Links to other useful sites

Asylum UK

Asylum Aid
Provides legal advice and information for campaigners and asylum seekers

Asylumlaw.org
International lawyers organisation for asylum seekers

Asylum support
Good site for information plus a downloadable publications

Bail for immigration detainees
Provides a free dedicated bail service for those detained under immigration detention

Barbed Wire Britain
Website for protests against detention centres

Community Care
Carries useful, up-to-date articles on the state of UK welfare/social care for asylum seekers and refugees

Guardian’s online reports on asylum seekers (2000)

The London Asylum Seekers Consortium
Support service run by several London councils

National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns
Coordinating webside for fighting deportations

Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
Responsible for setting standards and regulating immigration advisers as well as investigating any complaints regarding immigration advisers, including solicitors, barristers and legal executives.

OneWorld UK Campaign: asylum seekers
International reports on campaigns and policy

Oxfam
Oxfam’s site contains changing material in defence of asylum seekers

Positive Action in Housing (PAIH)
PAIH runs a refugee aid project regarding housing in Glasgow.

PressWise – The Ram Project
Media workers campaign against the media’s scapegoating of asylum seekers

Refugee Council
Government-backed national body providing legal advice and resources for asylum seekers

Scottish Asylum Seekers Consortium
Monitors the commissioning and provision of accommodation and other services for asylum seekers in Scotland

Asylum international

Amnesty International’s US campaign on refugees
Good site for information from the US

Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Ireland
News and reports from Ireland

The Refugee Action Collective of Victoria, Australia
Defending asylum seekers in Australia

General anti-racist

Amnesty International
International campaign for human rights

Campaign Against Racism & Fascism
National campaign fighting racism

National Assembly Against Racism
Trade union sponsored campaign

National Civil Rights Movement
Campaign defending victims of police persecution and racism

Unite Against Fascism
A national campaign which aims to alert British society to the rising threat of the extreme right gaining an electoral foothold in this country, in particular the British National Party (BNP).