🚨IMPORTANT UPDATE🚨You can now be forcibly sent to Rwanda if your asylum claim has been refused, withdrawn or treated as withdrawn.

Read and share our updated explainer to stay informed + get help. docs.google.com/document/d/1xX…

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Because of the war in Sudan, neighbouring countries are experiencing one of the largest humanitarian and displacement crises in the world.

Here are 3 things to know about South Sudan.

We are partnering on this event in the lead-up to #RefugeeWeek . There could not be a more key time to draw attention to the conflict raging in #Sudan & to the fate of survivors & refugees from the country; causes which are otherwise being neglected.

Refugee Week 🧡 #KeepEyesOnSudan

‼️ CORRECTION: Join us TOMORROW Tuesday 14th

The Home Office just told an Immigration Judge that a traumatised Afghan 13-yr-old, living by himself in a Middle East country, doesn’t need to come to the UK to be reunited with what’s left of his family, because he can enjoy family life with them via WhatsApp

We know that some of our schools will recognise Emma on this clip!
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Asylum seekers from Rwanda arrive in Australia by small boat. The country the Tories assure us is safe & will solve their irregular migration problem has people migrating irregularly to claim asylum. You couldn’t make this madness up…

theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

So glad you enjoyed this Rosary RC Primary! We love The Stringcredibles!
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We're so pleased that our schools have benefited from this brilliant performance!
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Ganjkhanlou is described as ‘the best racer in the history of under-23 cycling in Asia.’

This is what they do. They disrupt any life asylum seekers try to build for themselves, shunt people around for no reason.

Why is someone from Iran waiting at all?

theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

❌ Refugees forced into hiding
❌ Children put at risk
❌ People's mental and physical health shattered
❌ Dangerous journeys persist because of the lack of safe routes

Join us in telling the Government that we see the harm, and we won't stand for it: safepassage.org.uk/routes-to-safe…

There's still time to sign up to support Megan in her Half Marathon for Schools of Sanctuary 🧡 !
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How can we complain about this misuse of tax-payers' money, Tahir Ali MP Khalid Mahmood Shabana Mahmood MP Jess Phillips MP Paulette Hamilton MP Steve McCabe Liam Byrne MP

Congratulations to Shireland Collegiate Academy for its very well-deserved School of Sanctuary award. totally impressed with all the good work being done there and the imaginative ideas they have put into practice.
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The phrase 'mass arrests' makes it sound as though these are people who have done something wrong. These are vulnerable people seeking asylum, who are being locked away indefinitely solely because they tried to find safety in the UK.

aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/3/…

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If you are, or know people who are, at risk of being detained in immigration detention, please, please share these key messages with them! Everyone in the asylum system is scared right now: this is not sowing fear, it is spreading crucial information. Knowledge is power.

From The Birmingham Dispatch (whole article is behind a paywall). Asylum-seekers detained when reporting at Solihull.

Our Brushstrokes Community Project shared these advice sheets from JCWI for anyone concerned about being detained under the #Rwanda Act. They also gave this advice:
ℹ️ Keep phone numbers on pieces of paper on you at all times *separate from your phone - Help numbers, Friends