Category: Impact & Outreach

On 18 September 2016 CRaB teamed up with local migrant advocacy and support group Friends Without Borders to provide free immigration law advice for anyone concerned with their status in the UK following the ‘Leave’ vote in June’s EU referendum. Advice was provided by three qualified advisers in the form of a 45 minute talk followed by one-to-one advice sessions. Issues covered included qualifying for residency status, how to obtain permanent residence, and how to obtain citizenship. The overall advice given was that those potentially affected shouldn’t worry, but that ensuring they were qualified according to the UK’s interpretation of

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On 22 June 2016 CRaB teamed up with localmigrant advocacy and support group Friends Without Borders to mark Refugee Week 2016. We screened the film Dirty Pretty Things, which follows the experiences of ‘illegal’ immigrants in London. The film was followed by a panel discussion chaired by CRaB’s Charlie Leddy-Owen involving John Bosco-Nyombi, Treasurer of Friends Without Borders, Majid Dhana, Red Cross volunteer and poet, and the Chair of Friends Without Borders, Michael Woolley. Discussing the themes raised in the film, John and Majid spoke very movingly about their experiences of injustice with the UK’s immigration system and the lasting effect

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