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Domestic violence, children and immigration control

19th September 2016 By Dave

Increasingly, ASIRT finds itself working to support women and children with irregular immigration status who have experienced domestic violence and abuse, and who are struggling to access justice, or to escape from their abusive and dangerous family situations. For a minority of women, who are resident in the UK on… Read More

Filed Under: Domestic Violence, Immigration Tagged With: legal rights, NHS, police

‘Cockroaches’. Migrants’ rights and the Midland Legal Walk

7th May 2015 By Dave

By Dave Stamp. As I write this, the polling booths have finally opened for voting following a General Election campaign, in which the subject of immigration has played a central role. With increasing regularity, migrants are portrayed less as human beings with aspirations, hopes and fears, but as a kind… Read More

Filed Under: Case Studies, Government, Immigration Tagged With: General Election, NHS

Health, hysteria and hostile environments

21st December 2014 By Dave

Over the past week, Birmingham’s local press has been commenting on the case of a GP practice manager prosecuted for providing treatment, at a cost, to ‘health tourists’. One of the interesting- and unreported- facts about the case is that the treatment received by the patients in question, who were… Read More

Filed Under: Case Studies, Government, Immigration Tagged With: citizenship, health-care, legal rights, NHS

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