The policies and procedures of the UK’s asylum and immigration system are increasingly complicated, with many people forced to navigate them alone, unable to access… Read more »
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Communicating with your lawyer
Understanding the asylum and immigration system, and your own legal case, is more important than ever. Cuts to legal aid (free, government-funded legal representation) mean that more and more people have no lawyer at all and are forced to navigate this very complicated system without legal representation.
Even if you have a lawyer, it’s important to understand your own legal case – this is your case and your life and you need to keep track of what is happening and whether the lawyer is doing the things they should be.
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Campaigning for change and insecure immigration status
By Lisa Matthews, coordinator at Right to Remain. This week, I ran a workshop with a migrant support group in Liverpool. Many of the group’s… Read more »
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No one left behind: partial progress on detention campaigning, but not for all
Last night, in the Immigration Bill debate in the House of Lords, peers voted by 187 to 170 in favour of Lord Ramsbotham’s amendment on… Read more »
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Glasgow: a city rich in solidarity and action
Just before the Easter weekend, we took part in the Refugee Campaign Day hosted by Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet), and Glasgow Refugee… Read more »
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Delayed justice: court rules against Home Office who removed 1000s of student without evidence
In February 2014, the television show Panorama broadcast a programme on fraud at a school in east London, regarding English language tests that are a… Read more »
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After Return: documenting the experiences of young people forcibly removed to Afghanistan
A guest blog post by Emily Bowerman, Programmes Manager at Refugee Support Network. Image: Emily Bowerman (RSN) “Everything has been difficult since I have arrived… Read more »
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A price-tag on love, and a ban masquerading as a rule
On 9th July 2012, the government brought in family immigration rules so divisive that the UK’s immigration policy is now the least family friendly in the developed world. We have a price tag on love for those wishing to sponsor a foreign partner, and block the door altogether for those wishing to sponsor an elderly parent.
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Translating a complex, pessimistic subject into a comprehensible platform for making a difference
We recently ran two training sessions hosted by René Cassin – on the UK asylum system, the barriers people face in establishing their legal rights,… Read more »
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Seven actions you can take for refugee and migrant rights
Last night MPs voted against five amendments which represented a little light in an otherwise dark and nasty piece of legislation, the Immigration Bill 2015-16.… Read more »
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Hungary: current situation re returns under Dublin Regulations
2018 update. The current Home Office guidance on Dublin removals to Hungary says:
“Dublin transfers from the UK to Hungary remain suspended, with the situation remaining under review.”
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Let the light in: ask your MP to back judicial oversight of immigration detention
This week, the government announced the welcome news that they would no longer oppose the new Dubs amendment to the 2015-16 Immigration Bill, which should… Read more »
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Events
- Online Solidarity Rally for Fatou – End detention! Stop deportation!
- 14 May: Knowledge is Power online workshop, evening session
- Hope and Justice Collective Meeting – 27th March in London
- Thinking with our communities in Sheffield: detention and beyond detention
- Immigration Raids: Community Discussion 27th February
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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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