Strength in solidarity: Right to Remain’s 2016 annual gathering
“You know when you have a really inspirational day and you can’t wait to do the next thing? Well, the Right to Remain Gathering in… Read more »
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#UnisResistBorderControls
This is a guest blog post by Sanaz Raji, who will be co-running a workshop on this topic at our annual gathering on Saturday. Five… Read more »
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Progress made and challenges ahead: reflections in advance of our annual gathering
Our national gathering is just around the corner. These annual events are a chance for asylum/migrant support groups we work with across the UK to… 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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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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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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The Bill becomes an Act: what’s been won, and what’s been lost
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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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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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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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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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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Refugee Solidarity Summit – Open the Borders Now!
Written by Michael Collins, coordinator at Right to Remain. On Saturday, I attended the Refugee Solidarity Summit: Open the Borders Now! event in London, organised… Read more »
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