Edit: On the 27th July we received a response to this letter from the Home Office. Click here to download their response as a PDF. To Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick We are writing to express our grave concern at your ‘hotel optimisation’ plans, which will increase still further the…
“I thought that as soon as I arrived they’d welcome me and give me nationality and that’s it. I had no idea about this process.” This is what we might hope for children arriving alone in the UK after fleeing war or persecution. Welcome, safety, security. But in reality, children…
Context On 13 December 2022 the Prime Minister announced in parliament that the Home Office’s asylum legacy backlog would be cleared by the end of 2023. All the asylum claims in the legacy backlog were made in the UK before 28 June 2022 when certain provisions in the Nationality and…
Join us next week in Manchester to show that our city welcomes refugees. GMIAU is demonstrating to show our solidarity with people seeking safety and our opposition to the government’s attack on their rights. We hope as many people as possible will join us. The government’s “Illegal Migration Bill”, which…
GMIAU is conducting pre-litigation research into the Home Office delays experienced by unaccompanied children seeking asylum. We’re asking professionals who work in our sector to help us by completing a survey about what these children are experiencing, in order to get a fuller sense of what is happening around the…
What has been announced? On 23 February 2023 the Home Office announced new streamlining plans to cut its asylum backlog of ‘legacy’ claims – 92,000 people who asked for protection in the UK before 28 June 2022, when certain provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 came into force.…
We have a strong tradition in the North West of looking out for each other and for the importance of fair play. This shows itself in us taking care of our neighbours and people in our communities when times are hard, when tragedy strikes and when other people try and…
We’re hiring an Team Assistant. This post will be based in our Manchester office, providing administrative support to our team. If you have direct experience of immigration or asylum, we particularly want you to apply. We’re committed to support you to develop in this role and if you want to…
We’re hiring an Immigration Solicitor or Senior Caseworker to strengthen our team. This post will be based in Manchester (with some remote working) providing legal immigration advice and representation to people across North West England. You will conduct immigration and asylum casework within a team of advisers and representatives and…
GMIAU has been awarded funding by the Strategic Legal Fund (SLF) to research the delays in the asylum system, with a particular focus on young people. This builds on our earlier work highlighting the impact of delays on children and young people – in our March 2021 report which showed a deterioration in the…