The term ‘migrant crisis’ rolls readily off many people’s tongues. It’s usually used to refer to people from the Global South fleeing war, climate crisis or extreme poverty and trying to reach Europe to find sanctuary and stability here. For us, though, the term also refers to the conditions faced… Read More
Fund Raising
The Big Give: ASIRT’s Christmas Hardship Fundraiser.
Today’s the first day of winter and, with it, comes the inevitable stress for our clients of trying to keep warm and fed during the long, cold months. The risk of street homelessness is all too real for far too many of the people we live with, but even for… Read More
Please donate to our ‘no recourse’ Hardship Fund
Contribute to the fund by clicking here We do not charge those in need for our services and all contributions we receive through the fund will be donated directly to people in the most dire of circumstances. Government policy denies already struggling individuals, parents and children access to essential welfare… Read More
ASIRT and the Birmingham Legal Walk: defending the right to have rights.
May is here once again and, once again, a team from ASIRT will be taking part in the Birmingham Legal Walk, supporting the Midland Legal Support Trust’s aim of improving access to justice for the most vulnerable in society. Successive cuts to legal aid budgets and austerity measures have served… Read More
Justice For Sale
Today’s the day of the Birmingham Legal Walk, and a team from ASIRT will be joining hundreds of other walkers to raise funds for justice. As recent events, including the Windrush scandal, have demonstrated, the UK’s immigration system is broken. Lives are being wasted and put on hold as… Read More
