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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
14 June 2017
Easy to claim, harder to prove – The challenges of refugee status based on sexual orientation and gender identity
According to the Home Office, the number of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI*) individuals claiming asylum has risen by 400% in the last 5 years. Although the number of individuals who have specifically claimed sexual orientation and gender identity as their reason for refuge is unclear, these figures are expected to rise. As such, it is important that the UK appropriately deals with these individuals in a sensitive manner in order to first establish that the individual does in fact fall under the LGBTI* bracket.
13 June 2017
Refugee Week: The real refugee crisis and what we can do about it
There isn’t a refugee crisis in the UK. Asylum applications have gone down over the last 15 years. Last year around 600,000 people moved to the UK. Only 5% of them - about 30,000 people - claimed asylum.
12 June 2017
Refugee Week: Status for the stateless - a brief history of the refugee
Today we face “the greatest movement of the uprooted that the world has ever known”, according to Tracy McVeigh and Mark Townsend in the Guardian. The UN High Commission on Refugees (‘UNHCR’) records that 65.3 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide and that every minute 24 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror. Next week is Refugee Week - a nationwide programme celebrating the contributions made by refugees in the UK, and helping to promote their integration and acceptance in communities across the country. For many, the treatment of refugees as a class of individuals requiring state protection is a central feature of any civilised society. But this view is relatively new.
12 May 2017
Mental Health Awareness Week 2017 at Kingsley Napley - a recap
As we come to the end of Mental Health Awareness Week 2017, we recap the fantastic efforts of from around the firm to raise awareness, encourage conversations about mental health and together #endthestigma
8 May 2017
Embracing Mental Health Awareness Week at Kingsley Napley #maketimeforyou
This year, we are again marking Mental Health Awareness Week alongside thousands of organisations across the globe. To raise awareness and support the work towards ending the stigma around mental health issues, we have organised a week long campaign to encourage conversations about mental health.
