Open Letter to Jill Mortimer MP
Following a recent tragic incident in Hartlepool, Jill Mortimer MP has made a series of harmful comments about people seeking safety in the House of Commons and in the...
Fighting the Anti-Refugee Laws in our communities
In July 2023, the passing into law of the Illegal Migration Act created a near-total ban on seeking safety in the UK. But against huge odds and in the...
Calling on local businesses: will you give your support to the Lift the Ban campaign?
What is Lift the Ban? Right now, people seeking asylum in the UK are banned from working. Instead of allowing people – builders, chefs, shop workers, barbers, engineers,...
Government warned of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ if asylum camps on military bases and barges go ahead
171 organisations have written to the Prime Minister to urge him to ‘listen to common sense’ and scrap plans for asylum camps at Wethersfield, Catterick, Bexhill and Scampton, as...
New Briefing: Asylum Accommodation and Quasi-Detention
The current ‘crisis’ in the asylum accommodation system is a result of the failure of the Home Office to make timely decisions, recent reforms in the Nationality and Borders...
Guest Blog: The #AntiRefugeeLaws throw people back to war and persecution
Kidist Teklemariam, the Director of Unleashing Refugee Potential C.I.C, has shared a guest blog outlining why we must fight the UK Government’s cruel #Anti-RefugeeLaws. “I was recently asked, ‘What...
What would the #AntiRefugeeLaws have meant for you?
In April 2022, the Nationality and Borders Bill – known as the #AntiRefugeeBill – completed its passage through Parliament, becoming the Nationality and Borders Act. These cruel #AntiRefugeeLaws fundamentally...
Yorkshire welcomes refugees and takes a stand against the Anti-Refugee Bill
Halifax protests against the Bill. Photo credit: Veecca Smith-Uka, Right to Remain Following months of campaigning against the “Anti-Refugee Bill”, which has seen protests in Settle, Skipton, Ripon,...
West Midlands Pledge opposing the #AntiRefugeeBill
To mark six months since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, over 65 organisations across the West Midlands have signed a pledge calling on all local leaders to oppose the...
Stand up for Afghan Refugees: Scrap the #AntiRefugeeBill
Today, Tuesday 15 February, marks six months since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, destroying lives and forcing people to flee for their safety. The British public watched the...