Update on #ClosetheBarracks campaign
With thanks to Asylum Matters for this update on Asylum accommodation. This article follows up on our Please Act on the…
Posts Categorized: Detention
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New Campaign on Immigration Reporting
Right to Remain and Migrants Organise have held a planning meeting to build a campaign against immigration bail reporting conditions. …
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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…
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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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Notes, Videos from University of Sanctuary 2020 Conference
This year the University of Sanctuary conference was an ambitious two day programme of online workshops and webinars which covered…
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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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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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Solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter
City of Sanctuary UK stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in calling for justice and the need…
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Writers and Musicians support Refugee Tales 2020 online from 3 to 5 July
Refugee Tales 2020 is taking place online from 3 to 5 July. Evening events over 3 days have hosts such as…
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“Beyond Belief” – Home Office Asylum Interviews Reveal a Culture Tainted by Prejudgement
Freedom from Torture today publishes a new report "Beyond Belief" on the experience of the asylum interview for torture survivors…
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Urgent Action – Immigration Bill
Latest update from Detention Forum. This action is still important.
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Open letter to Home Secretary from These Walls Must Fall
Campaign group, These Walls Must Fall has written an open letter to the Home Secretary Priti Patel urging the government…
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General Election Resources for Asylum & Refugee Advocates
The upcoming general election on December 12 gives us a key opportunity to raise our voice for the rights of…
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Campaigners raise concerns on Home Office Immigration Surgeries in Religious & Community Organisations
Refugee and migrant supporters are concerned with emerged reports that the Home Office working with religious and community organisations to embed immigration enforcement teams in their services (see here and here). The Guardian reports that those who take part in these ‘immigration surgeries’ are assured the sessions are not offered as part of…
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In Three Words – Unlocking Detention
As part of this year's Unlocking Detention, City of Sanctuary network supporters are invited to to take part in In…