This is a guest post by Tom Kemp. Tom is a member of SOAS Detainee Support and a PhD Student at Kent Law School. He is currently writing about anti-detention activism and political thinking in the everyday work of anti-border social movements.
Most of Schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016 were brought into force this month. Here’s 8 reason to hate them.
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Some of the news, announcements, and commentary from the past 7 days. Campaigners win right to challenge ruling on Government plans for child refugees The… Read more »
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The South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG) is hosting an action day conference on human rights and asylum housing in Sheffield on… Read more »
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On Wednesday night Amnesty UK officially launched their new report ‘A matter of routine – the use of immigration detention in the UK’. In doing… Read more »
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“It’s time for the government to take a different approach.” – Cllr Mahadi Sharif On the 29th November 2017, Manchester City Council became the first… Read more »
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Coram Voice – part of Coram the UK’s oldest children’s charity – is pleased to announce that they have launched Voices 2018! Voices 2018 is… Read more »
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Is one of your new year resolutions to find out more about the UK asylum system? Here’s a free, easy way to keep it! Come… Read more »
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Pinar Aksu is a community worker and activist. Here she writes about the continuing scandal that is immigration detention, and the need to get involved… Read more »
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Amid an increasingly difficult situation for migration justice, and progressive politics in general, 2017 has witnessed some inspiring resistance. This year has seen over 70… Read more »
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A recent fortnight provides a snapshot of the work Right to Remain does in communities across the UK. Starting in Manchester, we participated in the… Read more »
Read more Yesterday, Manchester City Council become the first local authority in Britain to pass a motion condemning immigration detention. You can read the motion here. The… Read more »
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Most people who have applied for asylum or other immigration status and have not had a positive decision have to regularly report at their local Home Office reporting centre or a police station. At every reporting visit, the person is at risk of detention, particularly if their application has been refused, which they may not know until they go and report.
This is why ‘signing support’ is such an important way of providing practical solidarity.
Find out more in this short film about the Bristol Signing Support group.
Read moreWhen people reach the UK, the struggle isn’t over. It's a hostile environment. Right to Remain relies on grants from charitable trusts and on donations from people like you. Your donation will help us to help people in their struggles for the right to remain in the UK, and to campaign for migration justice.
Donate todayRight to Remain works with communities, groups and organisations across the UK, providing information, resources, training and assistance to help people to establish their right to remain, and to challenge injustice in the immigration and asylum system. Right to Remain is a registered charity (charity number 1192934).
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