Please Act on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Barracks
Following the December 2020 action to close the ex army barracks housing hundreds of people seeking sanctuary, there have been…
Posts Categorized: Asylum matters
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Covid19 Vaccination Advocacy Project launched by Doctors of the World
Doctors of the World UK (DOTW) has launched a Covid-19 vaccine advocacy project to ensure that everyone in the UK…
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Museum of Homelessness is seeking your input
The Dying Homeless Project is run by The Museum of Homelessness. It aims to collect the stories of those who…
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New Campaign Action on Asylum Accommodation #closethebarracks
City of Sanctuary were co-signatories to the AVID Barracks Letter to the Home Secretary on 8th December highlighting the risks…
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New Project – “Response” to far right activities
Hope not Hate in partnership with Migration Exchange have developed a project in response to increased far-right activity around channel…
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Latest Immigration Statistics
Last Thursday that Government published its third round of quarterly immigration stats for 2020. It showed that the number of…
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Call for MPs to attend Westminster #LiftTheBan debate
The Lift the Ban coalition campaign has secured a Westminster Hall Debate on the right to work this Wednesday 18th November…
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New Report from Asylum Matters – ‘Locked into Poverty – life on asylum support’
3p Rise in Asylum Support - an insult!
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Congratulations to the Tower Hamlets Childcare Scheme for a Sanctuary award!
City of Sanctuary is delighted to recognise The Tower Hamlets Holiday Childcare Scheme for its work to welcome those fleeing…
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Leeds City Council calls for the Home Secretary to #StopAsylumEvictions
Despite the continuing rise in COVID cases and increasing restrictions in many local areas, the Home Office is still pushing…
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Call out from One Strong Voice – new collective for people with lived experience of seeking sanctuary and the wider immigration system
Do you want to be part of making positive change? If you have direct lived experience of the asylum and…
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New report from IPPR ‘Access denied: The Human Impact of the Hostile Environment’
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a registered charity and the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think tank.
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New Report from Lift the Ban
An updated Lift the Ban Lift-The-Ban-Common-Sense July 2020 has just been published. The Lift the Ban coalition, made up of…
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Guide to Privacy Settings on social media and other data protection resources
Privacy International have shared a series of useful resources aimed at migrant and refugee organisations and the people with whom…
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New Survey: Living on asylum support
On 15th June the Home Office implemented an interim increase to asylum support of £1.85 per week.
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The Covid Summer Food Fund
Raising awareness and uptake - temporary extension to free school meals for some families with no recourse to public funds: