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NRC Welcomes court decision slamming Home Office delay
The NRC has welcomed the decision of the decision of the Court of Appeal in S(Afghanistan)which stated that delay by the Home Office was unlawful in certain circumstances.
In 2001 the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of the Home Office decided to put to one side all asylum applications not decided within 60 days. They paid no regard to individual factors. Some asylum seekers were affected by this delay and as a result by missed out on Home Office concessions that were withdrawn before their cases were decided.
The Court's decision, made on 20th June 2007, means that groups of Afghanis, Iraqis, Sierra Leoneans and Angolans adversely affected may be able to apply for permission to stay in the UK.
For further details see the briefings produced by the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns and by the Refugee Council.
In some areas of Yorkshire and Humberside in particular, there is an acute shortage of solicitors dealing with refugee cases and those affected may experience difficulty in obtaining advice. The NRC Advice Service, does not undertake asylum casework. However, we have produced a standard letter for those who think they may be affected to send to the Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office, pending obtaining representation. This has been done because in many cases those who could claim under this judgment are destitute and lodging a claim can bring with it entitlement to support from the Home Office. The letter is made available from our advice service without any 'warranty' and should only be used if you have thoroughly read the briefings above.
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REACT Project
The NRC runs an initiative raising public awareness of refugees' experiences. Helen Todd, the worker on this project, has been training up volunteers from refugees and asylum seekers to do talks and presentations of there experiences, to go into schools and colleges; talk to local media; or do talks to communities, professionals working with refugees and so on. If you are interested in volunteering for this project or receiving a talk from or involvement of refugees in work around the aims of the project, see our REACT page or
Refugee Women's Conversation Clubs in Sheffield
We have a new page for our conversation clubs for refugee women - held in the City Centre, S8 (Lowedges, Batemoor and Jordanthorpe), Firth Park, Gleadless and soon to be started in Tinsley. Click on the heading above.
Volunteer with the Northern Refugee Centre
The NRC is recruiting for volunteers who wish to work with refugees.
- On the Timebank (TM) TimeTogether Mentoring Scheme for refugees in South Yorkshire. You can contact us directly or register tour interest via the Time Together Website.
- For volunteer befrienders on our Befriending scheme working with more vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees.
- For REACT volunteers (see above).
- For volunteer advice workers with the NRC and with partner Citizens Advice Bureau in Barnsley, Sharrow (Sheffield), Rotherham and Doncaster(next recruitment in October-December 2007).
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