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Archive | February, 2022
Meeting about support to people living in Hotels – Friday 11th March 16:30-17:30
By Jon from LASSN on 28th February 2022 in Education, Training & Work, Health, LMP, Meeting, Safety & Inclusion, Volunteers
Adapted from an email by Duncan at Refugee Council Over the past few weeks we have spoken with a number of partners about the growing number of people (mainly single […]
The University of Leeds Sanctuary Scholarships are open for application 2022
“We are pleased to offer scholarships for forced migrants to the UK. The Sanctuary Scholarship is open to people who wish to study any undergraduate, postgraduate or research degree. The […]
Minutes of the West Yorkshire Sub Regional Migration Group – February 2022
This is the West Yorkshire Group that brings local Authorities, Home Office and their various contractors (Mears, Migrant Help) together, to discuss and plan Migration. You’ll remember Ally from PAFRAS […]
Leeds Migration Partnership (LMP) 2022 Event: ‘Days of Future Past” 17th March 2022
Date: Thursday 17th March 2022 Time: 09:30 – 13:00 Venue: Slung Low, Working Mens Club, Jenkinson Lawn, Holbeck, Leeds LS11 9QX Leeds Migration Partnership (LMP) ‘Days of Future Past’ is […]
Local migration data dashboards – Migration Yorkshire demonstrations 1st & 2nd March 2022
Over the last year we have listened to people who use information about migration patterns from across Yorkshire and Humber to understand what migration related data they are interested in, […]
Free Webinars and Training from PAFRAS, Social Worker without Borders and Migration Yorkshire – April 2022
from Ally at PAFRAS Just to inform you of some free training sessions we are delivering in April 2022. This training has been co-produced by young people going through the asylum process. Please […]
Information event for Roma people living in Leeds – 12pm Compton Centre, 12th March 2022
Asylum Support Payments to increase by £1.22/wk (24p/wk if you live in a hotel)
info via Cath Ward at Public Health, words and links by Jon Beech at LASSN In late January – the Minister for Safe and Legal Migration wrote The following letter […]
Operation PITTING cases in community (refugees from Kabul) – escalating cases for caseworking by the Home Office
By Samantha Powell on behalf of Safer Stronger Communities Team, LCC on 24th February 2022 in Policy & Research
via Sam Powell at LCC The Home Office have requested any enquires in relation to families who were evacuated from Kabul to the UK as part of Operation PITTING (August […]
Refugee Council are looking for volunteers to welcome newly arrived asylum seekers
Refugee Council are looking to recruit volunteers to welcome newly arrived asylum seekers to Leeds. Volunteers will work alongside another volunteers to meet and guide asylum seekers to specific local […]
Nationality and Borders Bill to cost £2.7 billion a year – a report from Together with Refugees
It’s a departure from our usual editorial policy, but we thought an update on a national issue would be welcome at this point. The first is an extract from an […]