April 10, 2020
Reporting centres temporarily closed
Reporting as a condition of immigration bail is temporarily paused. Check the government website if you need to contact your reporting centre.
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April 10, 2020
Changes to Asylum policy and practice
Check this page on Refugee Council website to get all the changes in Resettlement policy and practice in response to Covid-19.
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April 10, 2020
Coronavirus advice in 44 languages
Check Doctors Of The World’s website to get information about Covid-19 in many different languages
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January 3, 2020
HMSC on Threads Radio
On 15 December 2019, Threads Radio kindly invited HMSC to participate in a two hours programme on the work of the Centre and on general issues affecting migrants in the UK.
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July 16, 2019
Adowa*’s story
Adowa came to the UK from Ghana a few years ago to join her
husband. Things did now work out, and they divorced. He returned to Ghana, and
Adowa had to struggle to survive on her own. At her church, Adowa met a woman
who asked her to clean her house. Then she said Adowa could stay there in a
small room.
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July 10, 2019
Yaa’s story
Yaa* didn’t know anyone when she first arrived in the UK. When she became pregnant, she had nowhere to go. She met a woman who let her stay with her, but after a couple of months she was asked to move on. Yaa found a single room to rent, and the father of her baby provided some financial support initially, but once the baby was born, he left her to cope on her own.
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July 2, 2019
Ella’s story
Ella* was a teenager when she moved from Ghana to the UK. She came here with her mum and siblings to join her dad who had moved here some years previously. Once here, she studied at college and was working too. However, when Ella’s visa expired, it meant she couldn’t study or work anymore.
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June 26, 2019
Pearl’s story
Pearl* came to London from Nigeria over a decade ago to stay with her aunt. When her visa expired, she tried to renew it, but it was refused. Pearl had a daughter and later tried to register her as a British citizen, but this was refused too. When Pearl’s mum became seriously ill in Nigeria, Pearl was unable to visit her.
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June 17, 2019
Briony’s story
HMSC’s volunteer Rachel has been meeting with current and former visitors in order to write case studies and give everyone a better sense of what visitors go through. Here is Briony’s story*.
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May 8, 2019
“They do care”
We often lack the time to collect testimonies from our
visitors and to convey the words of gratitude or happy news that we receive,
beyond the daily hardships and frustrations. Our volunteer Rachel is taking
time to meet with former or current visitors and to listen to their stories.
Here is one account of Elizabeth, a visitor who knows our centre very well.
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May 1, 2019
All welcome!
On 26 March 2019, HMSC volunteers Alison and Chris took part in ‘All Welcome!’, an event organised by campaign group Haringey Welcome.
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December 11, 2018
HMSC CHRISTMAS APPEAL 2018
Dear Friends and Supporters,
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May 10, 2017
Hidden poverty in a ‘hostile environment’
by Fred Searle
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