Asylum Matters recruitment: Yorkshire and Humber Campaigns Manager
Could you be our next Yorkshire and Humber campaigns manger, working with our amazing network of campaign partners to bring real change to the asylum system? We’re looking for...
‘This is an island of solidarity, not strangers’
Hundreds of organisations and individuals from across the UK have come together to stand against the politics of division and declare the UK an ‘island of solidarity’. Like many,...
Telling MPs why it’s time to finally Lift The Ban
It’s long past time to lift the ban on work for people seeking asylum – and this month, MPs were presented with fresh proof of why this illogical ban...
Statement on new Government migration plan
On Monday, the Prime Minister announced a new plan to reduce migration. The plan claims to be a “clean break with the past”, but offers nothing but more of...
Local election results response
Watching the local election results roll in has made this a tough day for all who care about the human right to seek sanctuary. Seeing votes scooped up by...
The camps must close now: Joint letter to the Home Secretary on Wethersfield and asylum accommodation
More than 70 frontline support groups, human rights charities and racial justice organisations have called on the Government to pledge a total end to housing people seeking asylum in...
Two more people killed in the Channel: We do not know their names, but we know they deserved better
On Thursday, authorities reported the second death in two days of a person trying to seek asylum in the UK, forced to cross the Channel in deeply unsafe conditions....
‘Take back control’ of asylum with safe routes and right to work, new report tells Government
Policies that demonise and punish people seeking asylum in a bid to court headlines have contributed to successive governments losing control of our asylum system, a new report has...