Solace are proud to be part of a collaboration with University of Cambridge to produce research and films on the serious mental health issues faced by refugees and asylum seekers. […]
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Do you know anyone willing to talk about the impact of shortened evictions from Home Office accommodation?
IMIX, media specialists in the migration and asylum sector, are looking the highlight the human impact of the Home Office’s 7-day eviction policies on asylum accommodation and the homelessness emergency […]
Asylum Matters Update: 17th October 2023
Advocacy and campaigning initiatives Communities Not Camps People who were removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge following the discovery of legionella have spoken of their fear after being told they […]
Asylum Matters Advocacy and Campaigns 3/10/23
By Jon from LASSN on 4th October 2023 in Activism & Campaigning, Funding, Opinion, Policy & Research, Resource
Advocacy and campaigning initiatives Home Secretary’s speech The news over the past week has been dominated by the Home Secretary’s appalling speech to the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, […]
Solace Newsletters
Solace has published it’s September Newsletter. We would like some more subscribers to promote our work. If you would like to receive it directly to your inbox please add you […]
Oceans of unmet need: the current state of Legal Aid feat Manuel Bravo
Skip to pages 34 onwards for a rather bleak account if where we’re at right now in Yorkshire and Humber. Kudos to Manuel Bravo for their involvement in this excellent […]
National signposting : useful organisations list
By Colin Archer (Conversation Club Leeds) on 19th September 2023 in Funding, Policy & Research, Resource, Safety & Inclusion, Services
Conversation over Borders offers a new national listing: “a collaborative extensive list of organisations and charities working with displaced people in the UK. To help this to grow you can […]
Room Sharing Criteria for Asylum Hotels in Leeds, September 2023
This guidance is a summary of information circulated by Mears to Migration Yorkshire. It has been shared to enable people who are compelled to share a room to know the […]
Experiences of Racism in Civil Society Organisations – share your experiences with ACEVO and Voice4Change England by 11th September 2023
[Editorial note: sorry for not posting this sooner – we only saw this today] ACEVO and Voice4Change England are inviting people to take their survey to inform a new programme […]
Hospitality and Sanctuary for All: The Hook Lecture 2023
By Mehjabeen Hussein Rahim on 8th September 2023 in Activism & Campaigning, Event, Policy & Research
How can we respond to the call to welcome refugees to Leeds and build a city of sanctuary for all? The annual Hook Lecture returns this year as we welcome […]
New policy update on discontinuations/evictions from Home Office accommodation and support – August 2023
“As a general principle, the Home Office should give people notice that their support is going to stop so they can plan what they will do next On 1st August […]
Updated migration statistics for Leeds and Yorkshire, August 2023
The refugee and asylum seeker dashboard has been updated by Migration Yorkshire. It remains the most accurate assessment of numbers we have available for Leeds and the surrounding areas. The […]