Women for Refugee Women: Brexit and Refugee Women – What Next?
20 July 2016
Natasha Walter, Director of Women for Refugee Women, writes about the gendered cost of Brexit in July 2016.
Natasha Walter, Director of Women for Refugee Women, writes about the gendered cost of Brexit in July 2016.
The Trade Union Council released a press release on 13 July 2016 following polling they had conducted on voters’ opinions on Brexit. The poll showed that both Remain and Leave voters supporting maintaining vital rights like maternity leave (73% of Remain and 69% of Leave voters) and maintaining protection against discrimination at work (80% of Remain voters and 77% of Leave voters).
A report published by the Fundamental Rights Agency in June 2016 finds that women and girls fleeing from persecution or turmoil in their home countries are particularly at risk of physical, sexual and psychological violence when seeking sanctuary, in transit and when they arrive in the EU.
Law Centres Network prepared twelve guides in 2016 on employment, housing, immigration, right to reside, health, social care and other topics. The guides are aimed at EU citizens and others willing to better understand EU rights and entitlements.
The Refugee Rights Data Project produced a report Unsafe Borderlands in June 2016. The report revealed disturbing information about the safety of women living in the Calais camp finding that over 40% of women have experienced violence, nearly three quarters felt unsafe and over half felt their health had suffered during their time there.
The chair of the Low Pay Commission, Sir David Norgrove, wrote in a letter to the TUC General Secretary, Frances O’Grady, in June 2016 that “the share of immigrants in the workforce has had little or no impact on the pay rates of the indigenous population”.
Rights Info published a plain English summary to the Immigration Act 2016 in June 2016.
The Refugees Welcome Index results for 2016 were published in May 2016. The survey asked people: how closely would you personally accept people fleeing war or persecution?
Migrants’ Rights Network launched a Migrants’ Rights in London website in April 2016, dedicating to supporting the lives of migrants in the capital.
The Equality and Diversity Forum published a response to the government consultation on NHS charging proposals for non-EU citizens in March 2016.