We are outraged at the passing of the #RwandaBill . Instead of giving vulnerable people the protection they need through a fair asylum process, the government is determined to pursue this cruel policy which will cause untold harm.

Our full statement:
asylumaid.org.uk/node/155

Read this insightful article written by our team member Monika Glowacka, to understand the legal options available to practitioners wanting to get their clients, who have been issued with notices of intent for Rwanda, out of inadmissibility limbo and into the asylum system.

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📣 One week left to apply! If you are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children and young people seeking asylum, then this role is for you.

Join our team as a Children and Young People’s Asylum Solicitor/Caseworker.

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Well done to @asylumaid, @islingtonlawcen & all involved in this important legal challenge.

This govt must ensure that Palestinians in Gaza, who want to, can swiftly join family in the UK - it's a deep moral failing that it has, so far, blocked safety to those in need.

Great work by Islington Law Centre
and Asylum Aid

Home Office refusal of Gaza family reunion requests ‘irrational’, judge rules theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

🚨Important win in a legal case brought on behalf of families in Gaza. The Home Office unlawfully denied families from applying for reunion visa due to their inability to give biometrics.

This put lives at risk in Gaza, with some having died waiting.

theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

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It is so awful that two Palestinians died in Gaza waiting for the Home Office to waive biometrics rule, despite there being no functioning visa application centre.

The government must urgently create a viable family reunion scheme for Palestinians. 1/2

thenational.scot/news/24205662.…

Yesterday the House of Lords defeated the govt 7 times with changes to the #RwandaBill , including one that would reduce the risk of children being sent to Rwanda because they'd been wrongly 'assessed' as adults.
🙏 to all Peers for their tireless work.

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This is very concerning and Home Affairs Committee is planning to visit as soon as possible.

It is disgraceful for the Home Office to discredit findings of Helen Bamber Foundation 🧡 and Humans for Rights Network 🧡, despite them providing detailed medical assessments and testimonies. The asylum camp at Wethersfield MUST be shut immediately, before lives are lost.

We need #CommunitiesNotCamps

🚨 Our client won his legal challenge against the Home Office refusal to allow his wife & children to apply to join him in the UK without first giving biometrics (impossible in Gaza).

The govt should be flexible for all Palestinian family reunion cases.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-685280…

Two suicide attempts last month & acts of self-harm 'being common' at Wethersfield shows just how 'horrific' the level of despair there is. This 'open-prison camp' should be shut immediately before lives are lost.

We need #CommunitiesNotCamps

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…

In light of the Illegal Migration Act, #RwandaBill and other measures limiting the rights of those seeking asylum, we — alongside other charities and academics — are proposing changes to ensure that the UK is compliant with its international and domestic legal obligations. 👇