In June 2021, The Racial Justice Network and Yorkshire Resists in conjunction with Queen Mary University of London released a new report written to draw attention to the national use of the Biometric Services Gateway (mobile fingerprinting) by police forces. The report discusses issues that arose from new data obtained through a Freedom of Information […]
Archive | July, 2021
Between a rock and a hard place: Structural Vulnerabilities, Resilience and Migrant Communities-led responses to COVID-19 in West Yorkshire
Today the Racial Justice Network and Yorkshire Resists in conjunction with Queen Mary University of London and with financial support from Huddersfield University have released a new report written to draw attention to the experiences of migrant communities within West Yorkshire. The report discusses issues that arose from being caught between a rock and hard […]
Home Office Weekly Update: w/c 15th July 21
Weekly update from Home Office and Strategic Migration Partnership call on 15th July 2021. Over 800 new arrivals claiming asylum over the last weekend which means that work is continuing rapidly to stand up hotels. Work ongoing to consider other potential accommodation. A significant amount need to be moved from detention to be legally compliant […]
Resource of the Week: My Bright Kite’s resources for young people
My Bright Kite is a specialist not-for-profit organisation working to improve the wellbeing and inclusion of young refugees. Nola – from MBK – is off on Maternity Leave right now (according to the website) but in her absence, My Bright Kite have published a whole heap of resources. “Access our free children in migration and […]
Sign the joint letter to Leeds City Council asking them to take action against the New Plan for Immigration
Dear LMP members and citizens of Leeds, Join us in writing to Leeds City Council, asking them to take action to make clear our city’s opposition to the Government’s New Plan for Immigration. We welcome support from across the Leeds community. We welcome signatures from individuals as well as groups and organisations. Please see the […]
Job: Sessional Dari/Pashtu Interpreters required at Refugee Council.
Refugee Council are looking to recruit sessional interpreters who can speak Pashtu and/or Dari languages. The nature of the work: Facilitating communication between clients, advisors and agencies by providing consistent, effective and high quality interpreting services in an environment that is at times highly pressurised. Providing off-site interpreting services between Refugee Council clients and other […]
LMP Blog performance October 2019 – June 2021
It seems like only yesterday when we published a puff piece about the reach and impact of the LMP Blog. Turns out, the last one was in September 2019, so we’ve a bit of catching up to do. TL;DR The popularity of the LMP Blog continues to increase, and users are looking at more content […]
Leeds University publish study on bereavement support to people from diverse communities
Grieving friends and relatives from ethnic minority backgrounds are suffering from a lack of appropriate help to cope with losing a loved one, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say. The scarcity of data on the services that are available means providers do not know how support should be delivered to ensure they are suitable for […]
Asylum Matters: Contact Your MP on the Ant-Refugee Bill ahead of Second Reading in Parliament w/c 19th July 2021
A campaigning message from Mary at Asylum Matters. The only thing we’d add to this message is the advice from Hilary Benn on the last LMP chat – if you’re writing to your MP try and make it your own (as another former MP once put it: “I read the ones that constituents actually wrote, […]
Leeds Regional Report, from Migration Yorkshire July-September 2021
All killer, no filler – the usual excellent and comprehensive report from the good people at Migration Yorkshire about the situation in Leeds and the surreounding areas
Weekly Home Office Update w/c 1st July 2021
Updates: HO/SMP weekly Covid call 01/07/2021: Negative cessations – Home Office working towards step 4 (July 19) as a potential resumption date for negative cessations. Home Office building capacity plan around negative cessations and will communicate when a decision is made. Intake and occupancy – Intake has been high this last week and a number […]
Asylum Matters Yorkshire & Humber update 8th July 2021
By Jon from LASSN on 8th July 2021 in Activism & Campaigning, Destitution & Housing, Policy & Research
via Mary Brandon of Asylum Matters In particular, I’d like to draw your attention to the Day of Action to abolish immigration bail reporting on 15th July at Waterside Court in Leeds. More info here and below. Hope to see some of you there! Ongoing Advocacy Nationality and Borders Bill/ New Plan for Immigration The […]