SBS and LAWRS Reject the Home Office’s Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Review
Southall Black Sisters, the Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) and other BME specialist organisations have for many years drawn attention to the gaps that currently exist in respect of state protection in immigration law and policy for migrant women facing...
SBS Supports Campaign to Sustain Free School Meals for NRPF Families
At Southall Black Sisters, we see daily the harm that the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) policy causes to the many migrant women and children that we support. The exclusion of children from Free School Meals on the basis of their parent’s immigration status is a...
All of Us or None of Us: SBS Reflects On The Government’s Failure To Protect Migrant Women
“The Domestic Abuse Bill is a chance to set things right for migrant women. I have faced discrimination in the UK compared to other women, only because of my immigration status and the fact that I was not born here. If nothing is done, there will be another generation...
NRPF/Immigration Remote Surgery for Professionals
Online Advice and Support Surgery for agencies/professionals requiring support for their users with No Recourse to Public Funds Southall Black Sisters is running a remote online advice surgery for agencies and professionals who work with clients/users who have...
PRESS RELEASE: Domestic Abuse Bill to Discuss Migrant Women Having Access to Public Funds
PRESS RELEASE: Members of Parliament to vote on long-awaited amendments for Migrant Women 6 July 2020 Today, on Monday 6 July 2020, Parliament is expected to debate the Domestic Abuse (DA) Bill, as it reaches the Report Stage and its Third Reading. Jess Philips MP and...
SBS Needs Your Help To Protect Migrant Women Subject To Domestic Abuse
#ProtectionForAll The Domestic Abuse Bill has been described as a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to provide safety and protection to survivors of domestic abuse. However, as it stands, it does not include protection for migrant women, who remain trapped in...
SBS Welcome New Powers For Family Court Judges to Intervene in Domestic Abuse Cases
We welcome this report which is a necessary first step in restoring confidence in the family justice system. For too long, we have seen how dangerous assumptions about abuse and equal parenting rights have led to appalling miscarriages of justice. We call on the...
DA Bill: Appropriate Model of Protection for Migrant Survivors of Domestic Abuse
The Domestic Abuse Bill: A Briefing Paper on the Appropriate Model of Protection for Migrant Survivors of Domestic Abuse in the UK At the Public Bill Committee evidence session on 4 June 2020, in response to evidence given by a survivor and the director of Southall...
Domestic Abuse Survivors Urge MPs to Protect All Victims Equally
PRESS RELEASE: Step Up Migrant Women The Domestic Abuse Bill Committee will hear evidence from survivors today Survivors from Southall Black Sisters and the Latin American Women’s Rights Service call for equal protections for migrant women who are often blocked from...
SBS Reasserts Demand for Protection for Migrant Women in The Domestic Abuse Bill
A £1.5m pilot project is a wholly inadequate and discriminatory response to the plight of migrant women subject to ‘no recourse to public funds’. At the Second Reading of the Domestic Abuse Bill, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Home Office, Victoria...