Our friends at Free Movement have done an excellent summary of what’s being proposed, and how it’s likely to work (or not). It’s an hour long but it’s really really good. The more people appreciate the importance and the detail of what’s being proposed here, the better. It’s significantly more thorough/thoughtful than anything we’ve read […]
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Pinned updated post: Update on Asylum Questionnaires being sent to Afghan, Eritrean, Iranian, Iraqi, Libyan, Syrian and Yemeni Asylum Seekers
By Jon from LASSN on 6th March 2023 in Activism & Campaigning, Policy & Research, Safety & Inclusion, Services
Update: 13/7/23: Mears reporting Facebook scam relating to SAP Update: 18/5/23 Iranian and Iraqi Asylum Seekers are now included in the Streamlined Asylum Process (SAP) for more details click here According to the most recent information (from Migration Yorkshire) there are about 7400 asylum seekers support by Home Office living in Yorkshire and Humber. […]
Please think about donating £1 a month (or more) to LMP to help meet our costs
Our costs virtually doubled this week, when Mailchimp told us they’d stop the weekly LMP newsletter unless we paid them £28 a month. Obviously we’re looking for free/cheaper alternatives, but currently don’t have a viable alternative. Please think about donating £1 a week (or more) to help meet our costs. [donation link] The […]
Stop Criminalizing our Earth defenders! – Yorkshire Resists and Racial Justice Network event – 6th March 2023
We are delighted to welcome you to join @raceandclimatejustice collective and @yorkshireresists in our collaborative session. We will discuss the need to end the criminalisation of earth defenders and the end of the war on life. We hope you will join us ❤ Expect food, drinks and nourishing and important conversations for community building: 🌍 […]
Help find Business Allies in Leeds to help #LiftTheBan and allow Asylum Seekers to work
By Jon from LASSN on 10th February 2023 in Activism & Campaigning, Education, Training & Work, Opinion, Resource
via Asylum Masters and Lift The Ban High Street Challenge webinar- 9th March We’re holding a webinar on zoom on Thursday 9th March 12-1pm for campaigners to learn more about our latest campaign initiative, the High Street Challenge; share tips and tactics for winning local business support; and hear from our brilliant business allies who are already […]
Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing Stream of Sanctuary – Thursday 16th February 2023
Join us on February 16th 09:30-16:00 for the City of Sanctuary Health and Wellbeing Stream Day of Events including discussions around sanctuary seeker access to dentists and mental health needs. There’s no need for people to attend the whole day – you can just attend the parts you are interested in: 9.45-10.45am – Regional planning session setting […]
New Report on Police Use of Mobile Biometrics – Racial Justice Network & Yorkshire Resists
By Stop the Scan campaign, Racial Justice Network and Yorkshire Resists on 7th November 2022 in Activism & Campaigning
On 31st October 2022, the Racial Justice Network and Yorkshire Resists released a new report on the increased use of the Biometric Services Gateway (mobile fingerprinting) by police forces across the UK. We analyse the latest data obtained through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from April 2020 to December 2021. The report’s title is: Mobilising Against […]
Asylum Matters Update – 26th October 2022
Editorial note: this is reposted from Asylum Matters. Asylum Matters changed the way their tag things on their website (and we didn’t realise) which means the automatic reposting of their bulletins has not worked for about 2 months. We’re really sorry for not catching this and responding sooner. Here’s a link to all the articles […]
World Aids Day 2022 – 2nd December 2022
This years global World AIDS Day Theme is “Global solidarity and shared responsibility”. Come and join us to celebrate how far we have come as a community and a country in treating and managing HIV. Lets remember all those who lost their lives to this virus and recognise that there is still a way to go […]
Creating a New Campaign in South Leeds to Save Money and Save the Planet: Monday 3rd October at 5pm
Dear friends Amid the political chaos, soaring living costs, climate crisis and global instability that we find ourselves in. It feels like a critical moment to come together and explore plans and strategies for the coming months. We would like to invite you to our Resilient Communities Meeting taking place on Monday 3rd October at 5pm At […]
Free computers from Solidaritech
To celebrate Refugee Week, Solidaritech are offering free computers to members of Leeds Migration Partnership, and anybody else supporting Asylum Seekers or Refugees in Yorkshire and Humber. The computers are wi-fi ready, Core i5 with 8gb of RAM, and come with Windows 10 installed, so they’re perfect for people looking to study, find work or […]
Asylum Matters advocacy update – 22 June 2022
Our fortnightly summary of ongoing advocacy initiatives, new research, government developments and useful resources. Contact us if you’d like to get this update directly into your inbox. Ongoing advocacy Rwanda removals Late on Tuesday 14 June, the chartered flight to Rwanda, originally due to remove as many as 130 people seeking asylum, was cancelled on […]