Ms A suffered horrifically at the hands of a rich and powerful relative in whose care her impoverished parents had been forced to leave her. She remained so scared of him and what he would do to her family that she never reported this in the UK as grounds for asylum. Her partner in … Continue reading Legal case: Ms A stops deportation
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1 August 2022. Lauren Medlicott Kidnapped, imprisoned and raped – but new legislation means this asylum seeker fears she could be deported. Women asylum seekers and refugees fear that their asylum claims will be rejected and they may be deported under the UK’s new immigration legislation. The regulations introduce a two-tier asylum system and harsh penalties … Continue reading Open Democracy: The UK’s Nationality and Borders Act penalises women. Here’s how.
24 January 2022. Charities and organisations working with women refugees and asylum seekers have warned the bill is ‘harmful and discriminatory’ to women in particular. Lauren Crosby Medlicott reports If we had claimed asylum under the Nationality and Borders Bill after travelling through so many countries to get here, we would have been put in detention and not granted … Continue reading Independent: How the Nationality and Borders Bill will affect women refugees and asylum seekers
13 October 2021 Sign up to The Independent’s free and exclusive event hosted by women’s correspondent Maya Oppenheim exploring the stark reality of violence against women here in the UK. The cruel murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer has shone a spotlight on violence against women and girls and police failures to properly tackle these issues within their own … Continue reading Independent: Expert panel discussing violence against women in the UK during live event
Join Support Not Separation's monthly protest outside the central family court in London, making our voices heard against the trauma of arbitrary separation of children from mums and primary carers, and calling for the courts to be open. Mothers from All African Women's Group demand an end to destitution and Social Services working with the … Continue reading Support Not Separation picket 12.30 -1.30 first Wednesday each month. Family Court, High Holborn, London.
Austerity on top of pay cuts, benefit sanctions, zero hour contracts, the wages cap . . . have put millions below the breadline. Over 1.25 million people, including over 300,000 children, are destitute in the UK. Those of us who are destitute don’t eat regularly, can’t afford clothes and toiletries, sleep in parks or on … Continue reading Launch: Living on the Edge
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