As part of ImmiNews’ ‘Refugee Diaries‘, a series which centres and celebrates voices of current and former refugees and their relatives, Jan Karpinski here reflects on his father’s passage to the UK as a Polish WWII soldier in 1940 to...
Ray Barron-Woolford is a writer and CEO of the Kath Duncan Equality & Civil Rights Network. Following his previous ImmiNews piece on the Angels of Greece, Ray reports on the socio-economic climate in Greece that has been burdened by a tragic...
Over the past few years, successive UK Governments have developed and enforced an increasingly restrictive immigration regime that “often makes it impossible for people who move here to build a life here and it frequently...
Ray Barron-Woolford is a writer and CEO of the Kath Duncan Equality & Civil Rights Network and is here to shed light on the admirable work of young volunteers and NGO organisations coming to the aid of refugees off the Greek island of Lesvos...
Ono Okeregha discusses the JCWI’s recently published 12-step manifesto — aimed at addressing issues with the UK’s immigration system – and calls for the Government to be held accountable for hostile policies and practices. The Joint Council of...
Over the past four decades, the European Union has developed an environmental policy that has successfully raised environmental standards across Europe, including in the UK. The benefits for European citizens have been significant ranging from...
A client of mine – let’s call him Mr H – came to my office last month incredibly concerned. Born in Germany, he has lived in the UK for the last 32 years, and worked hard his entire life, contributing to British industry, and paying taxes. He...
If you are applying for entry clearance or leave to remain as a spouse under Appendix FM you will, naturally, need to be married to your partner. The question of whether your marriage is valid should normally be a straightforward one, however, past...
The term “refugee” often generates a lot of negative stereotypes and has been harnessed as a dehumanising label, both publicly and politically. It is often forgotten that a person who claims asylum is first and foremost a fellow...
Dealing with an application for naturalisation as a British citizen recently for one of my clients which presented some issues relating to Good Character, I was struck by a largely unnoticed but rather revealing snippet regarding the Prime Minister...