"When we started campaigning about my case I was not very hopeful. I am really surprised and was uplifted when I saw the great response." Ms Mohammed started her fight for family reunion by applying for - and winning! - legal aid to appeal against the Home Office's cruel refusal. There's still time to unite … Continue reading Support grows for lesbian mother’s fight for family reunion
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On Sunday 12 May four women from RRD travelled to South Wales looking forward to meeting friends old and new at our collective self-help workshop for women. Our team included Lucille, who had only just been released from detention! So the car journey was a chance for us all to get to know each other … Continue reading Self-help workshop at Kurdish Community Centre, Newport, Wales
All African Women’s Group Action Alert . . . Action Alert . . . Action Alert . . . Action Alert . . . Action Alert . . . Ms Kolaj is a 31 year old woman from Albania. She fled to the UK to escape vicious domestic violence from a man who tried to … Continue reading Stop forced deportation in “Family Returns Process”
We're publicising women's experiences of so-called "voluntary returns". The infamous Home Office "Go Home" van makes clear that voluntary return is part and parcel of its Hostile Environment policy. How can making life so unbearable that someone has no alternative but comply be called "voluntary"? As someone recently said to us, "If it's voluntary why … Continue reading Women reveal bullying and intimidation to force them into “voluntary ” return. “It’s just deportation with another name.”
Since 2002 BWRAP and WAR have been providing specialist services to victims seeking asylum in the UK. Research, including our own, has found that over 70% of women seeking asylum have fled rape elsewhere. We document what happened to them and the aftermath of sexual violence: the continuing impacts of stigma and trauma. We help … Continue reading Written evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee enquiry into modern slavery
MYTH #1: “ASYLUM SEEKERS GET OVERLY GENEROUS HANDOUTS” REALITY: People seeking asylum are living on £37.75 a week: half of Jobseeker’s Allowance and far below the national poverty line.[1] A mother with one child gets £74 a week which is 47% less than a mother with a child who receives Income Support. The government assessment … Continue reading Myth Buster on Asylum and Immigration
“It’s been a struggle for me to even write about what happened to me but coming here and hearing different stories and looking at how brave every woman is, regardless of whatever their case is, it encouraged me to be brave. “ Over the last two months, we have held five self-help sessions to help […]
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