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…
In the first week of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the British public showed more generosity towards refugees than the Home Office has shown in the past decade. And while we welcome this scheme, resettlement projects like this can only ever be one small strand of our refugee protection system. The Government re-invents the wheel…
The Home Office is hosting a shadowy arms fair to help arms companies sell their deadly wares to stop people crossing borders. Security and Policing 2022 takes place in Farnborough from 15-17 March. It’s a secretive event run and paid for by the Home Office, where arms companies, surveillance companies, police, prison and border agencies…
Nath was appointed as a JCWI trustee in December 2018. In her “day job”, she works as an immigration solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitor, a niche immigration law firm rated Band 1 by Chambers and Partners and Legal500. Nath also volunteers for Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre and UKLGIG; writes regularly for Free Movement; is…
Delivered by a Barrister Level: Basic Aim of the webinar: The aim of the course is to equip solicitors, barristers and caseworkers with an introductory/intermediate level of knowledge on the law, practice and policy relating to deportation and removal, sufficient to give initial advice to clients faced with deportation. By the end of the training, delegates…
Faced with COVID, the Government should have done everything in its power to ensure everyone had support. Everyone needs a way to earn a living, access to the public safety net if they need it, safe accommodation, and access to vaccines and the NHS. But Hostile Environment policies cut undocumented migrants off from these basic…