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End Deportation
RAPED, TORTURED… But denied asylum by the UK Home Office
Cristel Amiss of Black Women’s Rape Action Project: ‘It’s harder for women to get asylum cases recognised Addressing how the specific persecution women face is not explicitly addressed under the UN Convention on Refugees and that makes it even harder for women to get asylum cases recognised, as reported in The Voice, July 2006. Sara …
Rape victims denied refuge in Britain
Letter published in The Independent, 24 May 2006 Sir: The “soft targets” for deportation are first of all women and children who find it hardest to “disappear” in the system. (‘Soft targets’ picked on for deportation, say refugee campaigners”, 18 May). Just last week, a young woman was removed to an African country after …
Government says rape victims are “not vulnerable” to deny asylum seekers legal representation
Correspondence between government Minister David Lammy and Black Women’s Rape Action Project & Women Against Rape published in The Guardian Letters page Erosion of asylum rights Monday July 12, 2004, The Guardian, Letters Rape survivors are vulnerable and find it difficult, often impossible, to speak about the violence they have suffered. The law acknowledges this, …
Press release: In defending Sammy Davis, women defend themselves against rape
This victory makes legal history. However, it is now urgent that the Home Secretary allows Mr Davis to return back to the UK.
Stop the threatened deportation of Najat Chafee
Stop the threatened deportation of Najat Chafee Letter of support to the Home Office.