The Guardian questions its use of the phrase “illegal immigrants”
Right to Remain recently wrote to The Guardian newspaper to complain at its persistent use of the phrase “illegal immigrants”. The letter was also signed… Read more »
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High Court’s DFT Order is toothless but perhaps predictable
On 9 July we celebrated the victory of our friends at Detention Action over immigration detention when the High Court ruled that the Detained Fast Track system… Read more »
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Radical funding for radical change: Edge Fund looking for migrant members
A guest post from Sophie Pritchard of Edge Fund Edge Fund is a grant-making organisation that funds individuals and small groups working to challenge injustice… Read more »
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Campaign for Isabella Acevedo, Mark Harper MP’s former cleaner
– Snatched at daughter’s wedding by Immigration raid – Deported to Colombia – Campaign for justice continues Isabella Acevedo, former cleaner for Mark Harper… Read more »
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Legal Aid update: House of Commons votes for Residence Test
When the latest wave of legal aid changes was proposed last year, the residence test was immediately one of the top concerns (see September blog… Read more »
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Campaign against detention: protest at Harmondsworth, Sat 5 July
This Saturday, 5 July, there will be another protest against immigration detention. The demonstration at Harmondsworth is organised by Movement for Justice, in solidarity with… Read more »
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Berlin: refugee roof-top protest
Refugees have taken to the rooftop of an abandoned school building in Berlin to protest the attempt to evict them from their home. As police… Read more »
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“Am I a HUMAN BEING? I ran from my country to save my life” – Marie Therese finally gets right to remain in the UK
Many of you will remember the campaign for Marie Therese Nana, a survivor of ritualised torture in Cameroon. Marie Therese wrote, movingly and powerfully, about… Read more »
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Campaigning for migration justice – it’s not all over after forced removal
By Evelina Gambino, Right to Remain volunteer What happens after removal? Such is the question that many people involved in campaigns for the right to… Read more »
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Groundswell of popular action against detention
For those who despair that the outrage of immigration detention continues – seemingly unchallenged – in the UK, hope may be at hand. Those of us… Read more »
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Working together for the right to remain: Signing-support
What is signing-support? Most people who have applied for leave to remain and have not had a positive decision have to regularly report at their… Read more »
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Bahrain and UK: no sanctuary from torture
Why has Bahraini democracy campaigner Isa Al-Aali been refused asylum? Is it connected to the UK’s special relationship with the torture-state? On 21 May 2014,… Read more »
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