Immigration detention has no place in a happy, healthy society
“This experience of the detention centre eliminated all my self-confidence and made me feel humiliated and like a slave. Even after they let me go,… Read more »
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Mijente says living with Trump is teaching us to create, not wait for, the world we want to see
By Marienna Pope-Weidemann, communications coordinator, Right to Remain @MariennaPW This is the third instalment of the Still We Dream series, where we’ll hear from grassroots migrant rights… Read more »
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This International Womens Day, imagine a future without detention
Women for Refugee Women has spent over three years researching the condition of asylum-seeking women in the UK and listening to their experiences. Earlier this… Read more »
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Fighting Trumpism begins at home – with Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ for migrants
By Marienna Pope-Weidemann, communications coordinator, Right to Remain @MariennaPW A couple of months ago I was sitting in a crowded London A&E ward with my… Read more »
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My invisible prison walls become thicker every day
This testimony of the UK’s “hostile environment” comes from Sipho Sibanda, an activist and asylum seeker in Belfast. Of the piece, she says “It came… Read more »
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A history of providing sanctuary? LGBT+ asylum claims in the UK
As LGBT History Month draws to a close, it seems timely to review the progress – and lack of it – in the treatment of… Read more »
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Manchester, 20 Feb: One day, these walls must fall
On Monday 20 February as part of the One Day Without Us national day of migrant solidarity, over 100 people gathered in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens… Read more »
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Imagine one day without us. Imagine one day without detention centres.
“At 5 am I wake up sat on my bed and staring outside the window looking at the gods, praying that G4S will not come… Read more »
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One Day Without Us: interview with Matt Carr
Monday 20 February is a national day of action – 1 Day Without Us – in solidarity with migrants, with events taking place up and… Read more »
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Passports please: new report on the ‘right to rent’ checks and their impact
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) have today released their new report on the impact of ‘right to rent’ checks on migrants… Read more »
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Faith in the system? Claiming asylum on the basis of religion
“This report demonstrates, however, that there is a disparity between Home Office policy guidelines and what is actually happening in practice”. Hands up who’s heard… Read more »
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Thank you for the music (sorry. had to be done)
Sometimes you can feel overwhelmed by the hatred, fear and division that is being stoked up. And sometimes you can feel overwhelmed by love, support,… Read more »
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