See the PowerPoint slides for this fantastic joint seminar with All African Women's Group and Lawstop, held 4 June 2024. at Crossroads Women’s Centre. We provided useful tips and practical advice for people seeking asylum, their representatives and supporters ahead of their substantive asylum interview, with a particular focus on the situation of survivors of … Continue reading Training seminar: the Substantive Interview — a Practical Guide for Vulnerable Individuals
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Her children were very young – one was still breastfeeding when she was forcibly separated from them. They suffered terrible beatings and the threat of rape. We helped her press her lawyer to act more quickly and WAR provided expert evidence of the impact on both mother and children. When the Home Office finally granted … Continue reading A mother who was trafficked from Nigeria has won family reunion with her three children.
Summary: The crisis in legal aid and its impact on some of the most vulnerable members of our society is not being monitored by government agencies responsible for providing effective access to justice. The results of the crisis, some of which we have described above, cause long term and serious damage to women and their … Continue reading Response to Ministry of Justice Review of Civil Legal Aid
I am the mother of a 16-month-old daughter. I was moved to a hotel near Gatwick in June 2023. When I first arrived I was given a room with a toilet and basin. The food is provided by the hotel. This was terrible because the food was cold, bland, tasteless and not enough to feed … Continue reading Victory: hotel forced to provide edible food for mother and baby.
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
We are sorry to report that Ms EM was sent back to Uganda on Friday 6 April. Please find below a statement put out by Ms EM’s friends and colleagues in the All African Women’s Group. Legal Action for Women is taking donations to help her out financially as the more dependent she is on … Continue reading Very sad news: Ms EM sent back to Uganda
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