More than 40 human rights organisations have condemned the Home Office's introduction of 24-hour GPS monitoring of people on immigration bail in an expansion of surveillance powers that has involved no consultation process. Read the article in The Guardian here

LD4SOS want alternatives to immigration detention in the UK as explained in our policy here

The Together With Refugees Coalition Campaign was launched last week and the orange symbol 🧡 was spread on social media. Over 160 organisations and individuals posted on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

The campaign objectives are to shift the media and public narrative, harness momentum and our support base and develop political support so that in the longer term the system change that is so desperately needed happens.

Right to Remain have launched their new look Toolkit website. The Toolkit is a step-by-step guide to the UK asylum and immigration system.

It's taken a lot of research, talking to users and potential users, designing, writing, redesigning, rewriting and now it's out into the world!

To find out what has changed (and what hasn't - why fix what isn't broken?) you can read Right to Remain's blog post here:

This Guardian article, "Cruel, paranoid, failing: inside the Home Office" puts together and highlights the many ways in which the Home Office is a disgrace in what is supposed to be a civilised and democratic country.

The "cruel and paranoid" culture of the Home Office is not going to be able to be tweaked with a change of Minister, or even Government. It needs radical change, removing decision making from political control so it is done with justice and fairness for those seeking sanctuary in the UK.