Category: Migrant & Refugee Rights

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Stateless People in the UK Need Protection

  by Annamaria De Felice   What is Statelessness?  Statelessness occurs when a person is not recognised as a national by any country. This often leaves individuals in a precarious position, ...
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Why we need a legal aid reform. Victims/survivors of abuse should not have to pay for their own protection

  by Annamaria De Felice Scotland provides several types of civil protective orders to help protect victims/survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and abuse. These include interdicts, Non-Harassment...
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Unlocking Support: A call for action to support age disputed young people in Scotland

  By Annamaria De Felice  Today, we reflect on the successful launch of our groundbreaking report, “Unlocking Support: Age Disputed Young People in Scotland.” The event, which took place at Brodies,...
Against far-right terror, we stand in solidarity

Solidarity with communities affected by the recent surge in far-right terror

  We at JustRight Scotland are deeply shocked by the recent surge in far-right terror across the UK. Members of our communities, simply going about their lives, are being violently targeted because...
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Safeguarding Migrant Workers’ Rights in the UK: Speaking with Experts

  By Annamaria De Felice   In a recent open webinar hosted by Libera and moderated by James Fookes from Anti-Slavery International, a panel of experts and practitioners addressed the urgent issue...
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Rising Together: Celebrating Resilience & Community in Scotland’s Migration Sector at our Roots of Refuge

  By Annamaria De Felice  As we continue to engage with Fair Begins Here, a national campaign led by Together with Refugees, we are also working with community groups and other organisations across...

Our statement on “Rwanda Operation”

  In the face of concerning developments regarding the imminent “Rwanda Operation” across UK, we recognise how frightening this development has been for many. We stand in solidarity with people...
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Empowering Women in Law: Insights from our InvestHER Event

Yesterday we commemorated International Women's Day 2024 by hosting our #InvestHER event in partnership with the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) and the Strathclyde Law Clinic for the students at...
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Making Human Rights Justice a Reality Report shines a light on systemic barriers to justice and how to break them

  by Maisie Wilson   Over the past few months, we have been working with the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) on their latest report Make Human Rights Justice a Reality, along with Clan...
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Rwanda Plan is unlawful: We welcome the outcome of the UK Supreme Court

  We welcome the UK Supreme Court’s judgment which has found the so called ‘Rwanda Plan’ to be unlawful. The UK Government must now urgently rethink its [Illegal] Migration Act and scrap this cruel,...
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We call upon the Scottish Government to heed the recommendations of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee’s report and take action to safeguard the human rights of the people attacked by the Illegal Migration Act 2023

We welcome the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee’s recommendations published in their latest report about asylum seekers in Scotland. In particular, we support the Committee’s strong...
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Legal opinion: the legal implications of the [Illegal] Migration Bill in Scotland

  by Sabrina Galella  Together with the Scottish Refugee Council (SRC) and the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS), we commissioned a legal opinion from Kay Springham KC, to...
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Celebrate Refugee Festival Scotland with us and join our Roots of Refuge event

  We are happy to announce that – we are returning for a second year to celebrate Refugee Festival Scotland together with JustCitizens.   Our Roots of Refuge event will take place on Thursday 22nd...
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Access to Higher Education for migrant students is now a real right

  JustRight Scotland has been campaigning - together with Maryhill Integration Network and JustCitizens, to extend the right to access education for migrant students in Scotland for over two years....
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Age assessment of young people: our new guidance to assist local authorities in Scotland

  by Francesca Sella   JustRight Scotland, together with the British Red Cross, have published a short guide on the initial stage of age assessment to assist local authorities in Scotland and...
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Working as Legal Caseworker at the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre

  by Constance Trepanier  After I moved back to Scotland in January last year (2022), and in the midst of finding flats and settling in, I embarked on a new and quite exciting adventure as a new ...
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Scottish Government’s consultation on changes to residency criteria for access to financial support in Further and Higher Education: our say

JustRight Scotland has submitted a response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the proposed changes to residency criteria for access to financial support in Further and Higher Education. The...
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Scottish Government consultation on Electoral Reform: What we say in our response

  JustRight Scotland submitted its response to the Scottish Government consultation on Electoral Reform in Scotland. Additionally, we submitted a separate joint response  with Maryhill Integration...
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Scotland rejects the Refugee Ban Bill

  JustRight Scotland and Scottish Refugee Council have joined forces to launch the first step of a Scottish campaign which aimed to stop the #RefugeeBanBill and get other organisations involved in...
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Access to Education is a Human Right for everyone: our #GradesNotVisas campaign is working to make this right real for all

  #OurGradesNotVisas campaign was conceived, created, implemented and launched last year by Ahmed Alhindi, a young migrant student who was unable to accept the offers he received from several...
To the left - hand side there is a clock, exclamation marks and a megaphone to stress the importance of time. #TeamScotlandUN logo’s are included: Together, Children’s Parliament, Scottish Youth Parliament and Children and Young People’s Commissioners Office. To the right - hand side there is writing ‘Two years on from the’ and below ‘UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill’ and below ‘The time is now. To prioritise protections for children and young people’s rights.

Second anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill: It’s time to progress

  JustRight Scotland have signed alongside other civil society organisations a letter addressed to SNP leadership candidates calling for action as we approach the second anniversary of the passage...
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#RefugeeBanBill: What we are doing to stop the new UK Migration Bill

  JustRight Scotland has rejected the UK Government plan to proceed with a new Illegal [Migration] Bill which is due to have second reading today in the House of Commons.  We have explained the...
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JustRight Scotland: Our statement on the Migration Bill

  JustRight Scotland is deeply dismayed by the Migration Bill introduced this week by the UK Government. This Bill marks a new low in the current government’s assault on all our human rights – it...
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My first-year anniversary as Legal Caseworker for the Scottish Just Law Centre

My role at JustRight Scotland  As of the start of 2023, I have been with JustRight Scotland for a year, working as a Legal Caseworker for the Scottish Just Law Centre (SJLC). And what a year it has...
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Access to Higher Education for migrant students: Welcomed update to Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) long residency rule

  by Maisie Wilson  The Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) have just announced a payment scheme for students who were ineligible for funding due to an unlawful long residence rule.  ...