The Government is rolling out the Streamlined Assessment Process to Iranian and Iraqi asylum seekers. Home Office to fast-track thousands of Iraqi and Iranian asylum claims | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian More information on the Streamlined Assessment Process can be found on the pinned update at the top of the Blog – including […]
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Migration Yorkshire – Regional Report April 2023
Excellent summary, as ever. Please share this far and wide
Support for business start-ups and self-employment in Yorkshire & Humber
Migration Yorkshire created a survey to help design better support for business start-ups & self-employment in the region. We’d love to hear from you if you have the lived experience of migration and: are self-employed (work for yourself), or own a business, or have an idea for a business / would like to start a […]
Bank Account checks restarting March 23
Info cut and pasted from the excellent Expert Advice Briefing from CAB – you can sign up for these email updates here. For context please see previous posts on Bank Accounts for migrants eg the Bank training from LASSN or this from Chapeltown CA on opening a Bank Account. Immigration checks on current accounts Guidance […]
Right to work checks survey: closing 28th March 2023
The Migrants’ Rights Network (MRN), Migrants at Work and the Open Rights Group are currently running a Challenge the Checks campaign and have introduced a survey to uncover the negative effects of expecting employers to enforce immigration law in the workplace. With the survey, they are asking people to share information on how they are affected by the employment […]
What’s in the Illegal Migration Bill (aka the Anti-Refugee Bill)? A video summary from Free Movement
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 […]
Resource of the week – Get weekly updates from the Expert Advice team at Citizen’s Advice
via Cllr David Jenkins “Welcome to our weekly update from the Expert Advice team with up to date information of legal changes, expert insights on emerging issues, updates to our online resources and details of other useful advice resources.” You can choose which areas you want updates from, and they are delivered directly to your […]
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. […]
Elections 4 May 2023 – Voter ID requirements (and who can vote)
The way you vote in person is changing. The UK Government has introduced a requirement for voters to show photo ID when voting at a polling station. This new requirement will apply for the first time in England at the local elections on Thursday 4 May 2023. To work out if you are eligible to […]
Resource: Multilingual resources – Asylum Guides from Refugee Action
The UK Immigration system is more or less baffling at times, especially for people whose lives depend upon navigating it successfully. The Asylum Guides programme by Refugee Action explains this Asylum System in simple and accessible terms. These new Multilingual resources (asylumguides.org) are an excellent resource for everyone (activists, staff, and volunteers) – and each section […]
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 […]
Redacted Meeting MInutes of West Yorkshire Strategic Regional Migration Group October 2022
c/o your friendly LMP rep, Ally