Migrant Action

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Thank you!

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A huge thanks to all who attended the University of Leeds’ Migrant Action Society pub quiz. It was a wonderful night, and overall the total funds raised has amounted to £167. This is a fabulous amount which is going to be donated to the Migrant Action Destitution Fund, which offers a ‘lifeline’ for destitute migrants in the form of one-off small amounts of ‘hardship’ payment to help meet basic/crisis needs. The fund also helps vulnerable/destitute migrants to access pathways towards regularising their immigration status. Thanks again to the members of the Migrant Action Society for their contributions in organising the night, and thanks to all who donated so generously!

Finally, please watch this space for future events, as Migrant Action Society is in the process of organising more fundraising events in the spring.

Migrant Action Pub Quiz

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Next Friday, the 31st of January, Leeds University’s Migrant Action Society will be hosting a pub quiz and raffle to raise funds for Migrant Action’s destitution fund. The Migrant Action Charity destitution fund offers a ‘lifeline’ for destitute migrants in the form of one-off small amounts of ‘hardship’ payment to help meet basic/crisis needs. The fund also helps vulnerable/destitute migrants to access pathways towards regularising their immigration status.

The quiz will start from 7.30pm at LS6 Cafe, 14-16A Headingley Lane, LS6 2AS in the upstairs room. See you there!

Welcome Nadia!

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Nadia Sokhal has joined Migrant Action’s management committee. We are delighted and look forward to her valuable expertise and contribution to the organisation’s development.

Nadia writes;

I am a qualified Immigration Supervisor  at KALSI solicitors with a strong background in asylum and immigration, and Family law experience.  I have witnessed how vulnerable migrants struggle to get access to legal services due to be non asylum seekers. 

Originally from Algeria, I moved to the UK in 2010 and then moved to Leeds in May 2019 to open a new branch of the firm. Through my legal work with vulnerable migrants, I was drawn to Migrant Action’s ethos, advocacy and practical assistance for migrants.

I hope to use my lived experience as a migrant, organisational development and legal expertise to support Migrant Action’s work and development. My first contribution would be to develop a new partnership between Migrant Action and KARLSI solicitors to provide a free legal clinic and increase access to justice for vulnerable migrants.

I look forward to a new and positive experience at Migrant Action.

Migrant Action: Helping vulnerable EU migrants applying for Settled Status

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As the uncertainty and anxiety around BREXIT continue to linger on, Migrant Action in collaboration with partners is working to help vulnerable migrants. To ensure that EU citizens are not in limbo, we are delivering support to secure the status of all EU citizens living, working and studying in the UK after BREXIT.

What support is available?

Migrant Action run weekly drop-ins where we provide free information, advice and guidance sessions for EU citizens to help them make informed choices. We also run group sessions to help build your confidence to apply for the scheme. Migrant Action will provide practical support to make settled status applications for individuals who are unable make applications independently. As part of the support we offer, we signpost and refer people to services for further support and legal advice if needed.

Where do we provide support?

In Leeds, Migrant Action run a drop-in every Thursday from 4.00- 6.30pm at RETAS, Roundhay Resource Centre, 233-237 Round hay Road, LS8 4HS. For inquiries and appointments Email us at info@migrantaction.org.uk or call 01133731763/07787744993

In Barnsley: Migrant Action run a drop–in working in collaboration with ELSH every Thursday from 10am-12pm at ELSH at 205 Sheffield road, S70 4DE Barnsley.

In Doncaster: Migrant Action is working in collaboration with local partners; The Junktion https://thejunctionhexthorpe.com/ and The Youth Association http://youth-association.org/ to provide similar support for Vulnerable migrants in the Doncaster area.

For more information, advice and guidance regarding the EU Settled Status Scheme contact us at info@migrantaction.org.uk or call 01133731763/07787744993

A CALL TO ACTION!

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Sadly, largely the tone and narratives on migration is becoming increasingly hostile. Government policies and political discourses convey a commitment to pursue with relentless gusto an anti-migration agenda unless it serves its domestic priorities.

The purpose of this torrent of hostile anti-migration policies across Europe is to force migrants into pathways of inhumane and degrading treatment that violates their humanity, human rights and for some their right to life.

What can we do?

Migrant Action is working with partner across the UK and in Europe to mark the 3rd of October as a day of ‘Welcome and Memory’. This campaign commemorates October 3rd when 368 people including children, women and men lost their lives in a shipwreck off the coast of Lampedusa. http://www.snapshotsfromtheborders.eu/

Please support the Snapshots from the Borders campaign for a human rights-based approach to migration and solidarity with migrants.  

The aim is to get 25 000 signatures to push the EU parliament for policy change, and to shift towards a human rights-based approach to migration. Over 10,000 people have signed so far, please help us reach our target, and enable representation for this in the European Parliament.

You can sign the petition here: bit.ly/2LHJ6W6 and forward to your networks.

If you are in Leeds or able to travel to Leeds, We’d also like to invite you to come to our free screenings of 2 Award-winning films, which we are putting on with Leeds Film Festival:

 24th October: To the Four Winds – the story of a ‘heroic’ French people smuggler, who helps migrants to safety. 5-7pm at Leeds University, Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building. Free food and drinks!

30th October: Revenir – a unique insight, which follows the ‘real-life’ journey of a migrant from the Ivory Coast. 6-8pm Belgrave Music Hall. Free drinks for the first 40 people

Let’s work together in solidarity to change policy and make a difference in people’s lives!

Migrant Action Director Fidelis Chebe sharing the campaign on Fever FM

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