URGENT RWANDA NOTICE 🚨

We have received reports that the Home Office are calling people to offer ‘voluntary departure’ to Rwanda.

You DO NOT have to say yes.

DO NOT respond until you have legal advice

If you get a call, we recommend to 👇🏾

Thanks Brian Dikoff for this really useful thread

ASAP's next online training will look at the effect of income of asylum support, giving caseworkers the skills to assess eligibility for support when someone has an income. Please visit our website for more info! asaproject.org/training/upcom…

🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK government’s policy of GPS tagging asylum seekers arriving in the UK has been found UNLAWFUL, in a powerful decision by the data protection regulator, ICO - Information Commissioner's Office.

This is huge. 🧵
ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…

The residents of #Wethersfield feel trapped and desperate- it is an accident waiting to happen…. a message for ⁦James Cleverly🇬🇧⁩ ⁦Deighton Pierce Glynn⁩ theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…

The #RwandaBill rips basic human rights away from people seeking safety in the UK, puts everyone else’s rights at risk and places Gov above the law

Today 250+ charities and orgs working to protect people’s rights call on the House of Lords to reject it
libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/over-260…

22years of defending migrants rights thanks ⁦Legal Action Group⁩ - get your copy of ⁦Shu Shin Luh⁩ and ⁦Connor Johnston⁩ amazing handbook and continue the struggle! ⁦Deighton Pierce Glynn⁩ ⁦DoughtyStPublic⁩ ⁦Garden Court Chambers⁩

We do not accept the Home Office putting more people onto the streets.

Read and share our new briefing: gmiau.org/refugee-homele…

In Greater Manchester we are proud of our commitments on housing and homelessness for all residents, including new refugees and migrants.
Local councils and voluntary sector organisations are clear –  evictions must stop until there is sufficient housing for people to move on to.

This is a lovely story and one which resonates with us and the people we support, who are keen to contribute to life in Calderdale and beyond. Well done Omaid 🧡
Community Care Sanctuary Kirklees City of Sanctuary UK 🧡
communitycare.co.uk/2024/01/12/ref…

New from Free Movement: Asylum support increased for pregnant women and very young children | Aiya Nakash freemovement.org.uk/asylum-support…

Do you work with people who have claimed asylum? Would you like to know more about their entitlement to accommodation and financial support? This ASAP ran webinar provides an overview of the asylum support system in the UK. Register interest here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Fantastic short film by the The Guardian featuring some of the inspiring people we have supported over the years. We are proud to continue the vital work we do with those seeking safety, welcoming them and offering hope in desperate circumstances.
youtu.be/rsyB_9obk3U?si…

Placing people seeking asylum in ex-military sites & barges deliberately causes them additional suffering and harm. Wethersfield & Bibby Stockholm should be closed immediately, & the govt's focus should be on processing asylum claims & housing people in #CommunitiesNotCamps . 4/4

🚨 BREAKING: Extensive evidence in our new report with Helen Bamber Foundation 🧡 shows that, in the last five months, the government’s use of the ex-military site at Wethersfield to house men seeking asylum has caused profound harm and suffering 🧵1/4
helenbamber.org/resources/repo…

We have joined ILPA, Justice and Freedom from Torture, alongside 90 organisations, in asking MPs to reject the Safety of Rwanda bill in its entirety.

A cause for celebration and commiseration that this important Legal Action Group book is launched today written by Shu Shin Luh Connor Johnston and is so badly needed to help advisers and lawyers help migrants access their fundamental rights

There could be a better asylum system. The Refugee Council and IPPR set out their visions earlier this year: refugeecouncil.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
ippr.org/files/2023-10/…

We are so pleased that the Supreme Court has agreed it's not safe to transfer people to Rwanda. We join 130 organisations in calling for the Government to scrap this inhumane plan and develop respectful, compassionate policies instead. jcwi.org.uk/news/joint-civ…

Asylum seeking mothers are at high risk of complications during pregnancy. Poverty is a major factor. We join Maternity Action in their call that #AllMothers should be able to afford a healthy pregnancy. Get involved with the campaign maternityaction.org.uk/cost-of-living….