Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Awards for All fund we are setting up our first group for those with lived experience of refugee family reunion. We want this group to become ‘experts by experience’ and shape our work and that of other organisations. We are really excited to …
This month Home Office waiting times for processing family reunion visas for refugees or those with humanitarian protection increased from 12 weeks to 9 months. Our current experience is that families often wait 12 months or longer for visas for their family. Refugees are only able to apply for …
This week the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration published a report on their reinspection of family reunion applications. “Sadly, my inspection team found that rather than building on the recommendations resulting from ICIBI’s last inspection in 2019, the Home Office’s performance has actually deteriorated. This inspection reveals a system beset …
“When you’re experiencing something, you can understand the issues and challenges, and from that you can work towards the solution.” Interviewee with lived experience. As part of the Clore Social Leadership course one of our trustees worked with representatives to produce a toolkit on lived experience leadership for small charities. …
Having become aware of the increasingly difficult situation faced for those arriving into the UK we invited recently reunited families from the North West to a feedback and social event in Manchester. Our 46 attendees included Iranian, Yemeni, Syrian and Sudanese families and there was an emphasis at the session …
Together Now have been working on refugee family reunion since 2010. We want to learn more about families’ experiences after arriving in the UK. This will help us improve our services. We will also share the information with other organisations so they can also use it to improve their service …
We are disappointed at the news that the Nationality and Borders Bill will become law. With others in the sector, we will continue to campaign against these laws that will unjustly penalise those seeking asylum in the UK. Here one of our clients shares his views: “I understand and know …
Today the widely condemned Nationality and Borders Bill has passed, another devastating blow for those seeking safety in the UK. Here a client shares his views on ‘off shore processing’ in Rwanda, highlighting the impact of these policy decisions on those who have found asylum here; “These proposals make me feel …
We are pleased to announce that The British Academy have funded a research project to allow us to explore the lived experience of refugee families after reunion. ‘When the Dust Settles’ aims at understanding the lived experience of refugee families one or more years after the arrival of relatives through …
In the two weeks since the end of the UK Covid-19 travel restrictions, we have been reflecting on the impact of the pandemic on our clients and our organisation. We wanted to make sure we have gone some way to capture the effects of this extraordinary time on some of …
