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SUBMISSION: To Government on proposed changes to the immigration appeals system May 2026 Executive Summary This submission is made jointly by All African Women’s Group (AAWG) and Women Against Rape (WAR). We oppose proposals which reduce appeal rights, accelerate appeals, create a single appeal route, or weaken the independence of immigration appeals. Our experience supporting …
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Submission to the Government Consultation on Earned Settlement All African Women’s Group, Global Women Against Deportations and Women Against Rape’s Asylum from Rape project. Summary All African Women’s Group (AAWG), Global Women Against Deportations (GWAD) and Women Against Rape (WAR) oppose the government’s earned settlement proposal because it is inherently sexist, racist and discriminatory. It …
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EVENT: WAR will join All African Women’s Group to Protest and Speak out! WHERE: Taylor House, 88 Rosebery Ave, London EC1R 4QU WHEN: Tues 3 February & Tues 3 March 12.30-1.30pm ORGANISERS: Global Women Against Deportations & All African Women’s Group Politicians and the media have whipped up hatred against asylum seekers and migrants. Now …
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They Claimed to Protect Women and Children but they Terrorised Us: All African Women’s Group Speaks Out Against Racist Attacks Women Against Rape helped women speak out about sexually predatory guards in asylum hotels and their justified objections to being housed with men, so that what they experienced could be included in their detailed …
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All African Women’s Group: Open letter to the UK government to demand that the Namibia country of origin report be revised . . . At a series of meetings last year, which Women Against Rape helped facilitate, women who had fled rape and other violence including Domestic Violence spoke about being refused protection by the …
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Press: The Independent spotlights Duncan Lewis legal challenge against Home Office’s Citizenship Policy. WAR quoted: Rules that make it almost impossible for small boat refugees to become British citizens have been hit by a legal challenge, The Independent can reveal. New guidance issued in February stated that anyone who enters the UK illegally by making …
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The letter came through with her travel vouchers and Amy began to panic. The Home Office was asking her to come in for an interview to speak about her asylum case. It was one of four requests from the Home Office, made in the space of four and a half months between December and April …
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Campaigners worry women seeking asylum are being harmed and wrongly refused claims for protection. Women seeking asylum after experiencing rape are reporting further traumatisation by the Home Office’s interviewing process. At these meetings, women recall being forced to rehash the sexual violence they have experienced to interviewers they believe to be insensitive to their trauma. …
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Crissie Amiss on “The No Walls” Podcast In celebration of International Women’s Day 2023, the No Walls Podcast asked Cristel Amiss – joint coordinator of Women Against Rape – to speak with them. Cristel has had a remarkable three decade career, where she has constantly and fearlessly advocated for marginalised women and survivors of gender …
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Event: Europe wide action called by Refugees in Libya On Tuesday 10th January a lively group of people gathered outside the London offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as part of a Europe-wide action called by Refugees in Libya. Protestors gathered simultaneously outside UNHCR Berlin, Brussels, Rome and Tripoli to commemorate …
In the media: Legal history was made as a man was jailed for attempting to raping his wife This case breaks new ground in the law of rape – as reported in The Independent, July 1990.
Home office agrees to compensate women who have a child as a result of rape A tremendous victory reported in the Caribbean Times, March 1990. WAR have fought for 13 years for this measure…
Article: Police rapist gets seven years October 12, PC Peter Anderson was found guilty of raping a young Black woman in Surrey whilst on duty. Anderson, relying on racist, sexist stereotypes to mislead the jury claimed that the woman had handed him ‘sex on a plate.’
Article: US doctor punished for assault The Revoke License to Rape Campaign (RLR) in the United States has won a major victory: Dr Samual Lyness, charged with sexual assault by seven women patients, was found guilty on six counts and his license suspended for five years…
Today at Walthamstow Magistrates Court Mrs Esme Baker, a West Indian women, and her two sons were found not guilty of assault, threatening behaviour and obstructing the Police, which was a victory in the campaign against rape and violence.
Stop the threatened deportation of Najat Chafee Letter of support to the Home Office.
