by Lucja Jastrzebska | Jun 6, 2025 | Asylum and Detention, Stop the hostile environment
Immigration Detention Immigration detention is the practice of holding asylum seekers and migrants in custody while they wait for either permission to enter or deportation from the UK. Over 20,000 people were indefinitely detained in the UK in 2024 – a third of...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | May 28, 2025 | Blogs, Latest, Right to Food
This World Hunger Day, the theme is resilience. Not as a buzzword or a demand for communities to simply ‘bounce back’, but as a practice of sowing: planting ideas, nurturing movements, and growing change. Over the past few years, we have been working on the right to...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Today, the 85th anniversary of the internment of Jewish refugees on the Isle of Man, Meryl O’Rourke reflects on her family’s hidden history in her play, Thrown by Giants. My Mother’s Story I grew up hearing stories about my mother, Eva, being held in...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | May 21, 2025 | Latest, Press releases and statements, Stop the hostile environment
Dear Prime Minister, RE: Jewish community leaders show concern over anti-migrant rhetoric and policies from the government Like you, we are concerned by the rise of the far right in the UK and globally, and agree that it takes careful, strategic planning...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | May 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Throughout history, the ability to seek refuge has been essential to Jewish survival.However, in the UK today, those seeking refuge can be indefinitely locked up inimmigration detention centres. Today The Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill supports a...
