'Indefinite Leave To Remain' for people who are undocumented, destitute, and those in the legal process #HealthAndSafetyForAll
We will not be silenced By Loraine Masiya Mponela
As we navigate a system
That is created not to care for people
A system built on racism and greed
We are told: you need to behave
Do not speak up it will affect your case
As we wait for decisions for years
A decade of anxious anticipation
Without stability and certainty of the indefinite leave to remain
Continue reading “We Will Not Be Silenced – a poem by Loraine Masiya Mponela”
25th March 2021
Dear Sirs
RE: ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, HOUSING AND FOOD FOR ALL
On March 27th 2020 we called upon the British and Irish States to act immediately so that all undocumented, destitute and migrant people in the legal process in both the UK and Ireland are granted Status Now, as in Leave to Remain. (Copy enclosed)
Continue reading “Open Letter(2) to the Prime Minister of the UK and the Taoiseach of Ireland”“Not having my status limits my joy, my happiness, nothing makes me excited. People take advantage.
I cannot even work. The pain is terrible. Terrible. People cry at night. There are suicides.
In limbo, I cannot do anything I want to do, and I don’t know what is going to happen to me.
Locked down all the time, not just now. Let us have a chance.”
(Voices of people without status)
Who we are: The Status Now Network is a unique coalition of almost 130 organisations and community action groups, alongside individuals, who are campaigning for Status Now 4 All. Our member organisations are listed on our website: https://statusnow4all.org.
Continue reading “The Status Now 4 All Calling Card for All Communities of Faith”BBC: Eòrpa Series 28: Episode 15
Angela Maclean reports on the effect of the pandemic on refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow. During the first lockdown many were moved into hotel accommodation for their safety and welfare but concerns emerged about the effect of this on their mental health. A year on many remain in hotels and further concerns have been raised about conditions in a new mother and baby unit in the city. The renewable energy industry has grown in Scotland over the years. But how can the Highlands and Islands harness the natural resources at their disposal to ensure they are part of the burgeoning industry? Eòrpa visits Orkney, a world-leader in tidal power; Nigg Yard, which is working between sectors; and Lewis, where community projects have proven to be effective.
Continue reading “Glasgow: the impact of the pandemic on refugees and asylum seekers”Choose Love TAKE ACTION: We have to stand against the UK government’s new plan for immigration. The new plans are cruel, misleading and will destroy lives.If the government was serious about protecting lives and smashing smuggling gangs, they should be making it simpler and easier for people at risk to claim asylum – not embarking on these deeply inhumane plans. Please sign this petition calling on the government to scrap this cruel and destructive plan:
https://action.helprefugees.org/page/78976/petition/1 #RefugeesWelcome #ChooseLove
25 March 2021: People seeking asylum should be treated like human beings, says a major organisation supporting migrants.
Responding to Home Secretary Priti Patel’s ‘biggest overhaul of the UK’s asylum system in decades’, Nazek Ramadan, the Executive Director of Migrant Voice who will be chairing the Status Now 4All Summit: One YearOn (https://statusnow4all.org/status-now-summit-one-year-on/) this Saturday, said:
“It is based on false premises – particularly on the actual availability of legal routes – and tears apart the principle of the right to claim asylum.
Continue reading “Human Beings, Not Commodities: Status Now 4 All Summit”The Home Office MP Account Management Team: We are fixing a broken asylum system and creating a new one which will be fairer and firmer and compassionate towards those who need our help.
This post will be updated as reports come in about how the Government may plan to do this:
24 March: Government Consultation process announced – responses to be filed by 6 May 2021 11.45pm: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/new-plan-for-immigration
Priti Patel’s statement today: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/home-secretarys-statement-on-the-new-plan-for-immigration
Statement by Nazek Ramadan, director of StatusNow4All signatory organisation Migrant Voice
Home Secretary Priti Patel’s proposed “biggest overhaul of the UK’s asylum system in decades” is based on false premises – particularly on the actual availability of legal routes – and tears apart the principle of the right to claim asylum.
Continue reading “In advance of the new overhaul the immigration system:”Introduction
The UK Immigration System becomes increasingly complicated and unfit for purpose. In the 1970’s, when they began, the Immigration Rules covered 20 pages and now number 1100. As the rules elongate so do the number of legal terms introduced by the Home Office.
