NCADC campaign support referral
NCADC gives campaign support and advice, and publicises public campaigns. We do not run campaigns ourselves. It's important to hear about your story in your words.
NCADC has produced a campaigning toolkit. It aims help migrants understand the asylum and immigration systems, to know their rights, and to be as well-equipped as possible to make a successful application. In the case of a refusal, we hope the toolkit enables migrants to know what a campaign is, whether it’s right for them, and to be at the centre of the campaign and of all of the decisions made.
Our referral form has links to different sections of the toolkit which it is important you read and think about before embarking on a public campaign for justice in your asylum/immigration case.
NCADC has just two members of staff and cannot respond to every enquiry we receive. The referral form helps us to decide if NCADC can help with your campaign, and the urgency of your situation. If we cannot help, we will try to signpost as many people as possible to other services or support.
This form is addressed to those going through the asylum/immigration process but can be filled out by friends/family/supporters of that person.
If you have difficulty filling out this form, ask for help from a friend or supporter, or contact NCADC.
Contact details:
email:
[email protected]
Fax:
08450529346
1. Are you considering a public campaign for justice in your case?
Have you read the information about public campaigning in our toolkit?
Have you considered whether a public campaign would put you, or someone else in your life, at risk? Read about whether a public campaign is right for you here.
If you think a public campaign is not right for you, think about non-public campaign options:
legal support
emotional support
contacting MPs and other political figures
2. Where in the asylum/immigration process are you?
Have you claimed asylum? When?
Have you applied for other immigration status? When?
Have you had a refusal of an application? If so: what application, and when?
Have you appealed a refusal?
Have you been told that you are "Appeal Rights Exhausted"?
Are you in detention? If so, where?
Have Removal Directions been set? (you have been given a date for removal/deportation)
If you have been given Removal Directions, what is the date, time and flight number?
3. Information about the person requiring campaign support
Full name:
Date of birth:
Male or female?
Are you in relationship in the UK?
Nationality:
Date arrived in the UK:
Medical problems?
Home Office references number/s
Where you live/lived in the UK (before detention)
Your contact details
Email address:
Telephone:
Mobile:
4. Information about family members in the UK
names
male or female
dates of birth
5. Solicitor
Have you got a solicitor? If not, you need one. NCADC cannot give legal advice. See here for some solicitor contact details
if yes:
solicitor's name
company name
What was the last thing a solicitor did on your case?
Do you know what the next step is in your case? (for example: a reply from the Home Office, or your solicitor submitting further information, or you gathering further information?)
6. Your story
Think about how you would explain to someone who doesn't know you, why you should have the right to stay in the UK. Click here for an example of a campaign story from our toolkit.
Remember you are explaining your story to members of the public, so do not use too much legal information. It may be necessary to briefly explain where you are in the asylum/immigration system or why the legal system has not worked in your case.
Think about which parts of your story you are not comfortable sharing with the public. Make sure your campaign story does not contradict the testimony you have given to the Home Office, unless this has been explained).
Think about the following questions and if they apply to your case, explain your story in a few lines to explain your situation to the public and convince them to support your campaign.
Do you fear something happening to you in your home country?
Is there information you can refer to in your campaign that explains the general problems (for example, human rights abuses) in your country? You may find useful information on our country of origin blog.
Do you have family in the UK who you need to stay with? If so, explain who and why you cannot live as a family somewhere else.
Have you lived in the UK a long time?
Do you have friends or community in the UK who are important to you or you are important to them?
Do you need to stay for another reason? (e.g. to study, for medical reasons)
Have you had problems with the asylum/immigration system?
(e.g. unfair decision by UKBA or the court; no lawyer or a bad lawyer; you didn't understand the system; mistakes have been made in your case). Think about how you would explain this to someone with no knowledge of the legal system.
Example campaign text
"xxx fled his homeland after being tortured for ... Denied justice in the UK asylum system, he is now facing removal on xxx. If he is returned to [country of origin], he fears ...."
"Roseline Akhalu came to the UK in 2004 to study a Masters degree at Leeds University. After arriving in the UK, she was diagnosed with renal failure. A successful kidney transplant saved her, but she needs to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of her life or the transplant will fail. Such drugs are prohibitively expensive in Nigeria and so, if deported, Roseline would be unable to afford them and she would die within four weeks...."
"Josh arrived alone in the UK in 2007, aged 14. He was fostered and rebuilt his life with his new family, with whom he has now lived for four years. His British family said, when launching their campaign for Josh to stay in the UK, 'Our son is kind, generous, gentle, warm and friendly. He is a credit to our loving family. Our children are all honest and highly respectful. We feel very proud of them all. Having to fight to keep our family with us, this just doesn’t seem fair. Our son needs his family and we need him. The threat to remove our son would rip the hearts out of us as a family, as it would do by removing any child from their home. Our son’s life would be destroyed by this proposed removal and so would ours.'...."
"Uche is a gay Nigerian man who arrived in the UK in 2005. Released in late 2011 from nearly two years in immigration detention, he is still fighting deportation to Nigeria. His story reveals just how much the odds are stacked against LGBTI asylum seekers, and why Nigeria is not safe."
7. Support from other people
There is information about where you might find support for a campaign in our toolkit here.
Have you any friends in the UK who could help with a campaign?
Are you a member of a faith group - do you go to church, or mosque or other services?
Have you informed your MP? (if yes - what did they say?)
Is there any community group or organisation helping you?
8. Campaign actions
What do you want people to do after reading your story?
This might include:
sharing your story
speaking or writing to their MP
contacting an airline if you have removal directions
attending an event (such as a support vigil outside a court hearing; a public meeting; a demonstration; an 'online virtual event')
Details:
Think about how you want to share your story
Internet campaigning such as email, Twitter, Facebook, or a campaign webpage. Internet campaigning is very public, so think carefully before taking this step.
Do you want a public internet campaign?
Yes/No
Non-online materials such as leaflets, banners or t-shirts for events
Contacting local media (read more about using the media here)
Please note - NCADC can help publicise a public campaign through internet campaigning, but we do not have the resources to produce non-online materials or contact the media about your story. We can, however, provide advice for you or your campaign group on doing this.
If you are sending this information for someone else, please include your own contact details:
Email address:
Telephone:
Mobile: