The Home Secretary commissioned a lessons learned review into the events leading up to Windrush “to make sure crucial lessons were identified and learned as quickly as possible, to prevent something like this happening again.” The review is internal, with independent oversight provided by an Independent Adviser to the review, Wendy Williams.…
Refugee Action have produced a new campaign briefing on the impact of cuts to legal aid on justice in the…
Thank you to our partner Refugee Action for their additional #StandUpForAsylum content in relation to their campaign push on reforming…
Refugee Action has just launched a report, Waiting in the dark: how the asylum system dehumanises, disempowers and damages, as part…
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…
City of Sanctuary are members of the Detention Forum and encourage all our supporters to promote this year's tour of…
Below, we provide the response from Right to Remain to the BBC Panorama September 4th broadcast undercover footage filmed in Brook House detention centre. The footage was recorded by a detainee custody officer and reveals self harm and attempted suicides, as well as widespread mistreatment and violence against detainees.
Are you accommodating and supporting people with no recourse to public funds? Do you want to know more about what…
Asylum Matters is calling on all City of Sanctuary groups to join up with other local groups working to support refugees and people seeking asylum to contact their MPs in the post-election period.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees reported last month after an investigation into the experience of new refugees in…