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, which claims… Read More
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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
Unsettled Status
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
Profiting from childhood misery
A little over 3 years ago, we met ‘Sade’ and her mother, ‘Maria’, about whom we’ve told you before. When we met, Sade, who was born in the UK, was a little over 8, and had spent the entirety of her life to date in this country, which is her… Read More
No Such Thing as a Free Lunch?
Access to Free School Meal provision for children denied recourse to public funds in Birmingham. Dave Stamp & Sarina Hussain Introduction. This document will explore the phenomenon of food poverty for children in Birmingham denied free school meal provision as a consequence of their denial of recourse to public funds…. 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
‘If I don’t belong here, where do I belong’?
I’m a migrant. For those who are aware of migrants – you know that we all have our own unique story. I’m going to tell you my story. However, what I’d like you to keep in mind whilst I tell you my story is that it’s not entirely about me…. Read More
ASIRT has moved!
ASIRT has now moved to new premises in Digbeth, on the south side of the city centre. Our new office is more easily accessible from across the West Midlands, being very close to Digbeth Coach Station and New Street and Moor Street railway stations. Our new address is: 109 Zellig… Read More
After ‘Windrush’?
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
Strategy or chaos?
ASIRT has recently begun working with ‘Tina’, the intelligent and formidable single mother of ‘Brendan’, who is 13. Brendan is British. He acquired his citizenship from his father, Tina’s ex-partner, who has passed away. Tina, however, is not British. Because of this, she is required by the Home Office to… Read More
