Hostile Environment
Ukraine refugees – government’s response is unjust, unlawful, and inadequate
It belies not just international law, but basic human dignity
Call to action: stop the Anti-Refugee Bill
CLICK HERE to use our template letter for Jewish constituents to write to your MP. (You can find your MP by typing...
The Nationality & Borders Bill, what can you do?
The Anti-Refugee Bill (Nationality and Borders Bill) is soon returning to the House of Commons, which means it is time...
Anti-slavery day 2021
Take action! Educate yourselfShop sustainablySign a petitionJoin a campaignAttend an eventResources from UnseenFind...
From rescue to resilience: It’s time to reimagine anti-slavery work
Jess Templeman, Director of Programmes at Arise For most people ‘slavery’ is a historic problem, or something limited...
The EU must accept responsibility for the use of violence towards refugees and asylum seekers at Europe’s borders
Recent reporting from numerous NGOs and activist groups has revealed the systematic use of violence against migrants...
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Active Remembering: Urgent Significance of Offshore Detention of Jewish Refugees
By Stav Salpeter, Ambassador, René Cassin The Home Office caused an uproar when it announced its plans to reinstate a...
The New Plan for Immigration: what is it and why is it so harmful?
By Michael Goldin, immigration lawyer and René Cassin detention volunteers group coordinator Earlier this year the...
Life in Wire: Jewish Women and the British Detention System
By Edie Martin, Intern, René Cassin The view of Port Erin, drawn by a male internee on the Isle of Man for the Onchan...
Refugee Week 2021
Celebrating the contribution, creativity and resilience of people seeking sanctuary
HOME, the long way ’round – A collection of poetry by refugees
By Alfie Futerman, René Cassin Ambassador Edited by Alfie Futerman "To be free. Overseas. Where ships set sail in the...
René Cassin’s response to the government’s consultation on the New Plan for Immigration
At the end of last month, René Cassin submitted a response to the Home Office's plans to overhaul the asylum and...
Call to action: sign our interfaith letter against women’s detention centre in Hassockfield, Durham
Read and sign the interfaith letter against Hassockfield HERE René Cassin is recruiting local, national and...
Support the Domestic Abuse Bill; Ensure protection for migrant women
On the 15th April, the Domestic Abuse Bill will be going back to the House of Commons after its passage through the...
Why is this Seder different?
Call to Action – #MakeThisSederDifferent
René Cassin call to action in support of victims of modern slavery & human trafficking
As we celebrate our journey from slavery to freedom during Passover, we should remember the countless people around...
The Jewish case against immigration detention is a Jewish voice for women’s liberation
By Esther Raffell, René Cassin' Campaigns Officer International Women’s Day is a day of joy, affirmation, and...
Immigration detention is putting asylum seekers in the UK at risk of suicide and self-harm
By Reanna Smith Immigration detention is putting asylum seekers in the UK at risk of suicide and self-harm. Two years...
Human rights at risk in the UK government’s planned overhaul of the asylum system
by Reanna Smith The UK government has recently promised to make big changes to the UK’s asylum and immigration system,...
“Home Office Policy For Deporting Migrants Ruled Unlawful”
By Miranda Zeffman On October 20th, the Court of Appeal ruled that a Home Office policy giving migrants just 72 hours’...
Joint Submission: Forced Labour in UK Value Chains
René Cassi recently signed on to a joint submission as part of the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region...
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Chained Women: Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery of Jewish Women in the 20th Century
By Lesley Urbach, René Cassin Fellow At the end of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century Jewish European...
Forced labour in Channel Islands during WWII – it happened then, and it is happening now
By Claudia Hyde, René Cassin alumni “Remember that you were once slaves in the land of Egypt” Deuteronomy 15:15...
End Uyghur Forced Labour in China Now
René Cassin joins worldwide coalition of 198 organisations
Virus crisis – yet another reason to close immigration removal centres
“… an unnecessary evil and a totally avoidable catastrophe”
Write to your MP!
Ask them to support amendments to the Immigration Bill on a time limit for detention
Imagine – an end to immigration detention
Coronavirus has shown us that radical change is possible
The kindness of strangers
A Refugee Week poem by Debora Singer
Windrush: Lessons Learned
“I can’t believe I have been treated like this by my beloved England”
Remembering Amir Siman-Tov and the cost of the UK’s immigration system
by Michael Goldin, Coordinator of the Detention Jewish Visitors Group On Sunday 1st March I attended an event to mark...