Successful Guardian Grant Applicants Announced
We are very excited to announce the successful applicants of the second round of Guardian Grants! After the launch of…
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The Wedding!
Gecko is an award winning and internationally acclaimed physical theatre company touring nationally and internationally. Striving to make their work…
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Nominations Open for the UNHCR Refugee Women of the Year
The Women on the Move Awards recognise and celebrate women who have migrated or fled persecution
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“We are still here” – Report from Women for Refugee Women
Last month, a new report from Women for Refugee Women was published - We are still here: the continued detention of women seeking asylum in Yarls Wood, Bedfordshire.
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Will Your MP Support a New EDM for a Time Limit on Detention?
Catherine West MP for Hornsey & Wood Green has tabled an Early Day Motion calling for a time limit on immigration detention. The UK is the only country in Europe without a time limit on detention. You can help by contacting your own MP to ask them to support EDM…
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New Data Protection Law to Limit Privacy and Data Protection Rights of Migrants
Campaigners from Liberty and JCWI have warned that a clause smuggled into the Government’s new data protection law would create a two-tier, racially discriminatory data protection regime and undermine millions of people’s privacy rights. The widespread sharing of personal data collected by frontline agencies with the Home Office is the…
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Bring Families Together: Refugee Council Supporter Action on Family Reunion
We urge our supporters to join The Refugee Council new supporter action, which they have just launched as part of their campaign to change the UK’s restrictive rules surrounding refugee family reunion. They are asking supporters to email their MP and ask them to save the date for the second reading debate, which…
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The Guardian investigates “squalid, unsafe” Asylum Accommodation.
As friends of asylum seekers, we in City of Sanctuary already know about the substandard accommodation given to asylum seekers forced…
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New Social Media campaign: Unlocking Detention – 16th October to 22nd December
City of Sanctuary are members of the Detention Forum and encourage all our supporters to promote this year's tour of…
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Sanctuary in Parliament 2017!
City of Sanctuary are working with Asylum Matters and the Parliamentary Manager for the Refugee Council and the AAPG for…
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“Refugees without Refuge” – new report from the Refugee Council
The Refugee Council report - Refugees without refuge was published in September 2017.
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New research from Refugee Action: English language provision
New research from Refugee Action: English language provision ‘not fit for purpose’ as refugees wait up to
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World on our doorstep – “Horsforth Refugee Camp” in Leeds
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Hostile Environment: Checks on 70m Bank Accounts in Search for Illegal Immigrants
In a recent article, the Guardian revealed that banks and building societies will be carrying out immigration checks on 70m current…
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Highlights from CoS development in the North West
There have been great strides in sanctuary awards work - a City of Sanctuary strategic tool to sustain welcome in the mainstream. Three schools (English Martyrs in Preston & both the Cathedral Schools in Lancaster), have gained the School of Sanctuary award. Staff at Bolton's Octagon Theatre have had awareness sessions which generated great enthusiasm…
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“Cracks in the Irish deterrent asylum system”
Asylum campaigner, John Grayson has written an insightful article on the Direct Provision (DP) system for asylum seekers in Ireland. The DP…