In response to Asylum Aid’s legal challenge to the Rwanda plan, the Home Secretary, confirmed that the government will repeal (this means cancel) the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024.
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New Home Office policy seeks to bar refugees from British citizenship
There have been changes to the ‘Good Character’ policy guidance used by Home Office caseworkers who assess applications for British citizenship. These changes are likely to have a significant negative impact upon people with refugee status who apply for British citizenship after 10 February 2025.
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Immigration raids: your rights, and what to do
We have put together this blog against the backdrop of an increasingly violent and Hostile Environment towards migrants in the UK.
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Standing in Solidarity Against the Hostile Environment: A Reflection and Call to Action
Maggy Moyo, These Walls Must Fall Organiser, reflects on the ongoing fight against the hostile environment and the urgent need to abolish in-person reporting.
Maggy shares how solidarity actions across the country offer hope and calls for more people to join the fight for change.
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Bye bye Bibby Stockholm
For the first time since it was docked off the port of Portland in July 2023, the Bibby Stockholm prison barge has been towed away.
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Streamlined asylum process for children continues
The Home Office has updated its guidance on the streamlined process for children’s asylum claims, and now the process will continue for some children.
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Welcoming our new Comms and Admin intern, Natalie!
Say hello to our new Comms and Admin intern, Natalie!
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Do you have information about or experience of voluntary / family returns?
We have been hearing snippets of information about voluntary/family returns, but would like to learn more about how this is happening in practice so as to further inform our communities.
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‘Alternatives to Detention’ in the UK
This blog post summarises arguments in the book chapter ‘Alternatives to Detention and the Carceral State’ in edited volume Border Abolition Now, published by Pluto Press (2024).
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28 January Solidarity Session; Liverpool
Join us on Tuesday 28 January in Liverpool for our reporting Solidarity Session.
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Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) rebranding to Immigration Advice Authority (IAA)
From 16 January 2025, the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) will take on a new title as the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA).
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Turning fear into power – Thinking with our communities in Nottingham: detention and beyond detention
In November 2024, we took our ‘Thinking with our communities’ event to Nottingham. This was the first time Right to Remain’s current team visited Nottingham.
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Legal updates
- 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
- The ‘Safety of Rwanda Act’ will be repealed
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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