2024 is going to be a big year for parliamentary politics in the UK. There are local elections happening in May, and there is going to be a General Election too. This short blog explains who can vote in which elections.
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Calais leave: an update
Calais Leave was originally introduced as a 10 year route to settlement. In March 2024, the Home Office reduced this to 5 years.
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Learn more about Subject Access Requests
You have the right to access your personal information which is held by a government body, such as the Home Office. The process of doing this is called a ‘Subject Access Request’ or a SAR. Learn more about SARs by signing up to this free training.
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Urgent notice: Home Office offers of ‘voluntary departure’ to Rwanda
We have received reports that the Home Office is calling people to offer ‘voluntary departure’ to Rwanda. This is what we know so far.
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Right to Remain welcomes three new Management Committee members
We are pleased to welcome Zainabb Hull, Stephanie Habib and Callum Lynch as our new Management Commitee members.
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February Solidarity Sessions in Manchester and Liverpool
Our latest Solidarity Sessions in February brought together a great mix of groups and organisations in both cities, and made for really interesting and inspiring events.
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Plans to introduce fees for claims at the Employment Tribunal
At the end of January 2024, the government announced a proposal to introduce a fee for claimants to bring claims forward at the Employment Tribunal. If this proposal is implemented, it risks reducing access to justice at work.
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Inside our new workshops on Evidence and Lawyers
On 21 February 2024, our Legal Education Officers, Leah and Yumna, welcomed members of our community to our London office building to help us launch our new public legal education workshops on Evidence and Working With Your Lawyer.
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Updates to the Domestic Abuse Concession
On 16 February 2024, the Home Office made changes to the domestic abuse concession. This is the temporary grant of leave available to people who have experienced domestic abuse.
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Leeds workshop on the Illegal Migration Act; a narrative of hope and resistance
Read about our Illegal Migration Act event in Leeds on 6 February.
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Introducing Right to Remain’s Directory!
Read about our brand new Directory page on our website. The ever-growing list of organisations using the Right to Remain Toolkit
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A new crisis: the asylum appeal backlog
Figures released at the beginning of February 2024 have revealed the shocking increase in the backlog of Asylum and Immigration Tribunal cases.
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Legal updates
- Legal Updates Survey, March 2025
- Napier Barracks is closing down!
- New Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules includes measures which aim to introduce protections for care workers
- Wethersfield camp: a shameful expansion of the Hostile Environment
- The Ukraine schemes: three years on
Events
- Hope and Justice Collective Meeting – 27th March in London
- Thinking with our communities in Sheffield: detention and beyond detention
- Immigration Raids: Community Discussion 27th February
- 28 January Solidarity Session; Liverpool
- Turning fear into power – Thinking with our communities in Nottingham: detention and beyond detention
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When 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.
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Right 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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