Trigger warning – this story discusses suicidal feelings. Akunna* came to the UK on a student visa 13 years ago. He was studying to become a chartered accountant and working to support himself and his family in a fast-food restaurant. He enjoyed his work, “It was a good place to work. I had the opportunity to interact with…
We are proud to be launching a free legal advice initiative, in collaboration with eight leading law firms, in response to consistently low numbers of applications for the UK government’s Windrush Compensation Scheme, compounded by a lack of legal support in navigating the complex application process. The Windrush Compensation Scheme was set up in 2019…
JCWI have applied for permission to intervene in the case of AK (Afghanistan) v SSHD C4/2019/2480. The Appellants (represented by Duncan Lewis) are challenging the family reunion provisions relating to de facto adoptions. The immigration rules as drafted make it impossible for refugees in the UK to sponsor adopted children in countries which are not…
“When people ask me if a borderless world is possible, I answer that many people are already rejecting borders, living across them in defiance of state laws.” On 24 March we were delighted to welcome Leah Cowan in conversation about her new book, Border Nation. Border Nation looks at how borders impact all our lives, whether it’s…
Undocumented people living in the UK are frequently discussed in the media and in public debate. But too often, this debate is based not on an understanding of the facts, but on assumptions and stereotypes. JCWI’s new campaign, We Are Here, looks to change that conversation. Our ground-breaking new research explores the reality of life…
Zoe joined JCWI in December 2018, joining the policy team. She is a researcher and grassroots campaigner on migrants’ rights in the UK and across Europe. She previously worked in communications and policy roles at Asylum Aid, the Race Equality Foundation and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles in Brussels.
Download this submission Join the campaign for migrants’ rights About JCWI JCWI was founded in 1967 to ensure that the rule of law and human rights are respected in the immigration system. We are the UK’s leading immigration charity covering all aspects of immigration, asylum, and nationality law. Our clients comprise mainly of migrants from…
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on care work like never before. Care workers and other key workers have been applauded and celebrated, yet there is a looming crisis facing the care sector. British and migrant care workers have stood shoulder to shoulder through this pandemic, yet Brexit and the UK’s broken immigration system…
After 10,000 people signed our petition calling for the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) visa condition to be scrapped, the government was obliged to respond. No Recourse to Public Funds leaves migrants with no safety net, makes families homeless, traps women with violent partners and leaves children hungry. Attempting to justify it is defending the indefensible.…
Priti Patel is drawing up new plans for the immigration system which turn back the clock, tearing up refugee law that has been in place since the UK signed up to the Refugee Convention in 1951. Join us to campaign against these plans What are Priti Patel’s plans for the immigration system? Inventing a distinction…