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This STEP and Children’s Law Centre submission to the European Commission Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Advisory Committee, is essential reading if you work with Asylum Seekers and Refugees. Please see the document below: Joint Submission – Asylum Seeker Children in Contingency Accommodation – April 2022
Read More »NIRWN Membership Survey
NIRWN would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to complete their Membership Survey. Your feedback is important to them as it helps them to continue to address the needs of rural women and rural women’s groups and enable them to develop programmes and services tailored to your specific needs. All responses can be recorded anonymously so feel free to provide honest …
Read More »Lifeline Translated Voice Notes
Please see below translated voice notes for the following message: Lifeline; the right support at the right time, anytime Lifeline counsellors are experienced in working with trauma, suicide, self-harm, abuse, depression and anxiety. For immediate help call: 0808 808 8000. This message has been translated into the following languages: Polish Arabic Lithuanian Romanian Bulgarian Tetum Portuguese Slovak Russian Mandarin Hungarian …
Read More »Census 2021 – First Results Published
The first results from Census 2021 were published on Tuesday 24 May 2022. The results are available on the NISRA website. This first release consists of headline population statistics by age and sex, number of households with usual residents, and communal establishment population. Other main Census 2021 statistics will be released in stages up to summer 2023. The Census 2021 Outputs …
Read More »Local services available in East Belfast – Various translations available
Please see below some translated documents about local services in East Belfast, that the East Belfast Race Relations Network and EBCDA have compiled and had translated: A guide to local services English, Polish, Romanian A guide to local services Somali, Slovak, Arabic
Read More »Ukraine Information – access to free immigration advice
Please also find below a link to guidance on Ukraine Family Scheme – this scheme is free of charge and will be prioritised. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-ukraine-family-scheme-visa?fbclid=IwAR2gS09HI1FG74BuEb_JG5q2W6InepiAK6VO9BdEBAczPuT4ALJUG5-moYE IAS is launching a new free service to help victims of the current Ukrainian conflict. The scheme has been launched due to incorrect and dangerous advice that people have received from the home office help …
Read More »Northern Ireland minority communities ‘overlooked’ by policy makers
The interests of minority ethnic and migrant communities in Northern Ireland are too often an afterthought amid the desire to balance the demands of Green and Orange politics according to a unanimous report published today by the cross-party Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. Please click here for all the information.
Read More »North West Migrants Forum – The Common Travel Area & the Island of Ireland
Message from Lilian Seenoi-Barr, North West Migrants Forum I am writing to you as a fellow social justice and human rights advocate to seek your endorsement and support for the North West Migrants Forum campaign which is highlighting the shortcomings of the CTA and the injustices this causes for those residents of this island who are not covered by it. As well as raising awareness, …
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