Work with AJ! Finance Officer Position

Salary: £ 5,820 pro rata (£29,400 FTE)1 day (7.4 hours) a weekFixed term: 2 years (with possibility of extension dependent on funding)Based: Primarily Home Based Asylum Justice is a registered charity (1112026), and a company limited by guarantee (5447875), which was set up in 2005 to provide free legal advice, assistance and representation to asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable migrants without access to Legal Aid. An opportunity has arisen for a Finance Officer, responsible for overseeing the financial administration of the Asylum Justice office, maintain...

Work with AJ! Funding Officer Vacancy

Salary: £31,500 per annum F/T (37 hours per week) Based: Primarily Home Based Asylum Justice is a registered charity (1112026), and a company limited by guarantee (5447875), which was set up in 2005 to provide free legal advice, assistance and representation to asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable migrants without access to Legal Aid. An opportunity has arisen for a Funding Officer to identify and utilise new funding opportunities, thereby ensuring our continued viability. Contract terms: Open-ended Contract. Probationary period of 12 weeks. Holiday ...

Donate to our Winter Fundraiser to give the gift of hope to asylum seekers, refugees & vulnerable migrants in Wales

In a year that saw the introduction of the Nationality and Borders Act, creating an increasingly hostile environment for asylum seekers and refugees, our specialist legal support is needed perhaps now more than ever.Donate to our Asylum Justice Fundraiser using the link below and receive a limited-edition card - designed by former asylum seekers - written to your loved one from our Team, thanking them for helping to defend the rights of people and their families seeking safety in Wales. But move fast - only a limited number of cards are available!Click here to give your ...

Jim & Helena

When people come to the UK in search of sanctuary, they hope to live in a society where they face less exclusion and more stability. However, even those who manage to secure the legal right to stay here often have to spend years in and out of the asylum system before getting a positive outcome that allows them to integrate and heal. This was the case for one family who first arrived in the U.K. in 2015. They had their initial asylum claim and two subsequent claims rejected, finally succeeding only with their fourth attempt, after Asylum Justice took on their case. ...

Maria

Sometimes a case is referred to us which hasn’t received the attention or care it deserves. Maria’s case was one of these. Maria had the impression that she wasn’t being listened to – neither during her Home Office interview nor by the solicitor representing her. “The previous lawyer did not even give me a chance to talk. He just wrote down what he thought and decided for me. I was never given a platform where I could express my feelings. He said to my face early on: ‘This case won’t win.’ He judged me and never took the time to listen to my ...

Abdullah

“I never thought that during my lifetime I would have to leave my home. We were a wealthy family with a farm and many livestock animals, but then the war came to our area, and everything was burnt to the ground. My father was detained as he was accused of giving food and clothing to the rebels. He was tortured and passed away shortly afterwards.”Abdullah came to the UK in 2014 and was granted leave in the same year. He came alone to the UK, leaving his wife in Sudan because the journey was too dangerous. As soon as he was granted leave, he worked hard to learn ...

Mirela

Asylum seekers who have exhausted all appeal rights sometimes have fresh grounds or compelling new evidence with which they can make further submissions to the Home Office in support of their previous asylum claim. Some simply never had their claim fully considered the first time around due to poor quality legal representation or an appeal not being lodged in time. Many of these clients will be completely destitute, having spent years in enforced poverty and homelessness in the UK due to their lack of legal status. For most, returning home is not an option due to contin...

Julia

Journeys to the UK can be difficult due to the lack of safe and legal routes. Many people make a heart-breaking decision to send one member of their family ahead and to later apply for family reunion. This is a decision which Julia*, a single mum, had to take when she was at immediate risk and had to flee her home country, leaving her children to be looked after by another family member. “I had to leave my country as I was under direct threat, and I came to the UK alone as that is all we could afford. Separating myself from my children was terrible. I was really ...

Carlos and Magdalena

Carlos and Magdalena* came from a country where gangs territorially control many neighbourhoods, making daily life dangerous and unpredictable. When the threat to their family became too great, from one day to the next they packed what they could and fled to the UK, where they claimed asylum and were dispersed to Wales. “When we first got here, I remember when we were in the street one day and we heard the backfire of a car, and we ran into a nearby shop. It just sent us back to life in our home country when if you heard this sound, you would drop to the floor ...

‘I Hate It Here’ – Our Experience At Penally Barracks

Last week, Asylum Justice visited Penally refugee camp in Tenby, West Wales, which currently houses between 150-250 asylum seekers. The camp is an old disused army barracks in Penally, West Wales, where the conditions and management have been labelled as shambolic, inhumane and dire. The camp has been the subject of intense scrutiny, including media coverage and local protests, and the far right has also tried to make the Penally camp a focus for racist mobilisations at the gates, designed to harass and intimidate the asylum seekers housed inside. And Penally ...