Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) is an independent national charity which exists to campaign for justice in immigration, nationality and refugee law and policy.

JCWI News

Sir Michael Dummett.

It was with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Sir Michael Dummett, one of the founders of JCWI.

We have published an obituary of Sir Michael on our blog.

Richenda Buxton, who acted for Amber and Diego Aguilar in the case of Quila v SSHD was recently featured in The Times as their Solicitor of the Week.

Download article for more info.......

JCWI's recent victory in the Supreme Court reported by
The Law Society Gazette 27 October 2011.

Read the report.....

JCWI Launch Financial Appeal

For the first time in 14 years JCWI is obliged to launch a financial appeal for £60,000, in order to keep the work of the organisation going. We do not seek government funding and therefore have not sustained budget cuts like many other organisations, but the greater competition for funds from grant giving bodies has had a severe effect on the income of JCWI. We ask for your help in securing the long term future of the organisation. Please download the leaflet for more info and a donation form.

Orders are coming in thick and fast for the new JCWI book - A Guide to the Points Based System. With around 500 pages, it is packed with the information practitioners - lawyers and advisers - need to get the most out of the PBS. The Ministry of justice bought 600 Guides for distribution to Immigration Judges across the country.

The book is priced at £45.00, members of JCWI may claim a 10% discount.

Buy Online

Click here for an order form.

Here, on the main JCWI website, we hold all the important information, documents and details of our publications and training, but we also have a blog site which you may want to visit. There we have short articles about the relevant themes of the day, case notes from various legal cases regarding immigration, summaries of some of the documents we produce and articles from others in the field.

We have ceased to produce the quarterly printed bulletin of JCWI. In our view it quickly became dated, and was no rival for the blog which gets many more articles, updated almost daily and is in a format where you can easily send links to friends and colleagues who may be interested in the content.

Have a look, we're certain you'll find it valuable!

181,000 Overstayers? We look at the reality.

The media today has been screaming about an alleged 181,000 people staying in the UK 'illegally' after their work visas have expired. We take a closer look at the reality and have issued this press release.

TRAINING NEWS:

JCWI new Training programme Nov 11- Jul 12 is now available to download as a PDF format from the website. We regret to advise that the training site is still under construction and that no other information, apart from the PDF document above mentioned, is available. Also there is no on-line booking facility while under construction. For bookings please contact our training dept on 020 7553 7468.

The legal action we have sought against the discriminatory and arbitrary cap on immigration has caused quite a stir ion the media. Check the press release found elsewhere on this page.

JCWI warns immigration cap will damage economy

Habib Rahman, chief executive of JCWI, today warned Theresa May's temporary cap on immigration could damage business. He said: “We can scarcely afford to knock back the investment and the specialist skills that our current immigration system allows." More...

I Love Migrants

The I Love Migrants campaign has been launched to encourage politicians to keep to the facts in the immigration debate. So far, more than 10,000 people have visited our ilovemigrants.org website. The t-shirts, Jute bags and badges are all selling fast. Vist the website, join the Facebook group and follow us on Twitter for more information.

JCWI in the Media

National charity JCWI asks Labour leadership candidates not to sing to Migrant Watch's tune in the New Statesman. We also argue that the new English language requirement for marriage visas may be discriminatory. And in the Guardian we argue that tackling global poverty requires an ethical immigration policy.

Marriage language tests

JCWI has been vocal in opposing the Government's proposals to introduce an English language requirement for marriage visas. The charity argues a requirement already exists for spouses to learn English within two years and the new rules may discriminate against women, those from south Asia and the poorest wishing to come to live with their loved ones in the UK. We have appeared on the Politics Show - Hina Majid is interviewed at the end of the programme - and press and television in the UK and the United States.