Eiri Ohtani
Director

Eiri joined Right to Remain in April 2022 to take up a newly created post of Director. Eiri has over twenty years experience in the refugee and migration sector, covering a wide-range of roles at the national, European and international levels. In the UK, she previously set up and ran the charity Asylum Support Appeals Project and the coalition, the Detention Forum. She also works as a consultant specialising in strategy, theory of change, advocacy and organisational development and regularly provides advice to foundations. Here is a bit more about her, in her own words. She tweets, often angrily, at @EiriOhtani

Maggy Moyo
Organiser, North West

Maggy is the Organiser for Manchester and Liverpool These Walls Must Fall (TWMF) campaign. She is passionate about advocating for human rights including the rights of migrants, marginalised groups and those of vulnerable women, children, the disabled and the elderly. She fights against social injustice and advocates for equality. She is involved with a few organisations in Manchester that are fighting for the same cause, including LISG Manchester, Manchester Rape Crisis, Restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe and is in the Executive Committee of the North Branch UK. She is also involved in initiatives promoting the welfare and education of girls and young women in Southern Africa.

Savan Shah
Finance & Operations Manager

Savan Shah has been working within the charitable sector for the past 8
years with a particular focus on improving the well-being of Refugees
and Asylum Seekers through Arts & Culture. He’s previously been a
Company Manager for an arts based charity focusing on Finance &
Operations and is a co-director for non-profit organisation called Every
Person Is Capable that works to empower vulnerable young people
(including Refugees, Migrants & Asylum Seekers) through Urban Arts.
Outside of work, Savan focuses on Creative Health initiatives and spends
his free time as a DJ.

Leah Cowling
Legal Education Officer

Leah joined Right to Remain as the organisation’s second Legal Education Officer in December 2022. She has a PGDL in Law, and a masters in International Human Rights Law. Before joining Right to Remain, Leah was working as an asylum support and crisis caseworker in Glasgow. She is inspired by community-driven approaches to achieving transformative social justice and in her free time, likes foraging for free food.

Esther Doherty
Engagement Officer

Esther joined Right to Remain in February 2023 as Engagement and Operations Officer. Day to day, her role centres on connecting with new and existing allies in the sector, strengthening our goal of radical solidarity. She is responsible for the logistics and planning of all workshops, events and training sessions. Esther also manages the internal organisational systems and processes in an effort to streamline the operations of Right to Remain. Prior to joining the team, Esther worked at West London Welcome, a community centre for migrants in Hammersmith, and completed an MA in Migration and Diaspora Studies at SOAS.

Raggi Kotak
Senior Legal Education Officer

Raggi is a barrister, specialising in representing asylum seekers and other migrants. She has until recently run her own consultancy, challenging the dynamics of racism in different sectors. She is joining Right to Remain in June 2025 as the Senior Legal Education Officer on a part-time basis, which she will do at the same time as her practice in law.

Ally Swadling
Legal Education Officer

Ally has been working as a young person’s caseworker at
PAFRAS for the last 7 years with a particular focus on age disputes,
post-refusal/appeal rights exhausted and enforced destitution. Ally also
has extensive experience in delivering training and is a co-founding
member of the Stand Up! Speak Out! training series which she organises
with Migrants Organise and Social Workers Without Borders. In addition
to 10+ years experience in the charitable sector, Ally has also been
community organising since 2010 and is a founding member of Leeds
Anti-Raids Action. She is joining Right to Remain as Legal Education
Officer in July 2025 and will be based in Leeds. In her spare time, Ally is passionate about martial arts and competes as a muay thai fighter.