What? Introducing Manus Prison Theory: Knowing Border Violence Who? Behrouz Boochani (joining via live stream) & Omid Tofighian Behrouz Boochani writes…”No Friend But the Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison is the product of five years living in exile on Manus Island, depicting the raw and unadulterated experience of incarceration in a remote prison. “During these […]
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Asylum Matters – Jan 2020 Update
With thanks and respect to Andrea, whose patience with our cutting and pasting of her emails remains a lesson to us all Migrant Help Update on AIRE Service Migrant Help have shared another update on the AIRE service – see letter attached from 13 January. The letter notes that since 9th January the daily average […]
Resource of the week: BBC Briefing on Immigration
This is a remarkable resource from the BBC – probably best thought of a really acessible book, rather than a 200 slide powerpoint presentation. We’ve embedded a small scrollable version at the bottom odf the page, or you can immediately jump to the the High Resolution PDF here The Briefing brings together a huge amount […]
Update on Migrant Help telephone line – January 2020
The Home Office have issued an update (full text below) In summary, their two key points are The Migrant Help telephone is now compliant – with calls being answered within a minute If you’ve been sidestepping the Helpline and going to Mears directly to sort out repairs, please stop. Any difficulties, please remember Mary from […]
Resource of the week : UK counter terrorism police guide to political extremists
English (ESOL) for Jobseekers – Applying for Jobs
PATH Yorkshire presents an English/ESOL for Jobseekers – Applying for Jobs from first week of February until end of March 2020. Open to Refugees (aged 19 years and above) living in Leeds and Other Migrants who have been in UK for 1 year or longer, now living in Leeds. In this course, you will learn […]
Sector Specific ESOL for Refugees
PATH Yorkshire will deliver English/ESOL for Work (Sector Specific) from first week of February until March 2020. Open for Refugees (aged 19 years and above) living in Leeds and Other Migrants who have been in UK for 1 year or longer, now living in Leeds. Start at any date. Ongoing Enrolment – Call PATH on […]
English (ESOL) for Driving
PATH Yorkshire will be running a one-off ESOL/English for Driving from first week of February 2020 until March 2020 at PATH Yorkshire office, 29 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 3PD. These classes are open for Refugees (aged 19 years and above) living in Leeds and Other Migrants who have been in UK for 1 […]
Impoverishment and Asylum: Social Policy as Slow Violence – Leeds University – 29th January 13:00-14:00
When? 29 January 2020 12.30-13.00 refreshments; 13.00-14.00 presentation Where? Social Sciences 12.21/12.25 University of Leeds Who? Dr Lucy Mayblin from the University of Sheffield. Abstract: In this talk I will argue that a shift has taken place in recent decades from construing asylum as primarily a political and/or humanitarian phenomenon, to construing it as primarily […]
PAFRAS Communications and Marketing Volunteer vacancy
We are currently looking to recruit a reliable, dynamic and hardworking Communications and Marketing Volunteer who is excited about the role and who will work alongside the PAFRAS Director and the wider team. We have been working with a marketing consultant and designer to re-brand the PAFRAS logo and website and following the re-brand, we’d like the volunteer to […]
Nominations invited for the Yorkshire Asian Young Achievers Awards
The Yorkshire Asian Young Achievers Awards, known as “The YAYAs” for short, aim to make a difference in raising the aspirations for some of the county’s most disadvantaged communities. The YAYA awards (www.theyayas.org.uk), a Yorkshire-wide awards scheme, in partnership with York St. John’s University has been launched! The YAYA awards are supported by local, regional […]
Resource of the Week: Support through court
a submission from JGW – long time reader, first time contributor. Support Through Court are a charity supporting people who face court alone so that they can represent themselves to the best of their ability. Our service is free and based in court buildings. Our aim is to help clients represent themselves to the best of their abilities so […]