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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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  • SUBMISSION TO GOVERNMENT ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE IMMIGRATION APPEALS SYSTEM

    All African Women’s Group and Women Against Rape, May 2026 Executive Summary This submission is made jointly by All African Women’s Group (AAWG) and Women Against Rape (WAR). We oppose proposals which reduce appeal rights, accelerate appeals, create a single appeal route, or weaken the independence of immigration appeals. Our experience supporting women asylum seekers…

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