Advocacy and campaigning initiatives Rwanda Last week, the Government suffered a further seven defeats in the House of Lords as peers voted in favour of seven amendments to the Safety of Rwanda Bill. Amendments included excluding victims of modern slavery from deportation to Rwanda, and permitting ministers or immigration officials to have the power to […]
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Horizon Scanning – from Migration Yorkshire, Feb 24
Not sure how we missed this excellent briefing from Migration Yorkshire about what’s coming up in the next few months. Still relevant, even though it’s now April Horizon scanning for the migration sector in Yorkshire and Humber – February 2024 | Migration Yorkshire
Leeds Refugee Forum Activity Timetable – April 2024
Leeds Refugee Forum have a lovely new website, with a link to their new timetable of activities. Please be sure to give it a visit
Can refugees and migrants vote in UK elections 2024?
Here’s a previous article from 2017 which explains that having leave to remain does not automatically give someone the right to vote in UK General Elections, no matter how long they’ve been in the UK*. For an explanation of who can vote in UK elections (and in particular changes to voting rights of EU Citizens […]
CALL OUT! Experiences of poor legal advice – March 24
Migrants Organise, Refugee Action, NACCOM, HMSC have been planning a report looking at the barriers to accessing / providing good quality (immigration) legal aid representation – we’ve spoken to many of you about this already and received some really helpful feedback on the plan, so a big thanks for that. The report will be based on interviews […]
Live Well Leeds: LGBTQ – Welcome Cafe on Fridays – City Centre – March 2024
Live Well Leeds is a Leeds City wide service, based in the community to provide support for people with mild to moderate support needs to manage and/or recover from their mental health, diagnosed or not. Every Friday lunchtime we host an informal drop-in for people who identify as LGBTQI+, to socialise, have supportive conversations about […]
Migrant Access Project 8-week Programme in Armley – Srarts April 2024
The council’s Migrant Access Project will be facilitating an 8-week programme in Armley, for people who are new to Leeds. The 8 week programme brings communities and services together. Services will share information on topics such as health and wellbeing, community safety, advocacy and advice, work and money, education and language, and housing and environment. […]
Asylum Matters Y&H update 14th March 2024
Asylum Matters staff update: We said a fond farewell to our Director Paul Hook last week, Paul led the work of Asylum Matters through a time of significant challenges to the fundamental right to seek asylum, mobilising the Lift the Ban Campaign, Communities Not Camps and continuing to campaign against asylum poverty. We’ll miss him […]
Small Grants Fund: Improving Roma Community Health and Wellbeing: Deadline 26th April 2024
Forum Central in partnership with Leeds City Council is distributing a small grants fund of £12,000 with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of Roma Community, through developing trusted relationships. Applications close Friday 26 April 2024 at 12pm (noon/midday). Grants will be allocated to local organisations, grassroots groups and individuals already working within […]
Asylum Matters: General Election Campaign Resources March 2024
Asylum Matters present these new General Election resources as part of the Fight the Anti-Refugee Laws campaign. The resources are designed to support local groups in engaging with their prospective parliamentary candidates, calling on them to repeal the #AntiRefugeeLaws and commit to building an asylum system that treats everyone with compassion and dignity. The resources […]
Research study on the experiences of care leavers – looking for participants
We are researchers working on a research study led by the University of Oxford. Our research study explores care leavers’ experiences leaving Local Authority care. We would like to find out more about the experiences of a diverse range of young adult care leavers and how they leave care. We aim to find ways to improve […]
Job: Regional Volunteer Coordinator (Resettlement Team), Refugee Council
VACANCY: Regional Volunteer Coordinator for Wakefield/York and surrounding areas. Salary: Grade 5 £30, 296-£33,945 Contract Type: Fixed term, Full time (35 hours per week) Location: Leeds Closing date for applications: 1 April 2024 Interviews: week commencing 8 April 2024 Context and Purpose of the Job The UK government’s resettlement programmes (such as the UKRS, ARAP as […]