March has arrived and with it, finally, the promise of longer, warmer days. But if the winter seems to have been interminably long for those of us with secure immigration status, access to a regular income, and safe, warm homes, I’m struggling to imagine how it might have been experienced… Read More
When destitution is for life, not just for Christmas.
Almost unbelievably, we’ve almost reached the end of another year, one in which the impacts of the hostile environment is seeking to create for some of the most vulnerable people in the UK have become ever more entrenched. Over the past couple of weeks, by way of illustation we’ve been… Read More
Audits, injustices and ‘uncomfortable truths’.
Just this week, the Government has published an audit on racial and social inequality, highlighting severe and stark disparities in attainment and opportunity among different ethnic groups in the UK. Theresa May, the Prime Minister, has said that: “People who have lived with discrimination don’t need a government audit to… Read More
Support ASIRT’s Paddington Children’s Project with Tesco’s ‘Bags of Help’.
Many thanks to Tesco Supermarkets for entering ASIRT into the ‘Bags of Help’ initiative. To help us win a grant of up to four thousand pounds, which will go directly to support children in the West Midlands disadvantaged because of precarious immigration statuses, visit one of the participating branches and… Read More
“I’ve Suffocated”
‘I’ve Suffocated’. Reflections from Eve Phillips, our Children’s Support Worker For many of the children we work with, whole childhoods have been spent waiting to be granted leave to remain with recourse to public funds. Often these are children who have been born in the UK and who have never… Read More
