Seeking Refuge? - Rights of Women
Seeking Refuge? - Rights of Women
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Useful organisations and<br />
contact details<br />
This Chapter gives the names and<br />
contact details <strong>of</strong> organisations<br />
that may be able to help you with<br />
particular problems. We have<br />
arranged it in alphabetical order.<br />
Anti-Trafficking Legal Project<br />
(ATLeP)<br />
Provides information and resources<br />
about the law on trafficking and is<br />
a network <strong>of</strong> practitioners who<br />
advise, represent and support<br />
victims <strong>of</strong> trafficking and other<br />
vulnerable people.<br />
ATLeP, care <strong>of</strong> 1 Pump Court<br />
Temple<br />
London EC4Y 7AB<br />
Email: atlep1@gmail.com<br />
www.ein.org.uk/resources/printfri<br />
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Asylum Aid (includes the<br />
<strong>Refuge</strong>e <strong>Women</strong>’s Resource<br />
Project)<br />
Provides legal advice to women on<br />
asylum issues on a telephone<br />
advice line as well as representing<br />
women in their claims for<br />
protection in the UK. On their<br />
website there is also useful<br />
information about claiming asylum<br />
in the UK.<br />
Club Union House<br />
253-254 Upper Street<br />
London N1 1RY<br />
Advice line: 020 7354 9264<br />
Tel: 020 7354 9631<br />
Fax: 020 7354 5620<br />
Email: info@asylumaid.org.uk<br />
www.asylumaid.org.uk<br />
Asylum and Immigration<br />
Tribunal<br />
Hears and decides appeals against<br />
the decisions <strong>of</strong> the UK Border<br />
Agency<br />
Tel: 0845 6000 877<br />
Minicom: 0845 606 0766<br />
www.ait.gov.uk<br />
Asylum Screening Unit<br />
A place to make your application<br />
for asylum if you are already in the<br />
UK.<br />
Croydon Centre<br />
Lunar House<br />
40 Wellesley Road<br />
Croydon CR9 2BY<br />
Liverpool Centre<br />
1st Floor, Reliance House<br />
20 Water Street<br />
Liverpool L2 8XU<br />
Tel: 0151 237 0083<br />
www.ukba.home<strong>of</strong>fice.gov.uk/cont<br />
act/contactspage/asylumscreening<br />
unit<br />
Asylum Support Appeals<br />
Project<br />
Aims to reduce destitution<br />
amongst asylum-seekers by<br />
protecting their legal rights to food<br />
and shelter.<br />
18 Barclay Road<br />
Croydon<br />
CR0 1JN<br />
Advice Line: 0845 603 3884<br />
Tel: 020 8686 1888<br />
Fax: 020 8686 1899<br />
www.asaproject.org<br />
Bail for Immigration Detainees<br />
Challenges immigration detention<br />
in the UK. They work with asylumseekers<br />
and migrants in removal<br />
centres and prisons, to secure their<br />
release from detention.<br />
BID London <strong>of</strong>fice: for all general<br />
queries and detainees (except<br />
those held at the centres listed<br />
below).<br />
Tel: 020 7247 3590<br />
Fax: 020 7247 3550<br />
BID South <strong>of</strong>fice: for detainees at<br />
Colnbrook, Dover and Haslar<br />
Tel: 023 9281 6633<br />
Fax: 023 9282 1529<br />
BID Oxford <strong>of</strong>fice: for detainees at<br />
Campsfield House and Lindhome<br />
Tel: 0845 3304 536<br />
Fax: 0845 3304 537<br />
Email: enquires@biduk.org<br />
www.biduk.org<br />
Bar Council<br />
Represents barristers in England<br />
and Wales.<br />
289-293 High Holborn<br />
London WC1V 7HZ<br />
Tel: 020 7242 0082<br />
Fax: 020 7831 9217<br />
www.barcouncil.org.uk<br />
Bar Standards Board<br />
Regulates barristers in England and<br />
Wales.<br />
289-293 High Holborn<br />
London WC1V 7HZ<br />
Tel: 020 7611 1444<br />
Fax: 020 7831 9217<br />
Email: contactus@barstandards<br />
board.org.uk<br />
www.barstandardsboard.org.uk<br />
British Red Cross<br />
Helps people in crisis situations in<br />
many ways, including tracking lost<br />
family members.<br />
44 Moorfields<br />
London EC2Y 9AL<br />
Switchboard: 0844 871 1111<br />
Fax: 020 7562 2000<br />
Minicom: 020 7562 2050<br />
Email: information@redcross.org.uk<br />
www.redcross.org.uk<br />
International Tracing (for tracing<br />
family members): 0845 053 2004<br />
Email Tracing (for tracing family<br />
members): itms2@redcross.org.uk<br />
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