Category: News
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Joint response to racist violence
We are proud to join Together with Refugees and over 240 other national, local and grassroots organisations across the UK – including Asylum Matters, City of Sanctuary, Choose Love, Freedom from Torture, Human Rights Watch, NACCOM, Rainbow Migration, Refugee Action, Refugee Council, Safe Passage International, Scottish Refugee Council, Shelter, Welsh Refugee Council, Crisis, Doctors of…
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Waltham Forest Unity Rally
As a frontline, grassroots migrant and refugee support organisation, we have been alarmed, saddened and angered by the scenes of racist, far-right, Islamophobic and anti-refugee violence in different parts of the UK since 30th July. This violence has been shocking and extreme, but it has not come out of nowhere. It has been fuelled by…
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WFMA is recruiting a new Communications and Campaigns Manager
WFMA’s mission is to provide support and advice for local migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Waltham Forest. We also advocate and campaign for the rights of migrants and refugees in the UK. The Communications and Campaigns Manager will play an important role in raising awareness of the issues facing the communities we support throughcommunications…
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Halt the digital-only immigration system
We have signed an open letter to the Home Office with the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) and over 200 others in the immigration and refugee sector, raising our concerns about the digitalisation of immigration status in the UK. We believe it is systematically flawed and the most vulnerable and marginalised migrants could face a…
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Rwanda: staying informed and getting support
Earlier this month, the UK passed the ‘Safety of Rwanda’ Act which enables the government to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda. Asylum seekers sent to Rwanda will no longer be able to claim asylum in the UK or return to the UK except in extremely limited circumstances. However, it is important to remember that…
Waltham Forest Migrant Action 