Consultation on Proposed Changes to Asylum Aid's Objects
Consultation On Proposed Changes To Our Objects
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Resources
Response to the Supreme Court judgment on the Rwanda policy
We are delighted that the Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal that Rwanda is not a safe country for people seeking asylum and that no-one will be sent to Rwanda.
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The Ukraine Collaborative Pro bono Project: How we supported Ukrainians navigate the legal labyrinth in the UK
The war in Ukraine has led to more than 6.2 million refugees globally, many of whom sought refuge in the UK. To support them with understanding the complex system, we formed a pro bono collaborative with commercial law firms called the Ukrainian Collaborative Pro Bono Project (UCPBP) to provide bespoke advice on the numerous schemes that the UK had set up for Ukrainians in early 2022.
Guide to Statelessness Applications
Asylum Aid is excited to announce the launch of our Guide to Statelessness Applications on our website. It covers all aspects of statelessness, including how to make an application for leave to remain as a stateless person in the UK.
The Migrants' Law Project is joining Asylum Aid
The Migrants’ Law Project is a legal and public legal educational project. It works to enforce, advance and defend the legal rights of people seeking asylum and others with insecure legal status through securing substantive changes in policy and practice.
The MLP joined Asylum Aid in 2023 from its previous home at Islington Law Centre.
Increasing access to complex casework advice through training, supervision and peer support
Asylum Aid is delighted to launch a pilot programme of training, supervision and peer support for immigration advisers working in advice deserts across England and Wales.
Helen Bamber Foundation and Asylum Aid statement on the ‘Illegal’ Migration Bill
This Government, through the ‘Illegal Migration Bill’, seeks to strip those fleeing war, persecution and human rights abuses of their right to seek safety in this country. It seeks to destroy long held principles of fairness in our justice system – that of access to the courts and equality before the law. The Helen Bamber Foundation and Asylum Aid will resist the passing and implementation of this Bill with all the means at our disposal.
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Invitation to Tender: Asylum Aid – Learning Partner
Asylum Aid & Justice Together Initiative
Increasing access to complex casework advice through training, supervision and peer support
We are delighted to have been selected by the Justice Together Initiative as a grantee partner to deliver a 3-year pilot of a programme of training, supervision and peer support to immigration advisers working in advice deserts across England and Wales.
Call for Expressions of Interest - Training and Supervision for OISC Caseworkers
Asylum Aid & Justice Together Initiative
Training and supervision for OISC caseworkers in delivering complex asylum, human rights and trafficking casework – Call for Expressions of Interest
Asylum Aid is partnering with the Justice Together Initiative to provide in depth training for OISC Level 2 advisers who want to deliver complex casework at OISC Level 2 and 3, particularly in complex asylum, human rights and trafficking cases.
On 13 and 14 October we were in court. Here’s what happened.
Our challenge to the Home Office’s Rwanda policy was heard in the High Court on 13 and 14 October. This followed earlier hearings on 5-9 September of the cases brought by Care4Calais, Detention Action, the PCSU and a number of individuals, and a hearing on 12 October of a case focused on the data sharing parts of the Rwanda agreement.
RWANDA REFUGEE REMOVALS – CROWDFUNDER LAUNCHED
Asylum Aid is bringing a judicial review to challenge the government’s plan to forcibly remove asylum seekers to Rwanda. We are concerned that the policy tramples over asylum seekers’ rights and the rule of law.
Asylum Aid Annual Report 2021
2021 was a year of consolidation for the Asylum Aid team following its re-establishment as a charity in its own right as part of the Helen Bamber Foundation group in August 2020.
The focus of the charity’s work remained on providing expert legal representation in the most complex cases going through the asylum and trafficking systems.
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