ASIRT

Asylum Support and Immigration Resource Team

We are stronger together

ASIRT is a not-for-profit OISC regulated advocacy organisation. We provide legal support and representation to asylum seekers and other undocumented migrants in the West Midlands.

We can help with:

  • Human rights applications (including help with fee waivers)
  • Applications for recourse to public funds
  • ‘Zambrano’ applications
  • Fresh asylum claims
  • Applications for local authority Children Act/Care Act assessments
  • Training around migrants’ health and social care rights for local professionals.

We help those that are not eligible for publicly funded legal representation, and lack the financial resources to be able to pay for private representation to help regularise their immigration status.

Latest news from ASIRT

Join Our Team! Children’s Project Lead

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(Closing date: 24th April 2022) ASIRT provides vital services to people vulnerable to destitution as a direct result of their immigration status throughout the West Midlands. We provide legal representation and advocacy for migrants at crucial times in their lives to ensure that they can live in safety, meet their… Read More

ASIRT is offering training on the rights and entitlements of migrant children in the care system, in conjunction with WMSMP

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UASC Children in Care/Care Leavers  Training Dates January 11th, 19th, 27thFebruary 8th, 16thMarch 3rd, 24thApril 26thMay 10thJune 14thJuly 5th9.30 – 17.00 Additional Information Training is designed for professionals working with this group, e.g. support workers, social workers,  It will take place virtually and be hosted on the teams platform Training… Read More

Case Studies

Unsettled Status

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With the advent of Brexit, people will doubtless have read of the chaos and uncertainty facing European Union nationals resident in the UK who are seeking to regularise their status under the Home Office’s Settled Status scheme. But if the situation is difficult and confusing for people with clearly demarcated… Read More

After ‘Windrush’?

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Months after the ‘Windrush’ scandal caught the public imagination- sparking a public debate on the wilful institutional neglect which contributed to the destruction of thousands of lives- distressing stories continue to hit the news. Yesterday, for example, we read of the early death of Sarah O’Connor, who had been resident… Read More