We think it is important to restate our position and make our beliefs clear. Right to Remain believes in a world where everyone can exercise their right to remain where they need to be with dignity and humanity.
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The NRM and Modern Slavery Explained
A new, easy-to-use guide about the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) has been published by Migrants Organise.
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‘A celebration of solidarity’: Liverpool welcomes These Walls Must Fall annual gathering
Last weekend, on Saturday 29th October, Right to Remain crew attended These Walls Must Fall end-of-year network gathering in Liverpool.
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What is causing the huge Home Office delay in processing asylum claims?
Waiting a long time for a Home Office decision can be a very stressful and exhausting experience. In this Legal Update, we try to summarise why this is happening and steps that can be taken while waiting.
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5 Things to Know When Sharing the Right to Remain Toolkit
Our experience working directly with communities has shown us that just sending a link to the Right to Remain Toolkit does not guarantee that someone will know how to use it, or know where to look for what they need.
We have put together this guide to help people better understand how to use the Toolkit, and also to remember these points when sharing the Toolkit with others.
Inside our Toolkit workshop with Journey LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers Group
On Tuesday 18th October, we were delighted to hold a Toolkit workshop for Journey, a group that offers support to LGTBQ+ asylum seekers and refugees in Birmingham. The workshop was held at Carrs Lane Church, and it was our fourth workshop in the city in recent months, as we try to better understand the situation for people seeking asylum there.
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Campaign Success: airline pulls out of Rwanda flight plan
As the result of campaigns carried out by survivors of torture and asylum and migrant rights’ organisations (such as the #StopTheFlights hashtag campaign), Privilege Style has said that it is no longer planning to operate flights to Rwanda. This shows the enormous power that solidarity can generate – we must do everything to continue to harness it.
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‘I am alive’. Inside our Toolkit workshop for Women With Hope
On 11 October 2022, Right to Remain had the opportunity to run a workshop for Women with Hope, a Birmingham-based charity. Women with Hope is a member-led group whose focus is on improving the lives of women asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants with support, group activities, and training.
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Inside our ‘Refugees at Home’ training session
Right to Remain was delighted to run a training workshop for new members of the Refugees at Home team on Thursday 22 September. Refugees at Home is a UK charity which connects those with a spare room in their home to refugees and asylum seekers in need of somewhere to stay.
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Search bars: how to find what you’re looking for in the Right to Remain Toolkit
The Right to Remain Toolkit is a useful & important resource for understanding the UK asylum and immigration system. It is also very big, and can be quite intimidating to know where to even start looking for information. Here’s a short guide to introduce you (or refresh your memory on) to how to find the information you’re looking for.
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Inside our Knowledge is Power Workshops…
Two months ago, Right to Remain team ran two successful Knowledge is Power online workshops on 13 June 2022, during the Solidarity Knows No Borders’ Week of Action to End the Hostile Environment. We started running more workshops recently to get more people to use the Toolkit – find out what we cover during these online sessions.
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Letters of Support: Do’s and Don’ts
A letter of support is like a recommendation letter that can be drafted by a supporter, or organisation to back up the story of someone who is making an asylum claim or an immigration application. This guide lays out helpful drafting tips provided by immigration lawyers in our community
read moreLatest news
- 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!
- Keir Starmer – come and join us. We are building a community of radical solidarity, care, compassion and dignity.
Events
- 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!
- Hope and Justice Collective Meeting – 27th March in London
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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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