Letter from a well-briefed local MP to the Home Sec, raising concerns about the plans put forwards by HM Gov in the most recent Queen’s Speech. Letter dated 14th May 2021
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Asylum Matters – Y&H Update: fortnightly developments on COVID-19 and asylum 16th March 2021
Ongoing advocacy Urgent Action! – #CloseTheBarracks Day of Action Friday 19th March Alongside our friends at Refugee Action, Freedom from Torture, Detention Action, and Choose Love, we’re planning a day of action on asylum accommodation this Friday 19th March. Throughout the day, people and organisations across the UK will meet with their MPs to call for […]
#CutTheCollaboration – Stop the Home Office building a new immigration enforcement centre
Calling for support! Anti raids group across the UK have collaborated on a joint action calling for companies profiting from racist borders to #CutTheCollaboration. We’re asking you to help us on Wednesday 13th January with the power of the keyboard. Full event details here: https://fb.me/e/SHuxmM0Z What’s happening? For those who aren’t aware, the Home Office were granted permission […]
EHRC assessment: Home Office failed to comply with equality law when implementing ‘hostile environment’ policies
We assessed how and whether the Home Office complied with its duties under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) when developing, implementing and monitoring the hostile environment policies. We wanted to find out what the Home Office did to understand the impact that its policies and practices could, and did, have on Black members of the […]
Activist lawyers respond to recent comments by Home Secretary, Priti Patel
Excellent and thorough response from Duncan Lewis lawyers to recent comments made by Ms Patel in her speech to Conservative party Conference and articles like this in the Mail Online: https://www.duncanlewis.co.uk/news/_Attacks_on_Duncan_Lewis_Solicitors_and_legal_aid_undermine_the_rule_of_law_and_an_individual%E2%80%99s_constitutional_right_to_access_to_justice_(7_October_2020).html
Voluntary Action Leeds will no longer use the phrase BAME
VAL’s thoughts on the terms BAME, BME (and Poc, WoC, BIPOC etc) are both interesting – and worth sharing. If you use, work or volunteer in projects that work alongside or seek model solidarity with racialised groups (migrant or otherwise) this has to be worth a discussion with friends, colleagues, fellow volunteers – and definitely […]
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 […]
Review of the recent book ‘The Windrush Betrayal’
This review made me search for the book to buy straight away: “the book is a reminder that the UK’s immigration system is a disgrace, from root to branch, and it urgently needs major reform. The suffering of the Windrush generation was an inevitable and in many ways intentional result of the hostile environment, which […]
Summary of Policy updates created for LASSN Trustees, but which you might also find useful
Jon from LASSN writes Every 2 months LASSN produce a Policy update for our Trustees, (usually gathering up resources that have been posted on LMP) – a mixture of Local and National things with a small amount of commentary. I’ve cut and pasted it below in case anyone finds it useful to have all these […]
No Deal Brexit and the Voluntary Sector – NCVO briefing
An extremely helpful summary from NCVO – especially useful if your org currently receives European Funding, and you want to reassure your Trustees https://publications.ncvo.org.uk/no-deal-brexit-and-voluntary-sector/
Opinion: next time someone says an Australian Style points system to will be better than the one we’ve got…
Excellent blog from freedom of movement that neatly sums up the arguments for and against the Australian system – posted by Jon Beech from LASSN Why can’t politicians get over the idea of an Australian-style immigration system?
Asylum Seekers and Solicitors – Meet the Regulators 15th July 2019
What? A meeting with the Solicitors Regulation Authority – the national watchdog for the 160,000 solicitors working across England and Wales. “We have started to look at ways of improving the experiences that asylum seekers have when they are using solicitors – this includes the service that they receive from solicitors, the quality of the […]