NACCOM & Focus on Destitution Among Asylum-Seekers in Guardian Charity Appeal
The themes of this year’s Guardian and Observer charity appeal are youth homelessness and destitution among asylum seekers. These are overlapping causes which are…
The themes of this year’s Guardian and Observer charity appeal are youth homelessness and destitution among asylum seekers. These are overlapping causes which are…
The Home Office and Department for Work and Pensions had come together in December 2016 to roll out an assisted service to support new refugees to transition from asylum support to mainstream benefits. This was known as the ‘Warm Handover’ Service and was piloted in the North East and Yorkshire…
We are very excited to announce the successful applicants of the second round of Guardian Grants! After the launch of…
Gecko is an award winning and internationally acclaimed physical theatre company touring nationally and internationally. Striving to make their work…
The Women on the Move Awards recognise and celebrate women who have migrated or fled persecution
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.
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…
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…
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…
As friends of asylum seekers, we in City of Sanctuary already know about the substandard accommodation given to asylum seekers forced…
City of Sanctuary are members of the Detention Forum and encourage all our supporters to promote this year's tour of…
City of Sanctuary are working with Asylum Matters and the Parliamentary Manager for the Refugee Council and the AAPG for…
The Refugee Council report - Refugees without refuge was published in September 2017.
New research from Refugee Action: English language provision ‘not fit for purpose’ as refugees wait up to