Sadly, immigration detention is nothing new. But we can make it a thing of the past. Right to Remain has worked with the Refugee History project to produce a timeline of internment and detention in the UK from 1914 to the present day.
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Build Unions Not Borders!
The Labour Campaign for Free Movement is selling great t-shirts and tote bags with to raise money for their campaign, and are kindly donating half the proceeds to us!
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Preparing in case of detention
Much of the Right to Remain Toolkit is based on people’s direct experience of the asylum and immigration system, and the ideas and actions they have found helpful to navigate the system and survive.
That’s particularly true for the Toolkit section on Preparing in Case of Detention.
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“I guess that this is chosen to make people feel calm but not welcome.”
In the latest in the series, our Management Committee member Phill Wilcox writes about the worsening situation of legal aid in the immigration and asylum system, and how that impacts the sort of society we all live in.
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The Channel: voices from detention. Bristol, September 2018
Step inside a phone booth to listen to voice messages from people in UK immigration detention centres. Send messages back and forth over 6 days. Meet others in Bristol who want to learn about detention and discuss how we can end it.
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Threat of mass eviction sparks Glasgow backlash against hostile environment
Since Serco announced they will evict 300 asylum seekers from their homes, Glasgow has been rocked by unprecedented protest, direct action, hunger strikes, and legal actions.
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Young people say: No One Is Illegal!
‘Feel like you don’t belong’ ‘Useless’ ‘Unsafe’ ‘No trust’ ‘Devalued’ ‘Criminal’ ‘Not a human being’. ‘Feel like you don’t belong’. Brighter Futures, a group of young Londoners, talk about the use of the word “illegal” to describe people.
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Migrant Rights as Civil Rights
Asylum seekers and migrants in Northern Ireland today face a host of curtailments to their rights. Many of these rights are the same as those which were at the crux of the Civil Rights movement 50 years ago.
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“We came here for sanctuary. We didn’t come here to be abused.”
Six Syrian refugee families living in Belfast under the UK’s Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme have spoken out about the substandard housing conditions and recurrent incidents of racism they are experiencing.
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The Swedish Student’s Protest Was Brave And Remarkable
A brave act of civil disobedience, gone viral. In Britain, there is a rich history of resistance to forced deportations, of groups, communities and individuals taking direct action like Erin Errson did.
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“We are not the silent community anymore!” Chinatown protests immigration raids
“We are not the silent community anymore! We have our own voice!” Chinatown, one of the busiest parts of central London, was shut down yesterday… Read more »
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Post-detention accommodation – briefing from BID
Last month, the organisation Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) released a briefing on the current situation of post-detention accommodation.
Already a problematic area, post-detention accommodation is now a crisis situation following the changes made in January 2018 (which you can read about on our blog here) which included the abolition of Section 4(1) accommodation. This accommodation was provided by the Home Office to people released from detention with nowhere else to stay, and with no other forms of support available to them.
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- Register now for our NEW workshop series – Knowledge is Power; Detention and Enforcement
- Radical Solidarity Hub meeting, 26 Nov; Labour’s proposed changes to asylum protection
- Inside our first Solidarity Session in Wales: Community and Collective Power
- Set Her Free! Reflections from the Derwentside Demo on The National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention 2025
- How was it for you? 31 October; Reflection session on the National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention!
Legal updates
- Breaking Down the Government’s New Asylum Proposals
- Knowledge is power! Our updated Key Guide on Immigration Detention
- New Immigration Rules: Higher English Levels, Graduate Route Changes, and More
- Understanding the Proposed 10-Year Path to Indefinite Leave to Remain
- Taking an active role in your legal case: for people going through the asylum and immigration systems and their supporters
Events
- Register now for our NEW workshop series – Knowledge is Power; Detention and Enforcement
- Radical Solidarity Hub meeting, 26 Nov; Labour’s proposed changes to asylum protection
- Inside our first Solidarity Session in Wales: Community and Collective Power
- How was it for you? 31 October; Reflection session on the National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention!
- Join us in growing our solidarity! Support next year’s National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration 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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