Scottish Refugee Council New Telephone Helpline
Scottish Refugee Council is launching a new telephone helpline for people across Scotland looking for advice and information on refugee…
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CALL FOR EVIDENCE: Impact of living on asylum support rates
At the beginning of February, the Government increased the level of asylum support (Section 95) by 80p weekly - from £36.95 to £37.75. This is the first time that support levels have been raised since 2015. However, in that same year, the Government also reduced support levels for children from…
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Latest Asylum Statistics Q4 2017
Q4 2017 Asylum Stats
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Project to help refugees, asylum seekers and other marginalised communities represent their experiences through games
Have you ever been curious about making a game?
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Young Orchestras CIC is recruiting
Young Orchestras CIC is seeking to appoint someone to work on a freelance basis for approximately 35 days to co-ordinate …
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Leicester CoS are recruiting for Co-ordinator Finance and Administration Officer
Leicester CoS are recruiting for a Co-ordinator
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Successful Guardian Grant Applicants Announced
We are very excited to announce the successful applicants of the second round of Guardian Grants! After the launch of…
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The Wedding!
Gecko is an award winning and internationally acclaimed physical theatre company touring nationally and internationally. Striving to make their work…
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Will Your MP Support a New EDM for a Time Limit on Detention?
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…
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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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World on our doorstep – “Horsforth Refugee Camp” in Leeds
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Hostile Environment: Checks on 70m Bank Accounts in Search for Illegal Immigrants
In a recent article, the Guardian revealed that banks and building societies will be carrying out immigration checks on 70m current…
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Highlights from CoS development in the North West
There have been great strides in sanctuary awards work - a City of Sanctuary strategic tool to sustain welcome in the mainstream. Three schools (English Martyrs in Preston & both the Cathedral Schools in Lancaster), have gained the School of Sanctuary award. Staff at Bolton's Octagon Theatre have had awareness sessions which generated great enthusiasm…
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Widden Primary School becomes Gloucester’s First School of Sanctuary
A primary school in Gloucester has become the first in the city to receive a special status for developing a…
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Portsmouth explores how to become a City of Sanctuary
A new City of Sanctuary group in Portsmouth, led by British Red Cross and inspired by Journeys Festival International arrival…
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ASYLUM SEEKERS RIGHT TO WORK CONFERENCE DUBLIN
On Thursday 21st September City of Sanctuary Dublin will host a groundbreaking high level conference entitled 'Asylum Seekers Right to Work'. With speakers including a Supreme Court Judge,a Human Rights Commissioner, business CEOs and Trade Union leaders alongside asylum seekers and refugees telling their story, the conference promises to be…