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SUBMISSION: To Government on proposed changes to the immigration appeals system May 2026 Executive Summary This submission is made jointly by All African Women’s Group (AAWG) and Women Against Rape (WAR). We oppose proposals which reduce appeal rights, accelerate appeals, create a single appeal route, or weaken the independence of immigration appeals. Our experience supporting …
Submission to the Government Consultation on Earned Settlement All African Women’s Group, Global Women Against Deportations and Women Against Rape’s Asylum from Rape project. Summary All African Women’s Group (AAWG), Global Women Against Deportations (GWAD) and Women Against Rape (WAR) oppose the government’s earned settlement proposal because it is inherently sexist, racist and discriminatory. It …
EVENT: WAR will join All African Women’s Group to Protest and Speak out! WHERE: Taylor House, 88 Rosebery Ave, London EC1R 4QU WHEN: Tues 3 February & Tues 3 March 12.30-1.30pm ORGANISERS: Global Women Against Deportations & All African Women’s Group Politicians and the media have whipped up hatred against asylum seekers and migrants. Now …
They Claimed to Protect Women and Children but they Terrorised Us: All African Women’s Group Speaks Out Against Racist Attacks Women Against Rape helped women speak out about sexually predatory guards in asylum hotels and their justified objections to being housed with men, so that what they experienced could be included in their detailed …
All African Women’s Group: Open letter to the UK government to demand that the Namibia country of origin report be revised . . . At a series of meetings last year, which Women Against Rape helped facilitate, women who had fled rape and other violence including Domestic Violence spoke about being refused protection by the …
VICTORY: Together with women from All African Women’s Group, we provided evidence for Duncan Lewis’ successful Judicial Review. Â
Campaigners worry women seeking asylum are being harmed and wrongly refused claims for protection. Women seeking asylum after experiencing rape are reporting further traumatisation by the Home Office’s interviewing process. At these meetings, women recall being forced to rehash the sexual violence they have experienced to interviewers they believe to be insensitive to their trauma. …
Christmas Appeal 2023 for destitute women asylum seekers Dear friends, Each year as Christmas approaches, Legal Action for Women organises an appeal for destitute women and children in All African Women’s Group (AAWG) – the self-help group of women asylum seekers based with us at the Crossroads Women’s Centre, the charity running the Centre, is administering the …
Excellent article published by Bail for Immigration Detainees “On International Women’s Day, a member of All African Women’s Group shares their exhausting battle to claim asylum & access legal advice in the UK – three months later she’s still struggling to find a lawyer.” Read it in full here by clicking on the image below.
Event: Europe wide action called by Refugees in Libya On Tuesday 10th January a lively group of people gathered outside the London offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as part of a Europe-wide action called by Refugees in Libya. Protestors gathered simultaneously outside UNHCR Berlin, Brussels, Rome and Tripoli to commemorate …
SUBMISSION: To Government on proposed changes to the immigration appeals system May 2026 Executive Summary This submission is made jointly by All African Women’s Group (AAWG) and Women Against Rape (WAR). We oppose proposals which reduce appeal rights, accelerate appeals, create a single appeal route, or weaken the independence of immigration appeals. Our experience supporting …
Submission to the Government Consultation on Earned Settlement All African Women’s Group, Global Women Against Deportations and Women Against Rape’s Asylum from Rape project. Summary All African Women’s Group (AAWG), Global Women Against Deportations (GWAD) and Women Against Rape (WAR) oppose the government’s earned settlement proposal because it is inherently sexist, racist and discriminatory. It …
EVENT: WAR will join All African Women’s Group to Protest and Speak out! WHERE: Taylor House, 88 Rosebery Ave, London EC1R 4QU WHEN: Tues 3 February & Tues 3 March 12.30-1.30pm ORGANISERS: Global Women Against Deportations & All African Women’s Group Politicians and the media have whipped up hatred against asylum seekers and migrants. Now …
They Claimed to Protect Women and Children but they Terrorised Us: All African Women’s Group Speaks Out Against Racist Attacks Women Against Rape helped women speak out about sexually predatory guards in asylum hotels and their justified objections to being housed with men, so that what they experienced could be included in their detailed …
All African Women’s Group: Open letter to the UK government to demand that the Namibia country of origin report be revised . . . At a series of meetings last year, which Women Against Rape helped facilitate, women who had fled rape and other violence including Domestic Violence spoke about being refused protection by the …
VICTORY: Together with women from All African Women’s Group, we provided evidence for Duncan Lewis’ successful Judicial Review. Â
Campaigners worry women seeking asylum are being harmed and wrongly refused claims for protection. Women seeking asylum after experiencing rape are reporting further traumatisation by the Home Office’s interviewing process. At these meetings, women recall being forced to rehash the sexual violence they have experienced to interviewers they believe to be insensitive to their trauma. …
Christmas Appeal 2023 for destitute women asylum seekers Dear friends, Each year as Christmas approaches, Legal Action for Women organises an appeal for destitute women and children in All African Women’s Group (AAWG) – the self-help group of women asylum seekers based with us at the Crossroads Women’s Centre, the charity running the Centre, is administering the …
Excellent article published by Bail for Immigration Detainees “On International Women’s Day, a member of All African Women’s Group shares their exhausting battle to claim asylum & access legal advice in the UK – three months later she’s still struggling to find a lawyer.” Read it in full here by clicking on the image below.
Event: Europe wide action called by Refugees in Libya On Tuesday 10th January a lively group of people gathered outside the London offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as part of a Europe-wide action called by Refugees in Libya. Protestors gathered simultaneously outside UNHCR Berlin, Brussels, Rome and Tripoli to commemorate …