“It was like I’ve been blind for years, and now I can see”
By Lisa Matthews, Coordinator at Right to Remain. The last few weeks has been a flurry of workshops. Some of these have been on understanding the… Read more »
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Ripples of support to form a tidal wave of solidarity
A guest post from our friends MaMA in Liverpool, ahead of their Transmutable Voices event on 12 November. There are not a lot of creative… Read more »
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Reimagining violence: Hannah Arendt and the bureaucratisation of life in immigration detention
This guest post by Amanda Schmid-Scott, PhD Researcher at the University of Exeter, asks: what might a re-imagining of violence reveal about the lived experience… Read more »
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Right to Remain group launches in Sheffield
By Marienna Pope-Weidemann, communications coordinator, Right to Remain It started with just a handful of locals, as these things often do. Like many international volunteers,… Read more »
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“How can this be legal?” Incredulity and anger when Unlocking Detention
By Lisa Matthews, Coordinator at Right to Remain Over the last few months, I’ve run several workshops across the UK, engaging communities on the issue… Read more »
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What does detention mean to you?
By Lisa Matthews, Coordinator at Right to Remain Unlocking Detention 2016 starts on Monday, and runs until 18 December. There are so many ways to… Read more »
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From Calais to Croydon: legal information and refugee solidarity
On Monday, we wrote on the blog about our annual gathering in Manchester on 3 September. The afternoon part of the event included workshops on… Read more »
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Unlocking Detention at Right to Remain’s annual gathering
On Monday on the blog we wrote about our annual gathering in Manchester on 3 September. The afternoon part of the event included workshops on… Read more »
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No borders on campus: Universities Resist Border Controls at RtR’s annual gathering
We wrote yesterday on the blog about our annual gathering in Manchester on 3 September. The afternoon part of the event included workshops on five… Read more »
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Strength in solidarity: Right to Remain’s 2016 annual gathering
“You know when you have a really inspirational day and you can’t wait to do the next thing? Well, the Right to Remain Gathering in… Read more »
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#UnisResistBorderControls
This is a guest blog post by Sanaz Raji, who will be co-running a workshop on this topic at our annual gathering on Saturday. Five… Read more »
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Progress made and challenges ahead: reflections in advance of our annual gathering
Our national gathering is just around the corner. These annual events are a chance for asylum/migrant support groups we work with across the UK to… Read more »
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