No Small Victories: Community Tales of Resistance

Lucy speaks to Marcela Navarrete, an immigration solicitor and partner at Wilsons Solicitors in Tottenham about immigration and asylum laws in the UK. Follow the links below to learn more about these issues, legal frameworks and the corrosive effects of the UK's hostile environment policies have on our communities. If you are facing removal or deportation, you can find advice here. Please note this episode was recorded before the government’s changes on to the nationality 'good character' requirement which will refuse citizenship to anyone arriving in the UK 'illegally,' regardless of how long ago this occurred. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Instagram and Bluesky @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Afghanistan: judge hunted by Taliban wins court case against UK government Joint briefing – securing access to justice: the need for legal aid in immigration Keir Starmer’s Reform-lite strategy reaches breaking point Lights, camera, and a new low: why is the government making Deportation TV ‘Workers are being employed as indentured labour’ At least one in ten children in care is non-British and faces an uncertain future unless immigration status is resolved The impact of forced family separation on a child The 3 Million – EU citizens’ issues Inside the Home Office spin room New anti-refugee bill before parliament People smugglers aren’t terrorists and ‘smashing the gangs’ won’t work

Lucy talks to Ghassan Ghaben, a lawyer and member of the British Palestinian Committee about the Gaza Families Reunited campaign and the mutual aid group, Reviving Gaza. Follow the links below to find out about Gaza Families Reunited, Reviving Gaza and other issues discussed in the episode. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter or Bluesky @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Links Reviving Gaza: water aid ‘24 Reviving Gaza Instagram page Reviving Gaza Just Giving page Write to your MP: Gaza family scheme Gaza Families Reunited Instagram page Gaza Families Reunited X page Will my family still be alive when I wake up? Justice, freedom and international law: a new policy framework for the UK government on Palestine RAMFEL new report on the UK’s broken family reunion system The BBC’s Civil War Over Gaza – Owen Jones Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 and June 2024, analysis suggests Traumatic Injury Mortality in the Gaza Strip from October 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture-recapture analysis Caabu Palestine resources 100 Years Since Balfour

Marissa Begonia, Director of The Voice of Domestic Workers, speaks to Lucy about her life as a domestic worker and her campaign for domestic workers' rights. Follow the links below to find out more about Marissa's journey and The Voice of Domestic Workers as well as issues relating to the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa and the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter or Bluesky @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Links Marissa Begonia: the invisible workforce – my fight for migrant domestic workers in the UK (Being the Story speech) Hard Graft: work, health and rights (Wellcome Collection) The Voice of Domestic Workers Channel 4 News report: The domestic slaves rescued from London’s richest streets Visa system forces care workers to stay silent on rape and abuse UK’s richest family convicted of exploiting servants The NRM: no substitute for workers’ rights Kalayaan: The National Referral Mechanism – near breaking point Immigration crackdown sees British modern slavery victims imprisoned Unite the Union: United Migrant Workers Education Programme Covid-19 music fundraiser for domestic workers

Lucy talks to Vincent Okosodo, an entrepreneur, campaigner and Nigerian migrant about his long and painful journey through the UK's hostile immigration system. Follow the links below to find out more about the issues and policies mentioned in this podcast, including the mental health cost of current migration policies in the UK, and to learn more about Centaville, a Nigerian social enterprise that Vincent founded. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter or Bluesky @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Links Home Office urged to scrap long, expensive and ‘racist’ visa route Over 60 NGOs call for urgent changes to immigration legal aid Stemming the tide: the case for demarketising the legal aid sector State violence and distress: the false separation between migrant justice and mental health Trauma, mental health and migration Centaville

