‘If you keep fishing babies out of the river, sooner or later you have to ask yourself who keeps throwing them in?’ This was the indefatigable Zrinka Bralo, CEO of Migrants Organise at a recent NACCOM ‘campaigning and advocacy’ meeting. She also had a what turned out to be […]
NACCOM Members, are you interested in advocating for changes in policy to reduce and prevent destitution? If yes, then this month we’d like to encourage you to join our free Campaigning and Advocacy Day to explore ways to evidence and campaign on key issues more effectively in […]
This month’s update comes from the Refugee Survival Trust, one of NACCOM’s members working to end destitution in Scotland. As we write, it has been a busy and difficult few days for the charity’s small team, beginning with news that the local asylum accommodation provider, Serco, is planning to […]
In 2012, Theresa May declared ‘The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration‘. Over the past few weeks the abhorrent reality of Theresa May’s hostile environment has come to surface- even my Mum was asking me about those Windrush folk […]
In response to rising levels of migrant destitution and increasing public support for refugees facing homelessness, NACCOM and Homeless Link have today launched the sector’s first ‘Hosting Toolkit’, a how-to guide helping members of the public provide spare rooms to migrants experiencing destitution. The toolkit, which is accessible […]
NACCOM Member NICRAS (Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers) last week launched ‘Living in Limbo: The Life of Refused Asylum Seekers in Northern Ireland‘, a report which identifies and addresses gaps in support within the current asylum system and calls for change. Justin Kouame, CEO of […]
One of our newest members, Thousand For 1000, a registered charity based in Brighton, share how their project started, and how they are responding to some of the challenges and opportunities that have come their way since launching just over a year ago. “One of the first things […]
