“DignityNotDestitution” Sanctuary in Parliament 2017
Posts Categorized: Asylum matters
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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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“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…
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Aspen Cards – Issues arising / Mixed news
The Home Office has confirmed that recipients of ‘Section 4’ support can now use their Aspen cards to purchase goods…
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NACCOM Annual Conference 15th September
Are you accommodating and supporting people with no recourse to public funds? Do you want to know more about what…
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We are recruiting for a Research and Administration Officer for the North West