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UKLGIG responds to the outsourcing of asylum interviews

September 24, 2020 | Filed under: News, Press Releases

The Home Office has announced that it plans to bring in commercial contractors to carry out asylum interviews and gather evidence for claims, which are used to determine whether applicants should be granted refugee status.    Reacting to the news, UKLGIG Executive Director Leila Zadeh said: “We’re extremely concerned to hear the …

Protect human rights and judicial review

August 6, 2020 | Filed under: News, Press Releases

Any restrictions on the independence of our judiciary, on our human rights laws, or on the right to judicial review would be a devastating blow to everyone’s ability to guarantee their rights and freedoms against the state. We have joined Humanists UK and over 50 other organisations to express concern …

UKLGIG calls for COVID-19 public health guidance in languages other than English

July 28, 2020 | Filed under: News, Press Releases

UKLGIG joined Doctors of the World UK and over 20 local authorities, public health bodies and non-profit organisations to write to the Government to express concern at the lack of COVID-19 public health guidance in languages other than English. At present the ‘Stay alert: what you can and cannot do’ …

Open Letter to Boris Johnson – Repeal the minimum income rule for non-EU spouses

July 9, 2020 | Filed under: News, Press Releases

In 2012, as part of the hostile environment, a minimum income requirement [MIR] was brought in which means that British people (and others who are settled in the UK) have to be earning at least £18,600 in order to live in the UK with a partner from outside the EU. …

UKLGIG urges MPs to end indefinite detention

June 30, 2020 | Filed under: News, Press Releases

Ahead of today’s Immigration Bill debate, UKLGIG joined 19 organisations in urging MPs to support the cross-party amendment which seeks to bring indefinite immigration detention in the UK to an end. The full text of our joint letter is as follows. Tuesday 30 June 2020 Dear Member of Parliament, We …

UKLGIG calls on local councils to guarantee sanctuary to all homeless people regardless of immigration status

June 18, 2020 | Filed under: News, Press Releases

UKLGIG has joined over 100 organisations to call on Local Authorities to commit to providing ongoing shelter and support to all those experiencing or at risk of homelessness during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, and to do so regardless of immigration status. The full text of our joint letter is …

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