April 22, 2021
My name is Sami Tola, I am a refugee originally from Eritrea. I was reunited with my wife, after 5 years of family separation, in March 2020 before the COVID-19 lockdown was introduced. But I remain separated from my daughter who is only one-year old. My wife, originally from Ethiopia, came to the UK through…
View ArticleMy name is Sarah Alex, I am originally from India. In 2013, because of domestic abuse I experienced, I fled to the UK leaving behind my three daughters and mother. This incident made me the patient of PTSD. I started to take antidepressants and counselling on daily basis. I was an asylum seeker who had…
View ArticleOriginally, I am from the Congo DRC and came to the UK as a refugee in June 2016. I, my parents, my three brothers, and my sister migrated to Burundi in 1998 because of the conflict in Congo DRC. Many people were getting sick and dying in refugee camps in Burundi. Because of this my…
View ArticleI am originally from Syria and came to the UK with my children through the refugee family reunion route in 2018, in order to join my husband who was then in Scotland as a refugee. Because of the conflict, my family fled Syria in 2012. I immigrated together with my mother, younger sister, husband and…
View ArticleMy name is Justin Ndakize and I come from Congo (DRC). I left the DRC in 2004 due to the war and I was granted refugee status in Burundi. In 2018, I was able to leave Burundi with my mother and sister through the UNHCR refugee resettlement programme. I arrived in the UK on 19th…
View ArticleMy name is Helen. I experienced human trafficking and I arrived alone in the UK in July 2015 from Cameroon. I was able to receive asylum fairly quickly and was granted refugee status in November 2015. The Family Reunion Process Since the day I left home I was getting worried of my family and when…
View ArticleMy name is Anwar, I am originally from Afghanistan. I left my country in the first week of February 2018 and arrived in the UK the following day. I applied for asylum and I was granted refugee status in early July 2018. The Family Reunion Process My family was still in my home country and…
View ArticleApril 16, 2021
The Government’s New Plan for Immigration proposes sweeping changes that undermine how theUK fulfils its international obligations to those seeking asylum, most notably by proposingdifferential treatment according to the way a refugee arrived in the UK. It proposes that forsomeone who is recognised as being in need of international protection, the type of leave and…
View ArticleMarch 24, 2021
Today the Home Office has published alarming new plans for the UK asylum system which seek to restrict family reunion rights for some refugees. The plan proposes sweeping changes that undermine how the UK fulfils its international obligations to those seeking asylum, most notably by proposing differential treatment according to the way a refugee arrived in the UK….
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