Paola Uccellari joins JCWI as Interim Executive Director in April 2022. Paola has over ten years’ experience in leadership positions, including at the Equal Rights Trust, the Children’s Rights Alliance for England, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Law Society. She has a history of campaigning on migrants’ and refugees’ rights, including leading…
Are you looking to develop your career as a solicitor or caseworker in immigration law? Join our award-winning legal team, and help individuals and families who are subject to immigration law, with immigration, public law and civil claims. Bring your knowledge of human rights, asylum and trafficking law to our work, representing the most marginalised refugees…
Our vision at JCWI is of a UK where human rights and dignity are respected, and no one is made vulnerable or destitute or denied their fundamental rights simply because they have migrated. One of our tools in this fight is through strategic litigation – legal action that seeks to right a wrong for an…
The Home Office announced further funding to help vulnerable EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members applying to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).
People fighting for the future of life on our planet should be celebrated – but climate activists in Afghanistan are at huge risk. Since the Taliban took over, at least eight civil society activists and human rights defenders have been assassinated, with many more forced into hiding, or fleeing the country. The UK should be…
“It is a real honour to thank Satbir on behalf of all the Trustees of JCWI as he leaves us after five incredible years. Under his leadership, JCWI has become a more confident, more generous and more resilient organisation, with relationships and partnerships across sectors and regions of the country. We are particularly proud of…
An independent inspection has today warned of another Windrush-style scandal unless the Home Office makes meaningful change. In the wake of the Windrush scandal, Wendy Williams was called in to find out what went wrong at the Home Office. She published a report in spring 2020, with 30 recommendations for an overhaul of the department’s…
2022 marks 10 years of the Hostile Environment. These rules have caused harm and pitted communities against each other for a decade – but they’ve also sparked a decade of resistance and resilience. Join us on Sunday 19th June for a carnival of resistance to the Hostile Environment. We’ll commemorate and celebrate a decade of…
To commemorate 10 years of the UK’s Hostile Environment, JCWI and MORE are holding a series of workshops to support the fight against hostile immigration policies, and for a fairer society for us all. This session explores how Parliament works, and how you can make it work for your campaign. We’ll look at: Bills Early Day…
To commemorate 10 years of the UK’s Hostile Environment, JCWI and MORE are holding a series of workshops to support the fight against hostile immigration policies, and for a fairer society for us all. In this session, we’ll look in detail at the immigration system, and the routes to regularisation that currently exist. The session will…