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London Migration Film Festival

Our Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager Minnie Rahman will be speaking at the opening gala of the London Migration Film Festival.
Using the Law for Social Change

Our Legal Director Chai Patel will be leading a seminar at this conference, organised by the The Sheila McKechnie Foundation
Practical introduction presenting Appeals at the First-tier Tribunal

20/01/2020 - 16:00-18:00
What's at stake in this General Election?

Britain faces a stark choice at the General Election on 12 December, with a vast amount at stake for people who move, and those who stand with them.

Family Trees take root in Tottenham

We got our hands dirty to plant an olive tree in Tottenham - because all families deserve the right to flourish and grow, together
Chambers and Partners Legal Rankings 2020

The excellent quality of work of JCWI's legal team has been recognised by Chambers and Partners, and Legal Director Nicola Burgess has been ranked as a Band 3 lawyer.
Why we joined the Climate strike

The fights for migrant justice and against the climate crisis are one and the same.
At last! Common sense changes to visas for international students

We are pleased that the government has finally reversed rule changes made to post-study work visas, and will now allow international students the chance to work, study and make choices about their future after graduating from British universities. We'd like to see this common sense applied in other areas of the immigration system.
EU Settlement Scheme needs urgent reform

Government statistics released on 12 September show more and more EU nationals being forced to wait for decisions on their Settled Status applications, and being granted the temporary Pre-Settled Status, not Settled Status. The scheme needs urgent reform to avoid becoming another 'Windrush' scandal.
'I thought they were killing me': NHS trust halted asylum seeker's cancer treatment

Confusion over hostile environment rules led to Esayas Welday being denied chemotherapy.
Landlords aren't renting to migrants because of the hostile environment Sajid Javid created

Our political leaders are actively encouraging racial discrimination in the private housing market through the Right to Rent scheme - and we're fighting them in court.
'Absolutely absurd' immigration rules mean Beeston mum 'exiled' in US

"The Home Secretary can and must act immediately to end this policy"
Home Office staff sit in on council interviews with migrant families

'This is a gross perversion of the purpose of the law'
Windrush: the inevitable result of a hostile environment and no legal recourse

'Long-term British residents have been ensnared by a Hostile Environment dragnet'

Guaranteeing Settled Status for EEA Nationals

JCWI's briefing on the Government's Settled Status for EEA nationals
Tragedy in Essex as 39 people lose their lives

There is tragic news coming from Essex today, where 39 people have lost their lives. The government must take responsibility for the lack of safe and legal routes to the UK, which drive people to desperate measures and makes them vulnerable to exploitative smugglers.
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Right to Rent

We're fighting to stop the Government's "Right to Rent" scheme being rolled out.
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Chai Patel - Legal Policy Director

Chai Patel - Legal Policy Director
Satbir Singh - Chief Executive
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