By Lisa Matthews, coordinator at Right to Remain. Yesterday (12 May 2016), the Immigration Bill 2015-16 received Royal Assent, which means it now becomes the… Read more »
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Equal before the law? Government proposes huge court fees increase
The UK government has proposed increasing the fees that need to be paid to appeal an asylum or immigration decision in the First-tier and Upper Tribunal in England and Wales.
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Asylum claims: Ethiopia
We are often asked, “Do people get asylum if they are from [x or y country]?”
It’s impossible to generalise about how asylum claims will be decided – although the grant rate for some countries is higher than others, each asylum claim should (in theory) be decided on an individual, case-by-case basis.
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Home Office unlawfully imposed curfews: does this affect someone you know?
There was a very important judgment from the Court of Appeal last week.
The judgment was in the case of Mr Gedi, who was represented by Tom Hickman of Blackstone Chambers instructed by Ravi Naik of ITN solicitors.
The Court of Appeal found that the UK government has no power to impose a curfew either under powers for electronic monitoring or under general powers for conditions under the Immigration Act 1971.
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Practical solidarity in the UK asylum and immigration system: Cambridge workshops
Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign and Cambridge Calais Refugee Action Group invite you to two workshops run by Right to Remain. Do you want to know… Read more »
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Unlocking immigration detention: Swansea
People are being taken from our communities. It’s time to stand up and say no. Detention is one of the most harmful aspects of the… Read more »
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New country guidance case on risk on return to Sudan
Country guidance cases are asylum appeals chosen by the immigration tribunal to give legal guidance for a particular country, or a particular group of people in a particular country. The decisions in these cases are assumed to be based on the best possible evidence about that country at that time. Until there are significant changes in that country, a country guidance decision sets out the law for other asylum-seekers from that country.
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Friendship and concern in a world increasingly fractured by division and discord
A guest post by David Bradwell of Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees. The project I work on, Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees, was set up… Read more »
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These Walls Must Fall
By Lisa Matthews, Coordinator at Right to Remain. On a beautifully sunny day in South Wales last week, we held an event with Swansea City… Read more »
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Byron burgers: legality, morality, humanity
“[A] kitchen worker said staff at his branch were told the meeting was about “a new hamburger that they were going to start selling”. The… Read more »
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Unlocking Detention 2016: be part of shining a spotlight in the shadows
Every year for the past three years, Right to Remain has helped to run an innovative and participatory social media project that raises awareness of… Read more »
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Detention expansion by stealth, at the UK’s unknown sites of injustice
Despite being signed up to a reform agenda that involves reducing immigration detention, this summer the government has quietly expanded bed spaces at Brook House… Read more »
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- Online Solidarity Rally for Fatou – End detention! Stop deportation!
- Solidarity in the Face of Detention
- Home Office increases immigration application fees, again
- 14 May: Knowledge is Power online workshop, evening session
- Access to Justice Open Meeting with the Hope and Justice Collective
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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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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