A huge, huge thank you to everyone who donated to the Windrush Winter Emergency Appeal! An incredible £70,000 has been donated to support members of the Windrush generation who are still struggling, three years after the Windrush scandal first hit the headlines. Thousands of members of the Windrush generation are still waiting for the money they…
In response to media reports that Priti Patel is proposing sending asylum seekers abroad to process their claims, Minnie Rahman, Campaigns Director at the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, said: “The UK has had a firm commitment to the refugee convention since it was created and Priti Patel now intends to turn back…
Home Office application fees are extremely expensive. If you’re already in the UK and applying for leave to remain, you’ll usually have to pay around £2593 per person, upfront, to apply – this is a huge amount of money to have to save every 30 months. However, if you’re in the UK and making an…
Today, on Thursday 11th March the High Court will hold its first hearing over JCWI’s case that the Home Office’s EU Settlement Scheme will leave minorities and vulnerable groups undocumented and violates the Equality Act. The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) is taking legal action to require the Home Secretary to put in place essential safeguards to prevent the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) leaving tens of thousands…
We also want to raise money for a charity that helps asylum seekers and refugees, as she centered her dissertation around this topic. Darcy wanted to bring awareness to this issue of media perception of refugees and the difficulties faced by asylum seekers. Although Darcy passed away from complications relating to her benign brain tumor,…
Cecilia completed her degree in Law and Politics at Lancaster University and went on to work as a paralegal at a Law Centre. Following her LPC LLM at University of Law, she worked as a paralegal in a private firm until joining JCWI as a trainee solicitor in January 2021. Cecilia is Level 2 IAAS…
Georgina is an immigration solicitor with experience in assisting vulnerable clients in a wide range of asylum and immigration law matters. She is particularly interested in legal aid work and assisting those most vulnerable, such as victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, and where possible, seeking damages as well as obtaining a grant of…
“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.” We are 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 the inhumanity of…
Trainer: Brendan Beder Level: All levels This session is free to attend. It will be hosted on Zoom, and participants will receive a link to join prior to the session. This Wellbeing, Resilience and Guided Meditation session has come about following pro-bono virtual guided meditation and wellbeing sessions that Brendan, together with a group of leading UK…
Following a successful challenge in the Upper Tribunal by JCWI and others, the Home Office has agreed to change its policy on who is eligible for a fee waiver when applying for entry clearance. People applying for a visa to enter the UK on human rights grounds – for example, to live in the UK with their family members – have to pay around £3000 to submit…