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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…

  • JOIN OUR PROTEST & SPEAKOUT: WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HERE

    📍 WHERE: Taylor House Immigration Court, 88 Rosebery Ave,London EC1R 4QU 📅 WHEN: Tuesday, 7 July ⏰ TIME: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ✊ ORGANISED BY: Global Women Against Deportations & All African Women’s Group We say NO to the government’s brutal new immigration policies that put women at even greater risk of violence, exploitation,…

  • We all have the right . . .

    📢 PROTEST: INVEST IN CARING NOT KILLING International Women’s Week Action ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏼 📍 WHERE: Taylor House Immigration Court, 88 Rosebery Ave,London EC1R4Q U📅 WHEN: Tuesday, 3 March⏰ TIME: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM🔥 ORGANISED BY: Global Women Against Deportations & All African Women’s Group We say NO to brutal immigration policies that put women at…

  • PRESS STATEMENT: Women Asylum Seekers Condemn “Earned Settlement” Proposal as Sexist, Racist and Dangerous

    Women asylum seekers from the All African Women’s Group (AAWG), together with Global Women Against Deportations (GWAD) and Women Against Rape (WAR), have submitted evidence opposing the government’s proposed “earned settlement” scheme, warning that it will deepen discrimination and push women into exploitation, violence and destitution. AAWG is a 100-strong self-help group of women asylum…

  • Submission to the Government Consultation on Earned Settlement

    Submission from the All African Women’s Group, Global Women Against Deportations and Women Against Rape’s Asylum from Rape project. Summary All African Women’s Group (AAWG), Global Women Against Deportations (GWAD) and Women Against Rape (WAR) oppose the government’s earned settlement proposal because it is inherently sexist, racist and discriminatory. It imposes conditions for permanent residence…

  • They Claimed to Protect Women and Children but they Terrorised Us

    They Claimed to Protect Women and Children but they Terrorised Us

    All African Women’s Group Speaks OutAgainst Racist Attacks The All African Women’s Group (AAWG) held a series of meeting in autumn 2025 for women to speak out about the rise in racism and far-right protests outside hotels and in public spaces over the summer. Many protesters claimed that they were protecting women and children. But…

  • Election Template Letter

    TEMPLATE LETTER TO CANDIDATE Dear [Name] I am writing to you as my prospective parliamentary candidate.  I want to know whether you will support the internationally recognised right to claim asylum for people fleeing war and persecution. [Say something about your situation here – who you are, any experience you have of the asylum system…

  • ELECTION ACTION ALERT

    ASK YOUR CANDIDATES TO SUPPORT THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED RIGHT TO CLAIM ASYLUM FOR PEOPLE FLEEING WAR AND PERSECUTION Please use our template letter below and here to email your candidates and ask where they stand on protecting the right to claim asylum and enabling people to get a fair hearing. Find your candidates email addresses…

  • Morning Star: Nationwide actions outside detention centres to end the brutal Rwanda policy.

    15 July 2022 by BETHANY RIELLY PROTESTS are being held outside detention centres across Britain this weekend to demand the government drop its “inhumane” plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. The nationwide action is aimed at sending a message of solidarity to men and women imprisoned inside the detention estate, campaigners told the Star.…