Lucy speaks to Mavis, a single mum, author, campaigner, and migrant, about coming to the UK from Jamaica as a teenager and living for decades with insecure immigration status, navigating rules and systems such as ‘no recourse to public funds’ and the ‘ten-year route’. Mavis explains how she eventually found her power and her voice and the courage to speak up in order to help and educate others.
Find out more about UK immigration policy, campaigns, and organisations mentioned in the conversation by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you!
Links
How Hostile Immigration Policies Affect Mothers and their Access to Support
Policies and research
Inclusion of migrants with irregular status
Report: experiences on the 10-year route to settlement
https://www.praxis.org.uk/briefings/experiences-on-the-10-year-route-to-settlement
Locked out of a livelihood: the case for reforming ‘no recourse to public funds.
https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/locked-out-of-a-livelihood
The ‘devastating’ impact of the 10-year process
Campaigns
Abolish Reporting Campaign
https://www.migrantsorganise.org/our-campaigns/abolish-reporting/
Regularise
Services and support
Domestic Abuse/Violence Support
https://www.haringey.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/public-health/domestic-violence-and-abuse-and-violence-against-women-and-girls/advice-and-support/organisations-offering-support
Cardinal Hume Centre
https://www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk/
Association of Christians in Counselling
Haringey Migrant Support Centre
Project 17
Lucy speaks to Mavis, a single mum, author, campaigner, and migrant, about coming to the UK from Jamaica as a teenager and living for decades with insecure immigration status, navigating rules and systems such as ‘no recourse to public funds’ and the ‘ten-year route’. Mavis explains how she eventually found her power and her voice and the courage to speak up in order to help and educate others.
Find out more about UK immigration policy, campaigns, and organisations mentioned in the conversation by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you!
Links
How Hostile Immigration Policies Affect Mothers and their Access to Support
Policies and research
Inclusion of migrants with irregular status
Report: experiences on the 10-year route to settlement
https://www.praxis.org.uk/briefings/experiences-on-the-10-year-route-to-settlement
Locked out of a livelihood: the case for reforming ‘no recourse to public funds.
https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/locked-out-of-a-livelihood
The ‘devastating’ impact of the 10-year process
Campaigns
Abolish Reporting Campaign
https://www.migrantsorganise.org/our-campaigns/abolish-reporting/
Regularise
Services and support
Domestic Abuse/Violence Support
https://www.haringey.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/public-health/domestic-violence-and-abuse-and-violence-against-women-and-girls/advice-and-support/organisations-offering-support
Cardinal Hume Centre
https://www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk/
Association of Christians in Counselling
Haringey Migrant Support Centre
Project 17