Repair and relief beyond marches
All eyes were on London on 16 May 2026, as another large far-right march went ahead. Many counter-protesters converged in London to assert their commitment… Read more »
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Beyond Borders Totnes & District demands a government U-turn on the asylum ‘floating prison’ plan
One of the grassroots groups Right to Remain works with, Beyond Borders Totnes & District, started a petition today demanding a government U-turn on the asylum ‘floating priosn’ plan.
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Reflecting on the Toolkit – a portal to the shared struggle for migration justice
As we celebrate 10 years of the Right to Remain Toolkit, we conducted a reflection exercise with a small number of trusted colleagues and organisations whom we know are regular users of the Toolkit. Read our findings in the blog.
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Neglect Emergency – Solidarity with disabled people seeking asylum abandoned by the Home Office
A local grassroots group, RAMA (Refugee, Asylum Seeker and Migrant Action) in Colchester has been standing in solidarity with people seeking asylum with severe disabilities, abandoned by the Home Office. It’s time that we show solidarity with them.
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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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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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The struggle of seeking asylum in the UK as a woman
Seeking asylum in the UK as a woman can result in legal and practical struggles to establish the need for protection as a refugee. This blog post will explain the key struggles faced and how the Home Office have applied assistance over the years to female immigrants, whilst also discussing the problem areas that still remain today.
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Evidence of physical and/or mental health issues in asylum claims
As a result of your experiences that have led you to claim asylum, you may have physical and/or mental health problems. If you wish these physical and/or mental health issues to form part of your asylum claim, you will need to provide evidence of them to the Home Office (and to the courts, later on in an asylum claim).
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Decolonising Asylum?
Our Management Committee member, Hyab Yohannes, considers what it would mean to “Decolonise Asylum” – countering the exclusive practices of othering, bordering and ordering.
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Border Nation by Leah Cowan
Leah Cowan’s Border Nation (published by Pluto Press) is a short, sharp, incisive analysis of the colonial origins of borders, the violence of immigration control and the profit motive driving so much of immigration policy and practice.
There are quotable lines on every page of this short book, which manages to dig deep into the issues and link up weighty ideas while still being very accessible.
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Creating the Young Asylum Guide
Gina Antchandie from Croydon Council talks about the creative process of developing the Young Asylum Guide in collaboration with Lisa from Right to Remain and young unaccompanied minors.
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2020: what a year
Yes, well. It’s been quite a year.
Aside from, well, everything we’ve had a busy year recruiting new members of our Management Committee, appointing new roles within the Committee AND we’ve had three fab new staff members join us. That’s been a lot of zoom calls.
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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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