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COVID-19 Briefing to the Home Affairs Select Committee

Our briefing to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the Home Office response to COVID-19 and the urgent changes needed to protect public health and the safety of migrants in the UK.
Ask your MP to protect families affected by COVID-19

At times like these, family is more important than ever. Write to your MP now to ensure families affected by COVID-19 are protected, and can stay together no matter what
Windrush Lessons Learned Review

JCWI's briefing on the Windrush Lessons Learned Review, which was published on 19 March 2020.
COVID-19 and Spouse/Partner visas

In times like these, family is more important than ever. That's why we're working to ensure that families affected by COVID-19 are protected, and that everybody can access the support they need

A spotlight on the dark corners of Britain’s detention and deportation regime

Scandal after scandal has hit the detention and deportation regime - this system needs to be dismantled.
Telling the Home Office to #HaveAHeart

Tens of thousands of you signed a petition to tell the Home Office to Have A Heart and scrap the rules which tear apart families and couples simply because of what they earn.
Our joint letter to Priti Patel about Home Office funding for the EU Settlement Scheme

We have jointly written to Priti Patel, calling on her to respond to the need for further Home Office funding for vulnerable groups.
The Right to Rent appeal hearing is over - what happens next?

On 15 January we returned to Court to fight the Government's Right to Rent policy.
EU care workers' experiences with Settled Status scheme - survey

We have launched a survey to find out more about the experiences of people from the EU who are working in the care sector.
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.

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.
Protecting migrants from Covid-19

Our open letter to the Home Secretary, calling for urgent changes to ensure the safety of all migrants in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Windrush Lessons Learned Review published

Nearly two years since the Windrush scandal first hit the headlines, the government has finally released the independent review into what went wrong.
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Chai Patel - Legal Policy Director

Chai Patel - Legal Policy Director
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