Two weeks ago GMIAU’s Community Organiser Fatou and her fellow action group member MaryAnne attended a conference in London facilitated by Migrant Voice: ‘A better deal for migrants: Campaigning for a fairer visa and settlement process’. It was an opportunity to meet lots of people in person – some of…
On Saturday February 18th, the Guardian reported that children missing from Home Office-run hotels in the south of England have been found being criminally exploited on our doorstep in north Manchester, as well as in other locations around the country. The responsibility for harm done to these children lies with…
Childcare provision is a hugely important service, essential in giving parents freedom and choice as to working and supporting their families. It’s also a hot topic at the moment – with Conservative MPs pushing the government to reconsider ditching Liz Truss’ proposed childcare changes and the Treasury reportedly considering expanding…
By Fatou Jinadu, GMIAU’s Community Organiser My name is Fatou and I am the Community Organiser at Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit. I started this role in February 2022. This blog is about our experience setting up an action group for people in the North West with lived experience of…
Last month, on the 15th of December, an important High Court judgement made in Manchester found that the Home Secretary had been in breach of her statutory duties for several months by failing to increase asylum support to the legal level required for people to avoid destitution. This is an unusual…
Despite EU citizens in the UK being told by Boris Johnson “”you will get the absolute certainty of the rights to live and remain” here after Brexit, and by Sajid Javid that the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) will make it “simple and straightforward [….] for EU citizens and their families…
This is a short briefing from GMIAU and Migrants Organise for immigration solicitors, caseworkers and support workers. Its purpose is to flag that the government’s guidance for reporting conditions was updated earlier this year (May 2022) and that if you are working with people who are reporting in person, you…
Read our new report published today. Afran is 17 years old. He is Kurdish, and arrived in the UK this year after a month-long journey from Iran. Having crossed the Channel in a small boat, arriving in Dover wet, freezing and sick, he hoped to be treated with compassion. Any…
It’s understood that the former Home Secretary, Priti Patel, had in her office a whiteboard setting out the priorities of the department, with Windrush very close to the bottom. And her time in charge of the Home Office made it abundantly clear that her primary concerns, rather than providing any…
Research by the National Children’s Bureau into our work with young people leaving care and their local authorities, funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, was published today. We wanted to ensure the local authority identified children and young people whose immigration status was insecure, and supported them to access advice…