PAFRAS’s quarterly newsletter contains information on the organisation’s activities as well as news and opinion on current asylum policy and practice in the UK. It also provides updates on staffing and volunteering changes and specific requests for urgently needed donations. Click on a newsletter title (e.g. Newsletter 18) to download it.
Newsletter 31
Summer 2013
- Destitution in Leeds: Deputation to the City Council
- To Walk in Your Shoes — the photographs, plus an exciting new project for PAFRAS clients
- Fundraising Thanks
- Forthcoming events
Newsletter 30
- PAFRAS Turns 10
- On Destitution, Glasgow and Bristol show the way
- New Patron: Lemn Sissay
- Students Go Coast to Coast for PAFRAS
Newsletter 29
- Chaos at the UKBA
- Reverand Canon Alan Taylor — Our Thanks
- New Barriers to Volunteering for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- Wharf Chambers Fundraiser News
- PAFRAS Runners
- Harvest 2012
Newsletter 28
- No Justice for Jimmy Mubenga
- Asylum Seeker Housing News
- Chris Manning
- Wharf Chambers Fundraiser News
- Ramadan 2012
Newsletter 27
- Volunteering and well-being, Lora Evans
- Changing Perspectives, David Keogh
- A day in the life of the drop-in, Sara Magari
All photos courtesy of Joe.
Newsletter 26
- Profile: Ramzi Hana
- Introducing AJAR
- Partnerships
- Women at PAFRAS
- New Mental Health Worker
Newsletter 25
- PAFRAS Christmas
- Iranian Embassy Closure
- Fundraising News
- IAS Closure Update
Newsletter 24
- After Case Resolution: A legacy of unconcluded cases and traumatised asylum seekers
- Racist and inadequately trained: Inspection by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons finds forced removals escorts lacking
- UPDATE: Legal Aid in Leeds
- Our Thanks
- Fundraising News
- Kitchen Worker Needed
Newsletter 23
- PAFRAS Braced for Cuts
- Leeds’s “Only” Legal Aid Provider for Asylum Cases Closes
- Staff Changes At PAFRAS
- Our Thanks
- Urgent Appeal for Donations
- Kitchen Worker Needed
Newsletter 22
- ESOL Provision Under Threat
- Lindholme IRC Criticised by Prisons Inspectorate
- Mission Accomplished — Jim Rowland completes his half-marathon (and more than doubles his fund-raising target)
- Another Chance to See Charles Peck’s Photography
- Volunteers Needed!
Newsletter 21
- Rainbow Hearts Project
- Run a Mile in these Shoes!
- Exhibition: Everyday Life in A War Zone
Newsletter 20
- New Report, The Wages of Fear: Risk, safety and undocumented work
- New PAFRAS Briefing, Where now for Justice? Legal Aid in West Yorkshire
- Celebrating Christmas, and our volunteers
- Imprisoned and exploited: the immigration detainees who work for next to nothing
Newsletter 19
- Father of five killed during forced deportation from the UK
- 79% of asylum seekers are wrongly refused Legal Aid at appeal
- New Pafras Website
Newsletter 18
- Strawberries and Song: fund-raising for PAFRAS
- Child Detention Not Ended: the detention of children for immigration purposes continues
- No Access to Justice: Legal Aid cuts
Newsletter 17
- The Archbishop of York visits PAFRAS drop-in
- New rules for Fresh Claims
- Refugee & Migrant Justice is forced into Administration
- 60 second interview with Ann Sargent, Red Cross Caseworker at the PAFRAS drop-in
Newsletter 16
- Urgent appeal for donations
- Staff changes at PAFRAS
- Healthcare Policy Update
