City of Sanctuary National Conference and AGM 2018 – A Snapshot and full notes
By Tiffy Allen
Posts Categorized: Welcome
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Template for Local Groups’ Response to Government’s Integrated Communities Green Paper
Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper
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Waiting in the Dark: Refugee Action Report on Asylum Decision-Making
Refugee Action has just launched a report, Waiting in the dark: how the asylum system dehumanises, disempowers and damages, as part…
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Sajid Javid: Create a welcoming environment don’t wreck people’s lives
By Forward Maisokwadzo, National Media & Communications Officer
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The Integrated Communities Strategy Consultation
The Government has recently published an Integrated Communities Strategy green paper which sets out the vision for “building strong integrated communities where people – whatever their background – live, work, learn and socialise together, based on shared rights, responsibilities and opportunities.” While the emphasis of the strategy was on the need for…
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Sutton4Sanctuary teams up with Sutton for Peace and Justice to hold public meeting.
Refugees welcome here
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What groups have done with the 1st round of Guardian grants
Part 1: What Groups Have Done
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We Are One Collective is developing a new platform Humankind
Here is a new opportunity for City of Sanctuary groups to connect and communicate with others. The possibilities include recruitment, information sharing referrals, learning etc.
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Impact of Health Charges – Time for More Sanctuary Health Streams?
The health charging regulations as part of the Home Office "Hostile Environment" Policy is having a huge impact on some migrant groups and refused asylum seekers including pregnant women, children and destitute people with chronic illnesses such as diabetes and asthma. The policy is inhumane, threatens public health and may…
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Refugee Family Reunion: Oxfam & Refugee Council Report and Campaign Action Ahead of Second Reading of Refugee Family Reunion Bill
The Refugee Council, British Red Cross, Amnesty International and others are campaigning to change the UK’s restrictive rules on refugee family reunion. Currently, family reunion for adult refugees is limited to their partner and children under the age of 18. For child refugees, there is no right to bring any family members to the…
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The Distance We Have Travelled
The Distance We Have Travelled tells the story of best friends Amina and Khaalid and their journey to seek acceptance…
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Latest on the campaign to boycott the school census
Last week the Department for Education published stats on nationality and country of birth data. They show that schools failed to collect…
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Initial Accommodation in Derby – Example of a Self-Catering Model
Laverstoke Court in Derby will be opening in mid-January as an Initial Accommodation Centre for up to 225 asylum-seekers. Urban Housing Services, acting on behalf of G4S, will be running the site and recruitment is underway to staff the centre. It will be self-catering with residents receiving £35 per week on an ASPEN card to…
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“Post Grant Appointment Service” to Facilitate ‘Move-On’ of New Refugees
The Home Office and Department for Work and Pensions had come together in December 2016 to roll out an assisted service to support new refugees to transition from asylum support to mainstream benefits. This was known as the ‘Warm Handover’ Service and was piloted in the North East and Yorkshire…
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New research from Refugee Action: English language provision
New research from Refugee Action: English language provision ‘not fit for purpose’ as refugees wait up to
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World on our doorstep – “Horsforth Refugee Camp” in Leeds