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The SolidariTee Blog
At SolidariTee, we believe knowledge is the first step towards meaningful change.
In addition to information about news, events and developments connected to SolidariTee's work, our blog often features pieces written and researched by our student volunteers, covering topics ranging from policy changes through to book reviews.
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We are always looking for writers to contribute pieces that support people to learn more about issues affecting people who move across borders, and to engage with the perspectives, ideas, and solutions created by those with lived experience of displacement. If you're interested in contributing, please send central@solidaritee.org.uk an email with an idea for a topic you'd like to write about - both students and non-students alike are welcome to do so!
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Asylum-Seeking and Asylum-Hiding: Challenges and Advances in Legal Aid Provision
In this piece, Irina, a current SolidariTee team member and psychology student, explores how the very nature of the asylum system leads to physical and mental harms for those in need of international protection, and unpacks the context around SolidariTee's focus on supporting organisations to adopt holistic and trauma-informed approaches that ensure legal assistance goes hand-in-hand with mental health support. “When you try to make an appointment, it is full, you have to go
Team SolidariTee
5 days ago8 min read
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A legal victory for M*, a client of Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid
This week, we received an uplifting message from Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid , an organisation we have supported since SolidariTee was first set up. M* a client of Fenix's , who they have been supporting closely for many months, has finally been granted refugee status after a years-long legal struggle. M is a queer person who was initially rejected when he applied for asylum. M has past experiences of persecution and abuse that make this rejection very unjust. Unfortunately
Team SolidariTee
Nov 73 min read
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SolidariTee comments on racist demonstrations in the UK this month
On Saturday 13th September, more than 110,000 people marched through London's capital under a so-called 'Unite the Kingdom' event rooted...
Team SolidariTee
Sep 185 min read
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News this week: unpacking concerning developments in policies affecting people seeking safety in the UK and Greece
Backround: a global trend of eroding safety Over the past week, there have been two separate, devastating blows to the last few remaining...
Team SolidariTee
Sep 55 min read
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Passionate about peer mentorship? We're looking for three new University Coordinators to join our Central Team!
After an amazing response to our calls this summer inviting people to join the SolidariTee team, we are absolutely delighted to have had...
Team SolidariTee
Jul 243 min read
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Escalation of Conflict in Iran: the dangers for political prisoners
This post shares two letters: one written by Iranian activist, author and artist Nasrin Parvaz, who is herself a survivor or torture in...
Team SolidariTee
Jun 205 min read
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SolidariTee x AsyLex Rights In Exile Collaboration: call for legal research volunteers
We are delighted to be partnering with AsyLex  on updating and maintaining the Rights in Exile  platform, which supports people seeking...
Team SolidariTee
May 303 min read
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Refugee Law in Theory and Practice: Summer School hosted by Defence for Children International - Greece
For the second year running, we are delighted to be sharing a call for registrations for a week long Summer Academy hosted by SolidariTee...
Team SolidariTee
May 185 min read
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SolidariTee Leadership Team Positions: Applications Open Now!
SolidariTee first registered as a charity in 2019, following an explosion of momentum built as a grassroots student movement in the two...
Team SolidariTee
Mar 163 min read
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SolidariTee Annual Report 2023 - 2024
We are delighted to be able to share our annual report for the 23-24 academic year, with enormous thanks to the hundreds of volunteers,...
Team SolidariTee
Dec 28, 20242 min read
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SolidariTee Strategy 2024 - 2026
In 2023 and 2024, SolidariTee worked to develop and formalise our strategy for the 2024-26 academic and financial years. We are delighted...
Team SolidariTee
Dec 24, 20242 min read
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Trauma-informed Lawyering: a professional development training course hosted by SolidariTee in 2024
SolidariTee is delighted to be hosting an in-person professional development opportunity in Athens in spring 2024Â for lawyers and those...
Team SolidariTee
Apr 21, 20243 min read
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Global Displacement: Winter Update 2023
During the initial six months of 2023, seven major displacement situations accounted for an estimated 90% of new displacement globally....
Yasmin Turner
Jan 5, 20244 min read
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Book Review: As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
Zoulfa Katouh’s debut As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a beautiful, yet harrowing novel set in war-torn Syria at the beginning and...
Yasmin Turner
Mar 12, 20233 min read
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200 asylum seeking children are currently missing and we as a nation have failed them.
I set out to write that we are all equal. That regardless of age, race, or ethnicity - British or Afghanistan, Albanian or Syrian - we are a
Mulumbeni Phiri
Feb 7, 20233 min read
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If not by small boats, how CAN people seek asylum in the UK?
Recent UK immigration politics has focused largely on ‘getting numbers down’ by reducing the number of so-called ‘illegal’ entries, which...
Team SolidariTee
Jan 29, 20234 min read
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The Government's Harsh Policies will not stop the rise in number of asylum seekers. Here's why:
In November 2022, a video of Home Secretary Suella Braverman being asked by the Home Affairs Committee on how an African child fleeing a...
Mulumbeni Phiri
Jan 9, 20234 min read
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Freefall: In conversation with photographer Alexander Treves
UK-born Alexander Treves has worked in finance for over two decades, and has moved countries seven times with his job. Between his day...
Yasmin Turner
Dec 6, 20228 min read
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What's Going On In Iran
Two quick disclaimers before we start this blog post: 1) Here at Solidaritee, we support religious tolerance and freedom. We support...
Aria Niayz Diezel
Oct 19, 20226 min read
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About our 2022 grant cycle: bridging the gap between legal aid and MHPSS
The article below is an extract from SolidariTee's 2022 grant information pack. The full brochure can be found by clicking here. Since...
Alexa Netty
Sep 24, 20226 min read
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