TAKE ACTION!
RESOURCES & ACTIONS to fight for asylum rights
WRITE TO YOUR MP with a blueprint for an asylum system that works for all of us
Keep the pressure up by sharing the blueprint with your MP for building a more effective, cheaper and more humane system
Sign the refugee-led petition to scrap the 20-year wait
Add your name to the petition led by refugees and asylum seekers (supported by Asylum Matters and Birch) to tell the Home Secretary to scrap the 20-year wait for settlement that will leave refugees in limbo
Engaging local council(s) in the fight for asylum rights
Guide: how to ask your local council to fight the new anti-refugee laws
Click below for a guide on how to ask your local council to join the fight for asylum rights and push back on the new anti-refugee laws!
Template council motion
Click below for a template motion local councils can pass to join the fight for asylum rights and push back on the new anti-refugee laws, joining the councils up and down the country who have already done so!
Template letter you can send to your local councillor(s)
Click below for a template letter you can send to your local councillor(s) to ask them to join the fight for asylum rights and push back on the new anti-refugee laws!
Follow-up template council motion
Click below for a follow-up template motion local councils who have already signed up to the Fight for Asylum Rights pledge can table to recommit to the fight and push back on the new anti-refugee laws!
The pledge
Sign the Fight for Asylum Rights pledge
We believe that people seeking protection from war and persecution should be welcomed and that everyone’s claim for asylum should be treated equally and fairly.
We believe that the UK should offer sanctuary to those who need it. That’s why we’re taking a stand for asylum rights.
We pledge to:
Defend the right to seek safety from war and persecution in the UK
Speak out against attempts to criminalise and punish those who make their own way to safety
Challenge the anti-refugee laws, policies and rhetoric which risk the lives and well-being of people
Work towards a refugee protection system that treats all people with dignity and compassion.
Download the fight the anti-refugee laws resources
Stop Border Violence
Sign the Petition
Sign the petition to Stop Border Violence and demand a statutory public inquiry into the UK Government’s role in deadly violence at the UK border, organised by our partners Humans for Rights Network and Project Play, whose research has found that UK funding and policy is responsible for records deaths and violence at the UK/French border.
Solidarity not Strangers
Sign the statement
Sign the Solidarity not Stranger statement and commit to standing in solidarity with those seeking safety and other minoritised groups under attack by the politics of division.