Immigration terms can be confusing and imprecise. In addition, very often, both politicians and media outlets use incorrect terminology.
Continue reading “Status Now Network Glossary of Key Terms”16 March 2021: Hasting Community of Sanctuary: Speaking from the Heart about Napier Barracks
Erfan – a former resident held in Napier Barracks for nearly 6 months, and who was one of the nearly 200 people who contracted Covid in the massive outbreak in the barracks in January has written a powerful letter to the People of the UK. We are honoured to share it here.
The letter can also be found here: Help Refugees: https://helprefugees.org/news/a-letter-to-the-people-of-the-uk-from-a-former-resident-of-napier-barracks/
A Letter to the People of the UK
Dear People of the UK,
You may know me from the letters which were written on behalf of the Napier barracks residents. I am now outside of the camp and cannot talk on behalf of my other friends. However, I personally would like to say a few important things about what I have seen and learnt during my stay at Napier Barracks and the United Kingdom.
Continue reading “A Letter to the People of the UK”March 2021 PICUM: The impact of growing up undocumented in Europe
Undocumented children are part of our communities and share the hopes and dreams of any other child. But their lives and the lives of their families are characterized by uncertainty and instability due to their irregular residence status. PICUM’s new report, Navigating Irregularity: The Impact of Growing up Undocumented in Europe, looks at how their residence status affects six areas of their lives: housing, access to services, income and socio-economic status, residence procedures and immigration enforcement (including detention), school life, and family life.
Continue reading “PICUM report: Navigating Irregularity:”17 March 2021: Lucky Khambule from StatusNow4All signatory organisation MASI – Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland:
“This is a really positive move by the minister to regularise the undocumented in this country after so many year of fighting. It’s a welcome victory especially by the group like JFU, Justice For the Undocumented as well as MRCI who have been in the forefront of this campaign.
It is the first time such move happened in Ireland. It also gives hope to our own campaign for the international protection applicants that if we continue with our campaign to give papers to all, some day they will listen.”
Please note that this is not a Government decision to grant all undocumented people Leave to Remain/regularisation in Ireland.
22 Feb 2021: HotPress: A new initiative in relation to regularisation for undocumented migrants has been announced by the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, as part of her Justice Plan 2021, unveiled this morning.
Thousands of undocumented migrants, currently resident in Ireland, can apply for regularisation by the end of the year, as part of the Department of Justice’s roadmap for 2021.
Continue reading “Ireland: Undocumented Migrants Can Apply For Regularisation By End of 2021, Says Minister Helen McEntee”Waiting for years – then told we must reply in 10 days!
People are telling us that they have recently received letters asking them to resubmit their original application for asylum or Further Leave to Remain and any updating evidence, within 10 days, or their case will be determined on the basis of documents already in the Home Office. The Home Office has told another person’s solicitor that they have lost the casefile.
We raise the following points:
Continue reading “Waiting for Nothing”From one of our Filipino signatories: one of the reasons for Filipino workers exodus is the tyrannical regime in the Philippines which has killed thousands of Filipinos already. Apologies for more depressing news from us but we have to expose this brutal regime.
13 March 2021: Labour Hub: Bloody Sunday in the Philippines By Mike Phipps
Just under a week ago, at least nine human rights activists were killed in the Philippines, in what is locally being called ‘Bloody Sunday’ – yet there has been barely a word about it in the western media.
Continue reading “Bloody Sunday in the Philippines”11 March 2021: Guardian: Campaigners say refusal to delay June deadline risks ‘second Windrush on much bigger scale’
The high court has rejected a legal bid for an extension to the EU settlement scheme (EUSS), dismissing campaigners’ concerns that those EU residents who fail to apply to remain in the UK before July could face “devastating” consequences, similar to those experienced by the Windrush generation.
Legal action mounted by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants called for the Home Office to extend the deadline to ensure that those who miss the 30 June cut-off date do not become undocumented and liable to detention and removal.
Continue reading “Chaos and panic as High Court rejects bid to extend UK’s EU settlement scheme”