Resources for Refugees
Legal Advice
The websites listed are links to organizations that provide advice on understanding the asylum-process, getting legal support, accessing asylum-support, getting help once you’ve been granted the refugee status, resettlement and trafficking. The advice can be in person, over the phone, one-to-one, group advice over the phone, or in drop-in centres.
General Legal Representation
Helen Bamber Foundation (Camden, London): Strong legal representation of clients, provides advice with the clients’ instructed lawyer http://www.helenbamber.org/our-services/legal/(contact info: http://www.helenbamber.org/referrals/)
Resources for people with Refugee status
Refugee Council (East England, London, Barnsley): Advice for people who have obtained the refugee status https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/get-support/contact-a-service-team/(contact info: https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/get-support/contact-a-service-team/)
Refugee Action (Bradford): Help with registering for housing and benefits for those who have been granted permission to stay https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/advice-health-therapeutic-services/(contact info at the bottom of the page https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/advice-health-therapeutic-services/Address: 40a Piccadilly, Bradford, BD1 3NN /Phone: 01274 924982)
Asylum advice
Refugee action (Great Manchester): Provides legaladvice, helps asylum seekers understand the process they are going through, prepare for the Home Office interview and supports people who want to appeal their asylum decision https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/increasing-asylum-justice/(contact info at the bottom of the following page: https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/get-support/contact-a-service-team/)
Refugee Action (Liverpool and Merseyside): Group sessions that help asylum seekers understandthe asylum process, their rights within it and where to go for help + one to one supports through highly trained Asylum Guide volunteers who meet regularly with the asylum seekers throughout their asylum support (only for some cases). https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/asylum-outreach-support-project/(contact info at the bottom of the following page: https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/get-support/contact-a-service-team/)
Refugee action(Birmingham, Coventry, and Stoke-on-Trent):Help for destitute people to access Home Office or Local Authority; Support for people unable to leave the UK and people who have ongoing asylum issues to resolve after being refused asylum (understand their rights and appeal against a refusal) https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/asylum-crisis-project-birmingham/(contact info at the bottom of the following page: https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/asylum-crisis-project-birmingham/)
Refugee Action (Bradford): advice on immigration status and information about entitlement to benefits (including Home Office support) and housing advice. https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/advice-health-therapeutic-services/(contact info at the bottom of the page https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/advice-health-therapeutic-services/Address: 40a Piccadilly, Bradford, BD1 3NN /Phone: 01274 924982)
Barnet Refugee Service (Barnet, London) (every other Wednesday of the month) : Legal immigration advice provided by solicitors http://www.b-r-s.org.uk/our-services/visiting-solicitor/(contact info: http://www.b-r-s.org.uk/our-services/visiting-solicitor/)
West London Welcome Drop-in centre (Hammersmith, London) (Thursday from 9:30am to 4pm): Advice from lawyers on immigration https://westlondonwelcome.com(contact info: email hello@westlondonwelcome.com/ call 07512789542/ Hammersmith Quaker Meeting House, 20 Nigel Playfair Avenue, London, W6 9JY)
Caras (Tooting, London): Volunteers spend at least 1 hour on the phone to help people to understand their options when it comes to a range of issues including: bills, debt, housing, welfare and legal [immigration] problems. http://caras.org.uk/what-we-do/casework/(book an appointment 24 hours in advance at +44 (0)208 767 5378)
Haringey Migrant Drop-in Support Centre (Haringey, London) (Monday between 11 am and 1 pm): Advice on immigration, housing and welfare issues (bring all relevant documents) https://haringeymsc.org/the-drop-in/(St John Vianney Church Hall, 386 West Green Road, N15 3QL) (email: info@haringeymsc.org/ call 07544078332)
Hackney Migrant Drop-in Centre (Hackney, London): Advice and casework on immigration https://hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk/drop-in/(St Mark's Rise, Dalston, London E8 2LJ) (contact info: https://hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk/contact-us/)
Housing and finances
Refugee Action (Great Manchester): provides individuals who are waiting for a decision on their asylum claim / those who have had their first asylum claim rejected but are unable to return to their home country with assistance to access housing and financial https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/increasing-asylum-justice/(contact info at the bottom of the following page: https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/get-support/contact-a-service-team/)
Refugee action (London):Provides advice, casework and advocacy to asylum seekers on how to access asylum support (accommodation and/or financial support) https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/asylum-crisis-project/(contact info at the bottom of the following page: https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/asylum-crisis-project/)
Refugee Action (Bradford): Information about entitlement to benefits (including Home Office support) and housing advice https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/advice-health-therapeutic-services/(contact info at the bottom of the page https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/advice-health-therapeutic-services/Address: 40a Piccadilly, Bradford, BD1 3NN / Phone: 01274 924982)
West London Welcome Drop-in (Hammersmith, London) (Thursday from 9:30am to 4pm): Advice from lawyers on housing https://westlondonwelcome.com(contact info: email hello@westlondonwelcome.com/ call 07512789542/ Hammersmith Quaker Meeting House, 20 Nigel Playfair Avenue, London, W6 9JY)
Haringey Migrant Drop-in Support Centre (Haringey, London) (Monday between 11 am and 1 pm): Advice on immigration, housing and welfare issues (bring all relevant documents) https://haringeymsc.org/the-drop-in/(St John Vianney Church Hall, 386 West Green Road, N15 3QL) (email: info@haringeymsc.org/ call 07544078332)
Hackney Migrant Drop-in Centre (Hackney, London): Advice and casework on homelessness and destitution, poverty relief Hackney Migrant Drop-in Centre: Advice and casework on immigration https://hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk/drop-in/(St Mark's Rise, Dalston, London E8 2LJ) (contact info: https://hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk/contact-us/)
Resettlement
Refugee Council (Sheffield, Hull, Leads, London) : Resettlement Teams
(contact info : https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/get-support/contact-a-service-team/)
Trafficking
British Red Cross: Advice on what to do next and where to get more help if you have been trafficked https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-help/get-help-as-a-refugee(contact info: antitrafficking@redcross.org.uk)
Helen Bamber Foundation (Camden, London) (over 18):Provides expert (General Practitioners/GPs, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychologists) care and support for survivors of torture, human trafficking and extreme human cruelty http://www.helenbamber.org/our-services/counter-trafficking/(contact info: http://www.helenbamber.org/referrals/)