asylum process

Aug 7, 2019

We are delighted that the brilliant play, The Claim, has returned and is part of Edinburgh Festival this year and indeed part of the British Council Showcase in the festival.

And we’re running a workshop in Edinburgh to tie in with the performances!

read more

60% of the requests for disclosure of data held by the Home Office denied

Jul 30, 2019

It has emerged during a judicial review brought by the organisations the3million and the Open Rights Group that hearing 60% of the requests for disclosure of data held by the government have been denied since the beginning of 2019 because of a power brought in by the 2018 Data Protection Act.

read more

Hot and angry? Us too. Why not buy a No One Is Illegal t-shirt?

Jul 24, 2019

Government getting you down? Maybe today is a good day to buy a fundraising #NoOneIsIllegal t-shirt. Or sweatshirt/hoody. It’s not always going to be this hot.

read more

Holiday time? Spare a thought – and solidarity – for those in detention, hidden away at UK airports

Jul 8, 2019

As the holiday season approaches, alongside the prospect of another brief summer in the UK, those of us privileged enough to do so find ourselves arriving at airports, eagerly awaiting our escapism. But most holiday makers do not know that their chosen airport is a prison to those who want to stay in the UK.

read more
more news