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
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Join Our Team! Children’s Project Lead
(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
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
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
Unfair Housing?
Birmingham, it’s no secret, is in the midst of a housing crisis. Over 12,000 people are in temporary accommodation, half of whom are children. As ever, the brunt of this crisis is most sharply felt by those at society’s margins, Setting aside those denied recourse to public funds, and consigned… Read More
Monday….
So, it’s a grey October morning, and we’re back at it. Amongst other things so far, today, we’ve been dealing with the Home Office’s response to an application for one of our clients to be granted recourse to public funds. She is the single mother of a British citizen., who… Read More
Destitution, domestic violence, and access to justice.
This week, we received a referral from a partner agency working to support women and children subject to domestic violence. They were supporting a woman, lawfully present in the UK but without recourse to public funds, and her young child, who is a British citizen. The woman is resident in… 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
Ordinary crises: what happens to ASIRT’s clients when things go right.
There are presently, to our knowledge, more than 6000 homeless children in Birmingham. 3 of these are ‘Joe’, ‘Daniel’ and ‘Thomas’. Daniel is 11 years old, and has lived in the UK since he was born:. He is now a British citizen, his mother, who is Nigerian, having been helped… Read More
Quiz!
I think it’s fair to say that this past week, after a winter of lockdown and isolation, has been a lot. Not least, of course, because we’ve seen yet another wave of proposed immigration reforms hellbent on pursuing an agenda, set in place for the past 20 years