Lucy speaks to Nanou Thassinda, a community activist with Migrants Organise, about her campaign work and her experience of migrating to the UK from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Follow the links below to find out more about Migrants Organise, the campaigns mentioned in this podcast and the Democratic Republic of Congo. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Campaigns, Resources and Context Migrants Organise campaigns Immigration reporting: Home Office refuses to suspend reporting during far-right mobilisations #Homes4All campaign JCWI Access to Justice toolkit Room to Heal Legal Aid Over half the people seeking asylum are now unable to access a legal aid lawyer Government faces legal action over legal aid crisis The Democratic Republic of Congo Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo Human Rights Watch report: Democratic Republic of Congo Further information about Nanou’s father, H. Thassinda Uba Thassinda https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3339591g https://www.overdrive.com/media/10859687/zaire-les-princes-de-linvisible

We're back! No Small Victories returns from the summer break with a very special episode about a hotel for asylum seekers in Haringey and its closure. We meet and hear from those who lived and worked in the hotel, as well as the community who campaigned to support its residents. Follow the links below to find out more about the events and organisations mentioned in this podcast . To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on twitter/X @HaringeyWelcome. Please visit Prevent Refugee Homelessness in Haringey Crowdfunder to find out more about our work with the Museum of Homelessness and donate if you can. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Links: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Yvette Cooper’s Post-Rwanda Immigration Plans The asylum king: how one man has made millions from Britain’s broken immigration system e-visa problems UK Immigration Strategy Increases risk of exploitation say charities ‘We sacrificed everything we had’: seasonal workers left without jobs after Home Office decision Haringey Migrant Justice Coalition letter to Clearsprings Haringey Migrant Justice Coalition statement on the hotel closure Video of unannounced insecticide spraying at the hotel Haringey Migrant Support Centre Haringey Community Action Network

A special message to No Small Victories Podcast listeners Haringey Welcome Statement on Violence Across the UK https://haringeywelcome.org/2024/08/05/haringey-welcome-statement-on-riots/ To learn more about No Small Victories and Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com

Lucy talks to Martin Newell, a Catholic Priest and social activist about his work for migrant justice in Haringey for the London Catholic Worker, including his involvement in Giuseppe Conlon House, a home for destitute migrants in North London. Follow the links below to find out more about the London Catholic Worker and Giuseppe Conlon House as well as the issues and organisations mentioned in this podcast. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Martin Newell – Wikipedia London Catholic Worker Giuseppe Conlon House The Passionists Legacy Programme (cancelled in 2012) No Recourse to Public Funds The Windrush Scandal Right to Rent Check What are the 10- and 20-year rules on long residence? Campaign Against the Arms Trade

Lucy talks to ‘Ahmed’, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan who worked for NATO until 2021. He explains why he fled his country and what sustains him in his quest for safety as he navigates the UK’s cruel, hostile environment policies. Follow the links below to find out more about Afghanistan and the challenges Afghan refugees face in finding safety in the UK today . To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Afghanistan Instability in Afghanistan, Council of Foreign Relations Amnesty International, Afghanistan Report UNHCR: Afghanistan Crisis Channel 4 documentary series: Evacuation Refugees from Afghanistan Afghanistan refugees at risk of deportation to Rwanda A tale of two protection systems: Afghan and Ukranian Refugees Lead by Donkeys ‘Every single refugee has a story’ Secret pause on Afghan resettlement schemes From Our Own Correspondent (BBC): Afghan migrants in limbo in Pakistan Useful Resources Right to Remain Toolkit Migrants Organise: We Keep Each Other Safe! Rwanda Resources and Actions

Lucy talks to Tonya Mavri about her work with children and families for Caris Haringey and her memories of growing up in Tottenham in the 1980s and 1990s. Please visit Caris Haringey to find out more and consider donating here. Follow the links below to find out more about the issues and organisations mentioned in this podcast . To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Historic England – Racism and Resistance https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/another-england/a-brief-history/racism-and-resistance/ Citizens Advice – No Recourse to Public Funds https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/our-work/our-campaigns/policy-campaigns/no-recourse-to-public-funds/ Locked Out of a Livelihood – The Case for Reforming “No Recourse to Public Funds” https://www.ippr.org/articles/locked-out-of-a-livelihood Homes4all campaign Homes4all

