Proving your residency – Written by Jack Yates, RMC Senior Caseworker With every right to settle in the UK, Dancho struggled to prove his residency and get back into the system due to finding himself homeless and unable to pass the Habitual Residency Test. Arriving at RMC His social worker had bought him to the[…]
Mental Health on the Brink – Article written by Saqib Ali Khan and edited by Mandy Mackereth One in four people in the UK will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. In 2024, 15.5% of UK adults reported their mental health as “bad” or “the worst it’s ever been,” underscoring the[…]
Abed and Babk arrived in the UK, having supported the British Army as part of the Special Forces in Afghanistan. The support provided from the ESOL team at RMC transformed their lives and help break down many barriers to their integration. *names within the story have been changed In 2021, Abed, and Babak were accepted[…]
Written by Saqib Ali Khan & Jasmyn Dixon, edited by Steven Bayliss for International Literacy Day 2024 “Worldwide, 765 million adults still cannot read and write, two thirds of them women, and 250 million children are failing to acquire basic literacy skills.”(UNESCO,2024) World Literacy Day Every September 8th, UNESCO celebrates World Literacy Day, a global[…]
For many of us, the concept of home evokes a sense of comfort, security, and belonging. It’s a place where we feel safe, where our loved ones are, and where memories are made. However, for refugees, the idea of home can be complex and fraught with emotion. As people who have been forced to flee[…]
Every time someone starts a fundraiser, a community comes closer together. Every bake sale, every fun run, all helps make a difference to real people, with real lives. RMC’s doors are open to help people navigate through those difficult times, to provide guidance and advice and to help people settle and build a life in[…]
The 17 – 23rd June 2024 marked Refugee Week with celebrations taking place across the country. This year RMC was out and about with a full schedule of activities including talks, workshops, stalls and events across Birmingham and the Black Country. What is Refugee Week? Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival[…]
The Home office are introducing eVisas as standard and are moving to a ‘digital by default’ border and immigration system by 2025. As part of this, the Home Office is replacing physical immigration documents with a digital proof of immigration status (an eVisa), for those already living in the UK but also for those applying[…]
Overview on the safety of Rwanda Act 2024 On the 25th of April the Safety for Rwanda (Immigration and Asylum) Act 2024 became law. At the same time the UK-Rwanda Treaty was ratified. According to this Act, all decision makers including the Secretary of State, Home Office caseworkers and Courts and Tribunals must conclusively treat Rwanda[…]
Written by RMC Immigration Department Manager, Danai Papachristopoulou In the last two years, we have seen several changes in the immigration rules, increases in application fees, changes to the legal requirements and three asylum bills going though Parliament. All these ongoing changes have created a range of barriers which impacts our clients when trying to[…]
Assisting refugees and migrants through crisis and disadvantage, by removing barriers to their integration and enabling them to become equal citizens.