illustration of a substantive asylum interview taking place at a Home Office centre, with an interpreter present

Learning from each other with Union Chapel

News

Facilitating this workshop was a small step in the direction of shifting our efforts ‘upstream’ to support people earlier on in their asylum journey, as we promised in our Reflection report of July 2023.

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Call to action: #NotInOurName

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e are inviting all of you to join in a mass virtual action – #NotInOurName – on Monday 4th September at noon to show our opposition to the Illegal Migration Act.

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“We walk with asylum seekers”: Journey LGBT+ Group

News | Solidarity

This series – In Search of radical solidarity- aims to raise the profile of these groups, so we can learn the true meaning of radical solidarity from each other. We spoke to Sheila Rushforth, one of the organisers of Journey LGBT+ Asylum Group, about their work and how they create a safe space for their members: 

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A glimpse inside our latest online Knowledge is Power workshop

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On 25 July 2023, we hosted a Knowledge is Power workshop online. We were joined by individuals in the asylum system and participants from a range of organisations across the UK. It was heartening to see that participants’ confidence in the topics covered had increased by the end of the session.

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