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Archived Event: Right to Remain: Supporting people to take an active role in their legal case

Archived Event: Right to Remain: Supporting people to take an active role in their legal case

This event has already taken place, and is shown here for information only.

Date: 15 Jan 2026

Time: 11:00-13:00

Venue: Zoom

Join our interactive Right to Remain workshop, great for City of Sanctuary groups and people currently navigating the UK asylum system.

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Aims for the session:
1. Recap key lessons from the previous session From Legal Aid Crisis to Community Power: The Right to Remain Toolkit in Action focusing on difference between legal advice and legal support
2. An overview of the legal aid crisis
3. How to work with lawyers: what to expect, how to prepare and get the most out of meetings and warning signs of bad or exploitative practice
4. Understand the role of evidence in asylum, human rights and immigration applications, what is considered “good” evidence and how to write helpful supporting letters

 

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This session will be delivered by Ally Swadling, Legal Education Officer at Right to Remain.

Right to Remain is a small UK-wide charity founded in 1995, an anchor organisation for the migration justice movement.

They do this by: Building knowledge through public legal education (like the Toolkit). Building radical solidarity by connecting groups and communities. Building power through campaigning led by people with lived experience. We do not provide legal advice ourselves but we equip communities with the tools and confidence to stand together.