Ultimately, the real solution to this distressing ordeal is to end immigration detention altogether.
Until then, there are practical things that people can and should be doing if they or someone they know is at risk of detention.
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NHS charges for migrants are dangerous and ineffective, say Bristol medics and midwives.
On Saturday 9th March, 2019, a demonstration, No Borders in Maternity Care, will gather at St Michael’s maternity hospital at midday and march to Bristol Royal Infirmary.
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“We are just numbers to them, they do not see us as people”
Last week, a group of civil society organisations released a report that raises acute concerns about the discrimination and violence against asylum seeking women in the UK.
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We’re not frightened anymore – Sheffield says no to Zimbabwe Deportations
I have never been on a demonstration at 9am on a Tuesday morning before. Would everybody else be at work or in bed? Would more than 2 people and a dog turn up? But my worries were small compared to the anxiety that Marian was feeling today.
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“Everything seems to die, when I think of detention”
In a blog post for Pluto Press, Agatha Sibanda explains why she is campaigning with These Walls Must Fall in Liverpool.
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What does solidarity mean to you?
Solidarity is at the heart of Right to Remain’s work. But what does this word mean?
We asked the asylum and migrant groups that we work with, across the UK, to tell us what “solidarity” means to them.
Here’s what they said, in videos and quotes.
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The Right to Remain Toolkit in action: a lawyer’s testimony
It’s great to hear about the Toolkit in action!
Here’s Abid Haq, solicitor at Neil Barnes Solicitors in Glasgow, on how he uses the Toolkit with his clients.
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“The vicious, barely legal, immigration system that destroys so many people’s lives”
The news that the Stansted 15 would not face jail comes as a huge relief, while the fight for justice continues – for these brave human rights defenders, and all those subject to the Hostile Environment.
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Again we say, no one left behind
Amidst the turmoil of Brexit negotiations, the uncertain political timetables and seemingly more division than ever in our political world, has come a rare moment of unity.
Earlier this week, as the proposed Immigration Bill was debated in the House of Commons, there was cross-party support for (long overdue) detention reform.
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“It makes the flowers in my heart grow”: sanctuary in action
Sanctuary in action shows that ordinary people can speak up, speak out, and do something meaningful to protect individuals and demonstrate these politics, these policies, these hate-mongers don’t represent us.
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Making the case against borders
This episode of #TyskySour, hosted by Novara Media, is well worth a watch (or listen – it also comes as a podcast) for those thinking and talking about what a left-wing government’s immigration policy might look like. Featuring Dalia Gebrial, a PhD student at LSE and editor at Novara Media, and Omar Khan, of the Runnymede Trust.
With the operation of borders inevitably leading to racialised violence, how can we best argue for open borders? What policies might be brought in to reach that point?
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Courtroom Solidarity Immigration, the Stansted 15 and the Hostile Environment
When refugees and other migrants reach UK shores their struggle isn’t over, they encounter a ‘hostile environment’ that seeks to penalise and alienate them. When groups, like the Stansted 15, fight the injustices imposed by the UK Home Office they are prosecuted under terrorism offences. But solidarity can be a powerful tool.
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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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