“We are just numbers to them, they do not see us as people”
Last week, a group of civil society organisations released a report that raises acute concerns about the discrimination and violence against asylum seeking women in the UK.
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“It’s so sad that we have to justify why asylum seekers deserve good accommodation.”
As Westminster debates the new contracts for asylum accommodation, Housing4All in Belfast have written about why these contracts and conditions must be human rights compliant.
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What’s the difference between discrimination and persecution?
If someone is discriminated against because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, they will not be entitled to protection under the Refugee Convention unless that discrimination is considered to amount to persecution.
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“Since it’s your story, just tell it how it is.” Advice on preparing for the substantive asylum interview
Last month, Right to Remain were in Belfast delivering training on the substantive asylum interview to a group of peers. We spoke with Blessing, one of the peer coordinators, about what advice she would give someone preparing for the substantive interview.
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Reflections on Calais
To mark the first anniversary of the destruction of the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais, Right to Remain’s Luke Butterly reflects on our recent return… Read more »
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Afghanistan: Situation of young male ‘Westernised’ returnees to Kabul
Endorsed and peer-reviewed by the Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) and the Dutch Council for Refugees, Asylos has compiled a new COI research report on the situation… Read more »
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Preparing for the asylum interview – from those who have been there
Over the years of working with people going through the asylum and immigration system, we have seen how disastrously unprepared most people are going into their asylum substantive interview.
This is one of the reasons we produce the Right to Remain Toolkit, and why we’re working with a new group in Sheffield to help new asylum-seekers prepare for their asylum interview.
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Video: Preparing for the asylum interview
In Sheffield every month, Right to Remain runs information sessions with the Early Asylum Support group, to help newly arrived asylum seekers to prepare for… Read more »
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Charter flight deportations: ‘ghost flights’ that stop access to justice
Last night, activists blockaded Stansted Airport to stop the departure of the scheduled charter flight mass deportation to Nigeria and Ghana. At the time of writing, the blockade continues and the charter flight has not departed. Why have activists taken such a drastic action?
Charter flight removals/deportations are one of the shadiest aspects of the UK’s asylum and immigration process.
Shielded from public oversight, information protected from freedom of information requests, every month these ‘ghost flights’ forcibly remove people en masse from the UK.
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A history of providing sanctuary? LGBT+ asylum claims in the UK
As LGBT History Month draws to a close, it seems timely to review the progress – and lack of it – in the treatment of… Read more »
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Faith in the system? Claiming asylum on the basis of religion
“This report demonstrates, however, that there is a disparity between Home Office policy guidelines and what is actually happening in practice”. Hands up who’s heard… Read more »
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Politics before protection: the story of Eritrean asylum seekers in the UK
The front page news in the Guardian last week, that “Home Office Eritrea guidance softened to reduce asylum seeker numbers” will not surprise those who… Read more »
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