Research from Lives on Hold: Our Stories Told (LOHST) Project, in collaboration with Shpresa Programme & MiCLU, was recently referenced in a House of Lords debate on the Illegal Migration Bill, in support of an Amendment to remove Albania from the list of safe states. Find out more ⤵️ ow.ly/9wkh50OPzHW

"The way in which we are presented with images of refugees and the narrative that accompanies them must be challenged." This #RefugeeWeek, Dr Anne Neylon (Anne Neylon) discusses the spectacle of small boats & the new meaning of illegality ⤵️ ow.ly/MV6e50OQcIV Law & Social Justice

For #RefugeeWeek we're sharing 💛Compassionate Storytelling Ideas For #CoProduction💛 To start...here are the words of the young people seeking #asylum Shpresa Programme Lives on Hold: Our Stories Told (LOHST) Project we made the #LivesOnHoldOurStoriesTold film with #WelcomeStudios Idea 1: compassionate intentionality

Here are five ways age assessments negatively impact children and young people seeking asylum in the UK. A thread 🧵⤵️ #RefugeeWeek2023 #RefugeeWeek #RefugeeWeek23 Credit: Monique Mehmi (Monique Mehmi), Postgraduate researcher, Law & Social Justice. 👏

Delays in the UK’s asylum process have soared, which has severely impacted children & young people seeking asylum. A young Albanian woman seeking asylum, involved in our Lives on Hold: Our Stories Told (LOHST) Project, bravely shared their experience with openDemocracy. ⤵️ bit.ly/3qnHyXU #RefugeeWeek2023

The Impacts of Delays on Young Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers – New Insights from Legal Practice and Research from Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit & Lives on Hold: Our Stories Told (LOHST) Project. 📆 27 June 2023 🕙 13:30 - 16:00 📍 Law & Social Justice Register here ⤵️ bit.ly/3onJoYg Shpresa Programme UCL Institute of Education University of Southampton Humanities & Social Sciences @ Uni of Liverpool

The impact of COVID-19 on children and young people seeking asylum in the UK is demonstrated by Lives on Hold: Our Stories Told (LOHST) Project's policy reports. Current reports cover 'Mental Health' and 'Age Assessments'. The 'Delays' report will launch on 27 June 2023. ⤵️ livesonhold.org/policy-reports/ #RefugeeWeek2023

The Impacts of Delays on Young Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers – New Insights from Legal Practice and Research from Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit & Lives on Hold: Our Stories Told (LOHST) Project 📆 27 June 2023 🕙 13:30 - 16:00 📍 Law & Social Justice Register here ⤵️ bit.ly/3onJoYg Shpresa Programme UCL Institute of Education University of Southampton Humanities & Social Sciences @ Uni of Liverpool

📣New report📣 "We lost our lives when we arrived here": Children in the UK's asylum system Our research has found devastating delays in the legal aid and asylum systems are leaving unaccompanied children in limbo for months and years. Read & share: gmiau.org/new-report-chi…

Covered in the The Guardian today by Diane Taylor. theguardian.com/world/2023/jun…

🔢We used a wide range of evidence, including our own case data, displayed here. The Home Office's own data shows a growing inability to make decisions. We also used information from our survey of legal practitioners and social workers, and from Lives on Hold: Our Stories Told (LOHST) Project's research.

🏡New asylum hotels blog: Food and conditions🍽️ We spoke to people living in hotels in the North West. "All of them are fried food, frozen food. It’s not fresh." "Same place – eat, and sleep, and remember, and study, and everything is in this room." gmiau.org/voices-from-as…

Professor Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (@dzehtsiarou) says 'Sending UK asylum seekers to Ascension Island is a legal non-starter', in his latest article for The Conversation. Read in full here ⤵️ liverpool.ac.uk/law-and-social… Law & Social Justice

Human rights law expert, Prof. Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, featured on BBC News (UK), to discuss the ECHR CEDH standpoint on the Rwanda policy, following GOV.UK's plan to campaign to leave the European Convention on Human Rights at the next general election. 📺⤵️ liverpool.ac.uk/law/news/stori…

New research from Lives on Hold: Our Stories Told (LOHST) Project led by Helen Stalford Law & Social Justice Research has found significant, systemic Home Office delays in the asylum process are having a devastating and destructive impact on unaccompanied children and young people seeking asylum. Read more👉mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Places of Safety? Reflections on the Law and Politics of the Conservatives’ Rwanda Policy. Our expert panel will delve into the policy's origins, the constitutional implications, & what lies ahead. 🗓️ 12 December 📍 Rendall Building, University of Liverpool Register ⤵️ ow.ly/qCLM50Qekbv

How is academic research facilitating and enforcing children’s legal rights? What work is taking place to safeguard children's rights right now? Professor Helen Stalford (Helen Stalford) discusses on Research at University of Liverpool's Original Ideas podcast. 🎧⤵️ liverpool.ac.uk/research/origi…