Undocumented Workers Now Looking After British Elders in Care Homes and Irish Carer Workers Stuck In Direct Provision
6 APRIL 2020 Today, a representative from a Filipino community organisation, which advocates on behalf of frontline nurses and care home workers in the UK, including undocumented workers who lost their jobs in the current crisis and who cannot access any State support, contacted RAPAR. #healthandsafetyforall Read more |
Is Home where the Heart Is?
4 APRIL 2020 On Thursday, Manchester City Council confirmed that there are in excess of 100 people still street homeless on the city centre streets. #healthandsafetyforall Read more |
Hands Across The Sea
25 MARCH 2020 Today, our blog comes from an anonymous writer and young artists currently living inside Ireland’s "Architecture of Containment". Read more |
This Quarantine Life...
20 MARCH 2020 An account of quarantine by Sima, from Iran. "Living in quarantine is pretty much like living as an asylum seeker." Read more |
First Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
16 MARCH 2020 We need to lead and act to protect all our Members, especially those with compromised immunities for any reason, older Members, volunteer Members who regularly interact with one another, paid Members and anyone else that we, as RAPAR Members, may be in contact with. Read more |
Landmark Legal Case Launched Over Congolese Child Cobalt Mining Deaths
18 DECEMBER 2019 Congolese members of RAPAR, who have denounced child cobalt mining in DRC, have welcomed a landmark legal case against five of the world's largest tech companies. Read more |
Casework Co-learning Ends With 'Moot Court'
9 JULY 2019 RAPAR's lead caseworker Dan Isaac has been running a series of casework co- learning sessions examining all aspects of the asylum and immigration system. The popular sessions were attended by RAPAR members who have been working on their own asylum cases and by our volunteer casework team. Read more |
Run For RAPAR
20 MAY 2019 Many thanks to RAPAR volunteer Jonny Benett who successfully ran a half marathon to raise money for RAPAR in the Great Manchester Run at the weekend. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. It is very much appreciated by Jonny and by everyone at RAPAR. Jonny has raised £340 so far but you can still donate here. |
Solidarity with the RMT Union
10 JANUARY 2018 RAPAR will be supporting the RMT rail at Manchester Victoria for a protest on Saturday 12th January after one of their guards was racially abused. Read more |