The Home Office has decided that, from April 2022, most people who have a reporting condition attached to their immigration bail are to report by telephone instead of in-person.
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‘This is not goodbye’ Right to Remain pays tribute to Lisa Matthews, our departing Coordinator
Today is our Coordinator, Lisa Matthew’s last day at Right to Remain. For 11 years, Lisa has been our inspiration and energy that made everything at Right to Remain possible.
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Stop the globalisation of the Hostile Environment
The government has announced plans of ‘offshoring’ which will send some people seeking asylum in Britain to Rwanda where their asylum claims will be processed.
Many legal experts have expressed their concern over the legality of this provision. It is also expensive: it is reported that the Rwandan trial, which will target single men, will cost £120m.
Of course, morally, this is unacceptable.
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Free UK immigration advice for people fleeing Ukraine
The Ukraine Advice Project UK has been set up by a group of volunteer lawyers and legal professionals in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
The project offers a free service which connects Ukrainian citizens and individuals who are fleeing Ukraine with qualified and regulated lawyers who can provide basic legal advice on UK immigration. The group can also provide advice on visa extensions and claiming asylum from within the UK.
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Yumna Kamel joins Right to Remain as our new legal education officer
Yumna has started at Right to Remain this week as our new legal education officer. Yumna will be working on our resources about the asylum and immigration system, including the Right to Remain Toolkit. She will be delivering our legal workshops and working with asylum and migrant groups across the UK.
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Eiri Ohtani appointed to lead Right to Remain
Right to Remain is delighted to announce that Eiri Ohtani will be joining the organisation as our new Director.
Eiri has over twenty years experience in the migration sector, covering a wide-range of roles. Eiri previously set up and ran the charity Asylum Support Appeals Project, and is well-known for setting up and running the Detention Forum for ten years.
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The struggle of seeking asylum in the UK as a woman
Seeking asylum in the UK as a woman can result in legal and practical struggles to establish the need for protection as a refugee. This blog post will explain the key struggles faced and how the Home Office have applied assistance over the years to female immigrants, whilst also discussing the problem areas that still remain today.
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Evidence of physical and/or mental health issues in asylum claims
As a result of your experiences that have led you to claim asylum, you may have physical and/or mental health problems. If you wish these physical and/or mental health issues to form part of your asylum claim, you will need to provide evidence of them to the Home Office (and to the courts, later on in an asylum claim).
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Decolonising Asylum?
Our Management Committee member, Hyab Yohannes, considers what it would mean to “Decolonise Asylum” – countering the exclusive practices of othering, bordering and ordering.
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Border Nation by Leah Cowan
Leah Cowan’s Border Nation (published by Pluto Press) is a short, sharp, incisive analysis of the colonial origins of borders, the violence of immigration control and the profit motive driving so much of immigration policy and practice.
There are quotable lines on every page of this short book, which manages to dig deep into the issues and link up weighty ideas while still being very accessible.
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Guide to right to rent checks from Law for Life
The organisation Law for Life have produced an information guide about right to rent. The guide includes information about who has a right to rent, when you need to prove this right and when you don’t, how to prove a right to rent, changes as a result of Brexit and Covid-19, what you can do if you are discriminated against in this process and more.
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Creating the Young Asylum Guide
Gina Antchandie from Croydon Council talks about the creative process of developing the Young Asylum Guide in collaboration with Lisa from Right to Remain and young unaccompanied minors.
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- Radical Solidarity Hub, 22 May – 92% of us agree that the White Paper makes us and our community anxious, but we remain strong!
- Raggi Kotak and Ally Swadling to join Right to Remain
- Grief, Action and Resistance: Our answer to the Government’s White Paper
- Radical Solidarity Hub meeting 22 May – the White Paper
- Right to Remain Impact Report 2023/24!
Legal updates
- The Borders, Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill – just very disappointing
- eVisa deadline extended to 1 June 2025
- Home Office increases immigration application fees, again
- New Home Office policy seeks to bar refugees from British citizenship
- What are the different types of return?
Events
- Radical Solidarity Hub, 22 May – 92% of us agree that the White Paper makes us and our community anxious, but we remain strong!
- Radical Solidarity Hub meeting 22 May – the White Paper
- Newcastle; thinking with our communities – detention and beyond, Saturday 31 May
- Online Solidarity Rally for Fatou – End detention! Stop deportation!
- 14 May: Knowledge is Power online workshop, evening session – CANCELLED!
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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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