Right To Remain

March 22: Join us in London. Stand together against racism

Published by on March 17, 2014 | Leave a response

March 22: Join us in London Stand together against racism Join NCADC - Right To Remain on the parade in London Saturday March 22 11am at Parliament Square, London A day of action against racism has been called for across Europe to coincide with the marking of UN Anti-Racism Day in 2014. Many organisations and communities have come together to call for a parade and rally in London, with the slogan of Stand Up to Racism and Fascism. NCADC will be on the parade in London, from Parliament Square to a rally at Trafalgar Square with music, speakers, information stands Read the full article…

Top tips: public campaigning for the right to remain

Published by on March 7, 2014 | Leave a response

We support campaigning for the right to remain because it works: it can overcome the barriers to justice, and win the right to remain; and it can produce other benefits for the individual and the wider community too. Individuals’ campaigns for the right to remain are a crucial way of exposing the injustices of the asylum and immigration system, and improving people’s access to justice in their cases. Read more here about the benefits of campaigning for the right to remain. Immigration and asylum applicants face significant legal and procedural barriers to securing their right to remain. A campaign Read the full article…

Students (and academics) stand up to the encroaching border

Published by on March 6, 2014 | Leave a response

Xenophobic Immigration Bill The new Immigration Bill, described by one politician as “the most racist piece of legislation that this country has witnessed since the 1960s… aimed at setting up a regime of harassment for migrants”, will affect international students more than any other group as they already make up 75 per cent of those subject to visa controls. The measures affecting international students contained in the Bill extend beyond the boundaries of university campuses and will severely impact students’ right to public health care and access to accommodation. The Bill proposes introducing a fee - from £200 for undergraduate student to £3000 for Read the full article…

Workshop on deportation with Diaspora Support Network

Published by on March 6, 2014 | Leave a response

The Diaspora Support Network supports the resettlement of foreign national detainees who are deported to their countries of origin and unlocks their potential to positively contribute, build and sustain their communities. As well as providing this support to individuals who are facing deportation from the UK (deportation following a criminal conviction, as opposed to administrative removal), they also run outreach sessions aimed at anyone who is having an immigration problem related to potential deportation of themselves or a family member who is a foreign national who may be in prison or in a removal centre. DSN aims to provide them Read the full article…

Anatomy of a successful anti-deportation campaign

Published by on February 25, 2014 | Leave a response
Anatomy of a successful anti-deportation campaign

In the Guardian newspaper this weekend, it was reported that: “A Ugandan gay rights activist has thwarted an attempt by the South African government to deport him amid fears he would be at risk of imprisonment or death if sent home. Officials dropped their case on Thursday against Paul Semugoma, a critic of Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill. But South African activists said it raised questions about their government’s treatment of foreign nationals and silence about homophobia on the continent.” Persecution of LGBTI people in Uganda As a gay rights activist, Semugoma would be in extreme danger if returned to Uganda. According Read the full article…

Detention: women, children, and the mentally ill

Published by on February 6, 2014 | Leave a response

In this post: Women for Refugee Women’s new report on the detention of asylum-seeking women Court of Appeal judgment on detention of seriously mentally ill migrants Continued detention of children, Cedars and Barnardos Detention of refugee women Last week, Women for Refugee Women launched its new report, Detained: women asylum seekers locked up in the UK. The research is based on interviews with 46 women who had sought asylum and had been detained, mainly in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre. The report was covered in the Mirror newspaper, whose columnist wrote:. “Our duty to refugee women is to care – Read the full article…

Why campaign for the right to remain?

Published by on February 5, 2014 | 3 Responses
Why campaign for the right to remain?

“I don’t know how I would have kept going except that I had so much support from people outside. The second time I was detained Women for Refugee Women made sure that people like Michael Morpurgo and Joan Bakewell were writing to the newspapers. And the grassroots groups I work with in Manchester were my support. They made calls, they faxed the airline, so no matter what the immigration was doing to me, I still felt strong. Sometimes you think, should you give up, but then you think, no, you are not fighting the fight alone. Other people act like Read the full article…

LGBTI rights under attack

Published by on January 27, 2014 | 1 Response
LGBTI rights under attack

A guest blog post from NCADC volunteer, Evelina Gambino The recent months have seen a worrying spread of anti-homosexuality bills approved on a global scale. Severe punishments, penalizing same sex unions have been introduced in several countries. From Sub-Saharian Africa to India and Russia, the increase of intolerance is an alarming sign in regards to the global situation of human rights and the protests of International NGO’s and LGBTI rights organizations are not sufficient to stop this situation. In Sub-Saharian Africa, Amnesty reports, the majority of countries officially criminalizes homosexuality and the past two months have marked a further decline Read the full article…

2013 in review

Published by on December 20, 2013 | Leave a response

2013 in review: news stories from the world of asylum, immigration, human rights and NCADC. This was another year of the UK’s hostile environment, and the EU’s fortress europe. Some of this news will make you angry, upset or depressed. But we have some inspiring, uplifting stories too, of solidarity in the struggles for freedom, justice and equality. And keep a look out for our campaign review of the year in January, for more stories of communities coming together to fight for migrants’ rights. January “Bounty Hunters” for Home Office The year begin with a theme that continued throughout 2013: Read the full article…

New Immigration Bill - update from ILPA

Published by on December 16, 2013 | Leave a response

ILPA information sheet 12 December 2013 Download pdf at ILPA (Immigration Law Practitioners Association) On 10 October 2013 a new Immigration Bill was introduced into the House of Commons containing wide-ranging changes to the legal landscape in the area of immigration controls. The Government aims to have this Bill approved and passed into law in early 2014. ILPA has numerous concerns about the proposed changes. The Bill seeks to severely curtail rights of appeal, limit access to bail and increase immigration officers’ powers to use force. It will also negatively affect migrants’ and British nationals’ access to a range of Read the full article…