Welcome to Season 2 of No Small Victories! In this first episode , Lucy speaks to Rossana Leal, Founder and CEO of The Refugee Buddy Project and a refugee who arrived in Britain from Chile in the 1970s. Recorded at the end of 2023, fifty years after the violent right-wing Chilean coup toppled Salvador Allende's democratic government and brought a 17-year dictatorship to power, Rossana reflects on how the past, and the welcome her and her family received as refugees in Scotland, has informed her work for migrant justice and building community through art and culture. Please visit The Refugee Buddy Project to find out more and consider donating to the project! Follow the links below to find out more about Chile, Chilean exile and Britain's connection as well as the organisations and places mentioned in this podcast . To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Chile 'Half a Century After His Death, Salvador Allende is Still Present Among Us' by Victor Figueroa for Jacobin 'Letters as a Lifeline to Chile' by Gloria Miqueles 'Memory is a Political Act' by Isabel Cortes for Four Corners 'The Chilean Coup at 50: An Interview with Mike Gatehouse' for Tribune Magazine Resistance, Rights and Refuge: Britain and Chile 50 Years after the Chilean Coup Solidarity Knows No Borders https://sknb.org/ Making home: the world in Brick Lane https://beyondbanglatown.org.uk/globe/making-home-the-world-in-brick-lane/

In this episode, we remember the remarkable but tragic life of Sharif Barko, long term resident of Haringey, friend and supporter of Haringey Welcome, and a Sudanese refugee from Darfur’s Massaleit community, who was tragically killed on a family visit to Darfur in January 2021. Through Sharif’s story we explore the wider context of conflict and genocide in Darfur and Sudan over the past two decades, and Britain’s failure of responsibility towards Sudanese migrants and refugees. Find out more about Sharif, Darfur, Sudan, and the UK’s broken asylum system by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sharif Barko Sharif Barko 1961-2021 https://vjgrove.wixsite.com/sharifbarko Sharif Barko HMDT educational resource https://www.hmd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sharif-Barkos-life-story.pdf Organisations Waging Peace https://wagingpeace.info/ Articles Sudanese refugees face deportation from UK as government fails to set up safe and legal routes https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sudan-war-refugees-uk-small-boats-b2326453.html Sudan is at risk of unravelling from decades of injustice https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/sudan-unravelling-from-decades-injustice Reports and briefings Genocide: all over again in Darfur? APPG Sudan report April 2023 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cI2LmXRdwBdWR8OtZIN9Jnws8gXI0U5c/view JCWI ‘Illegal Migration” Bill 2023 Briefing https://www.jcwi.org.uk/illegal-migration-bill-2023-briefing Music Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast By noori & His Dorpa Band https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/beja-power-electric-soul-brass-from-sudans-red-sea-coast Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour: The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan By Abu Obaida Hassan https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/abu-obaida-hassan-his-tambour-the-shaigiya-sound-of-sudan

Lucy speaks to Mavis, a single mum, author, campaigner, and migrant, about coming to the UK from Jamaica as a teenager and living for decades with insecure immigration status, navigating rules and systems such as ‘no recourse to public funds’ and the ‘ten-year route’. Mavis explains how she eventually found her power and her voice and the courage to speak up in order to help and educate others. Find out more about UK immigration policy, campaigns, and organisations mentioned in the conversation by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Links How Hostile Immigration Policies Affect Mothers and their Access to Support https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2023/04/21/how-hostile-immigration-policies-affect-mothers-and-their-access-to-support/ Policies and research Inclusion of migrants with irregular status https://web.archive.org/web/20181019094407/http://citiesofmigration.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Building-Inclusive-Cities_APRIL30_Final.pdf Report: experiences on the 10-year route to settlement https://www.praxis.org.uk/briefings/experiences-on-the-10-year-route-to-settlement Locked out of a livelihood: the case for reforming ‘no recourse to public funds. https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/locked-out-of-a-livelihood The ‘devastating’ impact of the 10-year process https://www.ippr.org/news-and-media/press-releases/revealed-the-devastating-impact-of-10-year-process-endured-by-thousands-on-course-to-settle-in-uk Campaigns Abolish Reporting Campaign https://www.migrantsorganise.org/our-campaigns/abolish-reporting/ Regularise https://regularise.org/ Services and support Domestic Abuse/Violence Support https://www.haringey.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/public-health/domestic-violence-and-abuse-and-violence-against-women-and-girls/advice-and-support/organisations-offering-support Cardinal Hume Centre https://www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk/ Association of Christians in Counselling https://www.acc-uk.org/ Haringey Migrant Support Centre https://haringeymsc.org/ Project 17 https://www.project17.org.uk/ Praxis https://www.praxis.org.uk/

