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  • SUBMISSION: TO THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON THE IMMIGRATION & ASYLUM BILL

    Dear Committee Members, Introduction We are writing jointly from the All African Women’s Group (AAWG) and Women Against Rape (WAR) to express our horror at the changes in the Immigration and Asylum Bill. We focus here on the impact on women and children and ask you to oppose this bill. We are asylum-seeking and refugee…

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  • Open Letter: Home Office guidance puts Namibian women seeking asylum at risk

    Updated open letter to the UK government calling for the Namibia Country of Origin Report, issued in December 2025, to be changed. The revised report must eliminate sexism and other discrimination and accurately reflect the experiences of women who have fled persecution in Namibia and are seeking asylum in the UK. We are a group…

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  • LETTER to all women MPs: Oppose the new Asylum & Immigration Bill

    Dear women Members of Parliament, We are writing jointly from the All African Women’s Group (AAWG) and Women Against Rape (WAR) to express our horror at the changes proposed by the Government to asylum and immigration law and policy. Some of these were outlined in the November 2025 policy statement[i], some have already been introduced and some…

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