Fighting the #Anti-RefugeeBill in our communities
The Nationality and Borders Bill currently progressing through Parliament is a profound and historic threat to the right to seek safety in the UK. In the face of the...
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Asylum Matters Advocacy Update – 17 December 2021
Our fortnightly summary of ongoing advocacy initiatives, new research, government developments and useful resources. Contact us if you’d like to get this update directly into your inbox. Ongoing advocacy...
New Joint Report: ‘In a place like prison’: voices from institutional asylum accommodation
Today, Asylum Matters alongside Action Foundation, Birmingham Community Hosting, Birmingham Refugee and Asylum Seekers Solidarity (BRASS), Life Seeker’s Aid Charity and Stories of Hope and Home are launching...
Asylum Matters Advocacy Update – 7 December 2021
Our fortnightly summary of ongoing advocacy initiatives, new research, government developments and useful resources. Contact us if you’d like to get this update directly into your inbox. Ongoing advocacy...
Greater Manchester Joint Statement on the #AntiRefugeeBill
Today, 56 organisations and groups across Greater Manchester have come together to oppose the Government’s cruel and divisive #AntiRefugeeBill. The full statement reads: In Greater Manchester we look after...
Asylum Matters Advocacy Update – 24 November
1. Ongoing advocacy Opposition to the #Anti-Refugee Bill Scrutiny of the proposals in the Bill continues with a new report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights raising “significant...
New Report: Lessons Learned? How Government Contracts Failed People Seeking Asylum, Again.
Asylum Matters, in partnership with 18 organisations, has launched a new report, ‘Lessons Learned? How Government Contracts Failed People Seeking Asylum, Again.’ The report looks at the catastrophic impact...
Asylum Matters Advocacy Update – 8 November 2021
1. Ongoing advocacy Anti Refugee Bill The Committee stage of the Nationality and Borders Bill has come to an end; and following this week’s recess, the Bill will return...
Draft Motion for Local Councils to Oppose the Anti-Refugee Bill
As part of campaigning efforts to oppose the cruel and divisive anti-refugee bill, we’re calling on local councils to voice their concerns about the proposals in the bill. Local...
North East Pledge on the #AntiRefugeeBill
To mark the national Week of Action on the #AntiRefugeeBill, over 50 civil society groups and individuals across the North East have signed a Regional Pledge and committed to...