Lucy speaks to Mulugeta, Resettlement Support Worker at Haringey Council, about his experience of growing up in war-torn Eritrea, of travelling for two years in search of sanctuary, and finally of enduring the challenges of the UK’s hostile asylum system. Mulugeta shares his love of education and commitment to community development, which have allowed him to find growth and purpose since settling in the UK. Find out more about human rights in Eritrea, and the UK’s asylum system by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Amnesty Eritrea country report 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/east-africa-the-horn-and-great- lakes/eritrea/report-eritrea/ The Hostile Environment explained https://www.jcwi.org.uk/the-hostile-environment-explained What would a safe, accessible, effective asylum system look like? https://www.jcwi.org.uk/what-would-a-safe-accessible-effective-asylum-system-look-like%20

Lucy speaks to Abdulrahman Bdiwi, Lived Experience Involvement Officer at Breaking Barriers, about his experience of starting a new life in Britain after coming here via the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme. In a remarkably honest and revealing conversation, Abdulrahman describes the many challenges he and his family have lived through and how he has set about successfully building a new life. You can find out more about the organisations Abdulrahman mentions by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Organisations mentioned by Abdulrahman Breaking Barriers https://breaking-barriers.co.uk/ Safe Passage https://www.safepassage.org.uk/ British Red Cross https://www.redcross.org.uk/ Citizens UK https://www.citizensuk.org/ Voices Network https://www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/how-we-support-refugees/voices-network Further information Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) for Syrian refugees (now closed) https://www.unhcr.org/uk/news/latest/2021/3/6059f1fd4/the-uks-syria-resettlement-progamme-looking-back-and-ahead.ht The Hostile Environment explained https://www.jcwi.org.uk/the-hostile-environment-explained Right to Remain toolkit https://righttoremain.org.uk/toolkit/ Refugee resettlement facts https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/information/refugee-asylum-facts/refugee-resettlement-facts/ ‘What Would a safe, accessible, effective asylum system look like?’ https://www.jcwi.org.uk/what-would-a-safe-accessible-effective-asylum-system-look-like Amnesty International Syria report 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/syria/report-syria/

Lucy speaks to Revd Matt Lunn, Minister at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, about how, together with Rabbi David Mason of Muswell Hill Synagogue, he set up Muswell Hill Welcomes, a support initiative for asylum seekers and refugees in the area. Follow the links below to find out more about Muswell Hill Methodist Church and Muswell Hill Welcomes. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website: https://haringeywelcome.org/ Or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Muswell Hill Methodist Church https://mhmc.org.uk/ Muswell Hill Welcomes Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/muswellhillwelcomes

