Leeds University Business School and Migration Yorkshire invite you to a report launch event to share the outcomes, recommendations, and next steps of the ‘Migrant Women in Business’, funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The event will be led by Dr Deema Refai (University of Leeds) and Ewa Lelontko (Migration Yorkshire). The ‘Migrant Women in Business’ project supported […]
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Asylum Matters update 6th February 2025 – advocacy, campaigns and resources
By Jon from LASSN on 6th February 2025 in Activism & Campaigning, Destitution & Housing, Jobs, Opinion, Policy & Research
Advocacy and campaigning Initiatives Fight for Asylum Rights As you will know, we have campaigned under the banner of ‘Fight the Anti-Refugee Laws’ since the Nationality and Borders Act in 2022, but we have now re-branded this campaign as ‘Fight for Asylum Rights’. Under this new banner, we will continue to campaign for the repeal […]
Leeds City Council Homes for Ukraine Update – January 2025
On 19th February 2024, the Home Office announced the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme (UPE). This grants a further 18 month stay for Ukrainians on the existing visa schemes. Ukrainians will continue to have the same rights to access work, benefits, healthcare and education throughout their stay. This scheme provides reassurance to Ukrainians in the UK […]
Yorkshire Policy Innovation Partnership are recruiting to their community panel – could you help?
By Jon from LASSN on 27th January 2025 in Activism & Campaigning, Funding, Opinion, Policy & Research
Yorkshire Policy Innovation Partnership (YPIP), a research project led by the University of Leeds that will coordinate initiatives, evidence and learnings to help reduce inequalities and address climate change in Yorkshire and the Humber. Y-PIP, is run by multiple universities in Yorkshire. It is a research project, but it will also be issuing community […]
Asylum Matters update 22nd January 2025 – advocacy, campaigns and resources
By Jon from LASSN on 23rd January 2025 in Activism & Campaigning, Destitution & Housing, Education, Training & Work, Jobs, Policy & Research, Resource
Advocacy and campaigning Initiatives Fight the Anti Refugee Laws Calls grow louder for safe routes With the new Government’s continuation of tough border enforcement and criminalisation leading to a record number of Channel fatalities in 2024, pressure is growing to establish safe routes for people seeking asylum to reach the UK. Australian offshoring deemed a breach of […]
New Voluntary and Community Sector Newsletter from Migration Yorkshire
Msg from Migration Yorkshire: Would you like to receive regular updates from Migration Yorkshire? There are two newsletters that you can subscribe to, which will send regular updates directly to your inbox We are launching a new update specifically for the Voluntary and Community Sector. This will be sent every fortnight, and will replace our […]
Resources from Migration Yorkshire’s VCS Engagement Day, 27th Nov 2024
Migration Yorkshire have uploaded all the resources from the day onto their website here – VCS Engagement Day – 27 November 2024 | Migration Yorkshire As a taster of what’s up there, here’s the complete set of slides as a PDF
Asylum Matters update 18th December 2024 – advocacy, campaigns and resources
By Jon from LASSN on 19th December 2024 in Activism & Campaigning, Destitution & Housing, Jobs, Policy & Research, Resource
1. Advocacy and campaigning Initiatives #FightTheAntiRefugeeLaws Urging the Home Secretary to resume processing Syrian asylum claims Last week Asylum Matters co-ordinated a joint public letter to the Home Secretary, opposing the Government’s ‘dehumanising’ decision to suspend Syrian asylum claims following the fall of the Assad regime. Key asks of the letter included resuming the processing of Syrian asylum claims, lifting […]
Seeking Collaborative Partners for PhD Research on Bereavement Support for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK
I am conducting a PhD project to explore the bereavement experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. This study aims to improve culturally sensitive bereavement support services for these communities. We will gather data through focus groups and interviews with participants receiving support from various charities and organisations. We seek your assistance in […]
eVisas, foreign travel and benefits entitlement – an update
update taken from CAB Update – the “we” is Citizen’s Advice. Also added to the sticky on the LMP front page Using expired biometric residence permits (BRPs) to travel after 31 December The Home Office confirmed last week that they would allow carriers to accept a BRP or EUSS biometric residence card (BRC) expiring on […]
Asylum Matters Advocacy Update 28/11/24
By Jon from LASSN on 29th November 2024 in Activism & Campaigning, Destitution & Housing, Jobs, Policy & Research, Resource
Advocacy and campaigning Initiatives Lift the Ban We’ve been working with expert by experience campaigners to develop ideas for a big campaign “moment” in the New Year, which will take our important call for the right to work to decision makers and the public, generating powerful, thought-provoking content that can be shared by many online. […]
Don’t forget – Weekly Migration News from Migration Yorkshire
Every Monday, Migration Yorkshire updates its News page. Unfortunately, this usually happens on a Monday afternoon, a few hours after the automated LMP newsletter is sent out, so we don’t often link to it. (If we did, it would always be about a week out of date by the time it arrives in your inbox—and […]