Oluremi is a musician and music teacher, and holds Master’s degrees in Commercial Music, and Media, Communications and Social Change. We supported him in his long battle with the Home Office, and he finally secured his status last year. Ejenjo ejenjo.mp3 Beauty Song beautysong.mp3 View the full exhibition
Titi lives with her children in the south of England. In her poem, ‘Letter’, she describes the experience of receiving a letter from the Home Office with news of her fate – would her asylum claim be accepted or not? Despite being recognised as a victim of trafficking, it took Titi and her solicitor at…
David is a refugee who has fled persecution for speaking about the injustice back home and suffers from anxiety, depression and PTSD. Like many refugee they are not allowed to study or work while waiting for their status, this leaves many in a precarious situation wasting their mind and rotting away. Rather than sit idle…
YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrwa_7fm7M
The High Court ruled on 3 June that Napier Barracks provided inadequate and unsafe accommodation for asylum-seekers, and that a major COVID outbreak there was inevitable. The ruling also found that residents of Napier Barracks were unlawfully detained there. This ruling comes after repeated warnings from senior public health officials, including Public Health England, that the site could…
Windrush Compensation Scheme has now paid out over £20.4 million and offered a further £9 million.
We were founded as a Council supporting migrants’ rights organisations and campaigns, and have a proud history of serving and supporting the migrants’ rights sector. We provide a training programme covering a wide range of topics on immigration and asylum law. We are really pleased to be able to offer free and subsidised places on…
Dave Dave is an artist based in south London [info here, any details, etc] He recently contributed work to The Book of Homelessness, available from the Barbican bookshop.
“I found myself standing by the door of my daughter’s classroom. The bell rang and my heart leapt… As the door burst open, all I could hear were screams as a number of children jumped on me. I hugged them as they all shouted “well come back”. There was so much joy, happiness and laughter…