Lucy speaks to Dr Latefa Guemar about her personal and professional experience of the UK’s asylum and immigration system. They discuss Latefa’s forthcoming book, Algerian Women and Diasporic Experience (September 2023). You can find out about the UK’s complex asylum and immigration system and other topics mentioned by Latefa by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome, please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Dr Latefa Guemar https://www.uel.ac.uk/about-uel/staff/dr-latefa-guemar Soleiman Adel Guemar https://palewellpress.co.uk/Author-Adel%20Guemar.html The Hostile Environment explained https://www.jcwi.org.uk/the-hostile-environment-explained 1951 Refugee Convention https://www.unhcr.org/uk/1951-refugee-convention.html Arrest of Algerian journalist 24 December 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/16/daughter-of-algerian-journalist-ihsane-el-kadi-arrested-on-christmas-eve-calls-for-his-release Policies mentioned Rwanda plan https://freemovement.org.uk/the-rwanda-refugee-deal-is-a-distraction-from-the-real-issues-in-the-asylum-system/ No Recourse to Public Funds https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/our-work/our-campaigns/policy-campaigns/no-recourse-to-public-funds/ NHS Healthy Start https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/ Useful links for migrants and refugees Haringey Migrant Support Centre https://haringeymsc.org/ Migrants Organise https://www.migrantsorganise.org/ Right to Remain toolkit https://righttoremain.org.uk/toolkit/ London Renters Union https://londonrentersunion.org/demands/ Women for Refugee Women https://www.refugeewomen.co.uk/ Asylum Justice https://www.asylumjustice.org.uk/ Swansea Asylum Seekers Support https://sass.wales/ Lewisham Refugee & Migrant Network https://www.lrmn.org.uk/ Articles on resettlement and asylum ‘What Would a safe, accessible, effective asylum system look like?’ ‘Scheme bringing lone child refugees to safety in UK ends’ ‘UK government urged to honour pledge to Afghan refugees’ families’

Lucy speaks to Alison Davy about Community Cook Up in Northumberland Park and its ethos: solidarity not charity. They talk about the importance of providing a safe, friendly environment for people to meet and about the magic food offers to bring people together. You can find out more about the Community Cook Up by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work, please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Community Cook Up https://www.facebook.com/CommunityCookUp/ https://www.instagram.com/communitycookup_tottenham/?hl=en Support Community Cook Up’s “Essential Costs” campaign https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/abi-kingston-1?utm_term=K3zbPkjjq Hannah Norton Community Cook Up Photojournalism https://www.hannahnorton.com/community-cook-up The Hostile Environment explained https://www.jcwi.org.uk/the-hostile-environment-explained

Lucy speaks to Joel from Haringey Anti-Raids about the development of the Anti-Raids Network and their activities in Haringey. How can immigration raids be resisted and what rights do those being targeted have? They also discuss plans to protest removal of asylum seekers from a Haringey hotel to the notorious Napier Barracks. The protest took place on the same day as Lucy’s interview with Joel. You can find out more about the Anti-Raids Network and what happened after our interview by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work, please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Haringey Anti-Raids on Twitter: @HaringeyAR How to set up an Anti-Raids group in your area: http://antiraids.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/anti-raids-zine.pd f Anti-Raids Network: https://antiraids.net/about/ What happened next in Haringey: https://haringeycommunitypress.co.uk/2022/12/21/protest-against-home-offices-removal-of-muswell-hill-asylum-seekers/ The Glasgow Girls (requires Vimeo account): https://vimeo.com/47646327 The Hostile Environment explained https://www.jcwi.org.uk/the-hostile-environment-explained

Leyla Laksari, CEO of Living Under One Sun in Tottenham, tells Lucy about her arrival in the UK from Iran in 1976, her work with migrant communities and the importance of collective space, friendship and belonging. They discuss how land, food and creativity can foster wellbeing, how much we can learn from each other and why we are stronger together. At the end of our conversation, Leyla recalls an anecdote that took place with her father in 1978, when she was still adjusting to life in the UK and before the revolution took place in Iran. You can find out more about Living Under One Sun and current events in Iran by following the links below. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work, please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Living Under One Sun https://www.livingunderonesun.co.uk/ Article in The Lead about Iran protests https://thelead.uk/sparks-unextinguished-bravery-amidst-darkness-iran The Hostile Environment explained https://www.jcwi.org.uk/the-hostile-environment-explained