Advocacy and campaigning initiatives Rwanda The Safety of Rwanda Bill has been passed and government announced plans to begin the preparations for deportations with an expectation that flights would leave in 10-12 weeks. Sunday saw the government announce that arrests will commence, with commentary suggesting this has been timed around the Local Elections. It has […]
RETAS is OISC Registered
RETAS are delighted to announce our recent OISC regulation registration. Recognised by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, we are now able to deliver: Level One advice regarding Immigration: Asylum and Protection Level Two advice regarding Asylum and Protection Specifically, our registration means we are able to deliver specific and specialised advice and guidance […]
Increased charges for not-for-profits who provide OISC regulated immigration services – a consultation. Yay!? or nay!?
There is currently a consultation taking place on proposed changes to the Fee Structures for OISC Regulated immigration advice services. Many organisations here in Leeds may be concerned by the increase in cost for non-fee charging sector (These are the OISC regulated providers that do not charge a fee for providing immigration advice). The Freedom […]
Resource of the week – Info around the detention of asylum seekers/Rwanda deportations, April 24
At today’s LMP Strategy group, there was a brief discussion of the Rwanda Bill, and the almost complete absence of a plan for how the new legislation will be enacted. The following resources have been collated by NACCOM and we have shamelessly cut and pasted them here, in an attempt to fill the void that’s […]
Home Office procedural FAQs – April 24
Migration Yorkshire have recently concluded a short piece of work with Angus MacKinnon at the Home Office to compile an FAQ document relating to the most common issues raised in various meetings in recent weeks. Please share this with your networks.
Women’s fitness/exercise classes, with Polish speakers, Armley – April – June 2024
My name is Tobie and I work as an Inclusion coordinator for Leeds mental wellbeing service. I am doing some outreach work focusing on Mental health awareness week, physical activity and the eastern European community. One of our Mental health support workers runs a free fitness class in Armley for women. Although this is not […]
Migrant Access Project 7th May 2024 Modern Slavery Session
Leeds City Council’s Migrant Access Project are holding a modern slavery awareness session. The session will be delivered by police staff, highlighting how to spot it and ways to report it. Date: 7th May 2024 Time: 10-12pm Venue: Technorth, Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS7 3NB Anyone with an interest in learning more about modern slavery risks […]
An Overview of Leeds Housing Options, 2024
This useful presentation provides an overview of the services provided by Leeds Housing Options and important contact information [the contact info has been removed from this presentation. please email [email protected] if you would like these contact numbers]
Lloyds Bank Foundation racial equity programme open for grant application, closes 30th May 2024
On behalf of: Local Care Partnerships Development Programme The application window opens on 27 March and closes at 5pm on 30 May 2024. We wanted to make you aware of a grants programme which has just opened and sounds perfect for some of the smaller organisations that we work with in Local Care Partnerships. If […]
Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy Meeting – 30th April 2024
The Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy Group are meeting on Date: Tuesday the 30th April 2024 (10am-12pm) Venue: RETAS, 233 – 237 Roundhay Road, Leeds, LS8 4HS Meeting theme: Asylum Discontinuations and LMP and Upcoming Elections For the key items on asylum discontinuations, Leeds Housing Options, DWP, and RETAS will be sharing updates. For the LMP […]
Regional Report on Migration [April 2024] – from Migration Yorkshire
Another excellent summary from Migration Yorkshire Finally, as part of our ongoing experiments with AI, we asked Chat GPT to summarise what’s changed and what remains the same between this report and the one issued by Migration Yorkshire in April 2023 This is how ChatGPT described things (unedited) Changes: Migration Statistics and Trends: The Home […]
Are you a volunteer helping new refugees find somewhere to stay? Free training: Friday 26th April 2024 14:15 – 16:15
Leeds Housing Options and RETAS are holding a training session aimed at volunteers who are helping refugees to find accommodation in Leeds. Numbers are extremely limited, so if you would like to book a place click here It’s being held at the offices of Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network. For more information/details please contact [email protected]