Contacts in UK:
last update: November 2014
Home Office (government) will try to make things quite difficult for you, unless you are given asylum, but there are lots of people and organisations who want to help refugees. Here are just a few organisations you can call if you need help. You may be able to use a computer for free in libraries to find out more...
You can find a list of lawyers who may be able to help you here:
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/search-directory.php
Asylum Aid (They can give free advice if you call them, and they have interpreters if you cannot understand English very well): www.asylumaid.org.uk, Call on Tuesdays 1.00pm – 4.00pm: 0207 354 9264
Bail for Immigration Detainees:
www.biduk.org
Tel 020 7247 3590 (Monday - Thursday, 10am-12pm)
Other organisations and charities:
London:
Hackney Migrants Centre: Spensley Walk (near Clissold Park, off Stoke Newington Church Street),Hackney N16 9ES.Tel. 07504 332 706. Open Wednesdays 12.30-3.30pm.
Praxis Community Projects
Pott Street (by Bethnal Green tube stop)
City of London
E2 0EF
Phone: 020 7729 7985
www.praxis.org.uk
The Migrants Resource Centre
South Westminster Legal Advice Centre
246 Vauxhall Bridge Road,
SW1V 1AU
Phone: 020 74026750 / 0845 241 0961
www.migrantsresourcecentre.org.uk
Haringey Migrant Support Centre
(only open Mondays 12-4pm)
St John Vianney Church Hall,
386 West Green Road,
N15 3QL
Phone: 07544078332
www.haringeymsc.org
RAMFEL - Refugee and Migrant Forum of East London
Ilford
Cardinal Heenan Centre
326 High Road
Ilford
IG1 1QP
Phone: 020 8478 4513
Barking & Dagenham
Ripple Centre
121-125 Ripple Road
IG11 7PB
Phone: 020 8478 4513
www.ramfel.org.uk
JCWI – Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
115 Old Street
London
EC1V 9RT
Phone: 020 7251 8708
www.jcwi.org.uk
London Welcome Project
Stockwell Centre
1 Studley Road
London, SW4 6RA
07438506392 (Mon., Fri. – Sun. 10am – 5pm)
londonwelcomeproject@gmail.com
www.londonwelcomeproject.org
Manchester:
Manchester Migrant Solidarity
Phone: 07466850588
E-mail: manc.misol@gmail.com
www.mancmisol.wordpress.com/
The BOAZ Trust
Boaz Trust
First floor, 110 Oldham Road
Manchester M4 6AG
Telephone: (0161) 202 1056
Fax: (0161) 228 7332
Email: info@boaztrust.org.uk
Liverpool:
Asylum Link Merseyside
St Anne's Centre, 7 Overbury Street,
Liverpool L7 3HJ
By phone: 0151 709 1713
By Fax: 0151 709 1734
By e-mail: info@asylumlink.org.uk
http://www.asylumlink.org.uk
Glasgow:
Glasgow Unity Centre:
Open Monday-Friday 10am-5.30 pm, 30 Ibrox St, Glasgow, G51 1AQ.
Their EMERGENCY number is: 0141 427 7992
Bristol:
Bristol Refugee Rights
Malcolm X Community Centre
City Road
Bristol
BS2 8YH
Email: info@bristolrefugeerights.org
Phone: 0117 908 0844
www.bristolrefugeerights.org
Oxford:
Asylum Welcome
Unit 7, Newtec Place, Magdalen Rd, Oxford OX4 1RE
Phone: 01865 200515
www.asylum-welcome.org
Leeds:
Leeds No Borders
Phone: 07784194431/07466699812
Email: leedsnoborders@riseup.net
Nottingham:
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum
The Sycamore Centre, 31 Hungerhill Road, Nottingham, NG3 4NB
Phone: (0115) 9601230
Cardiff (Wales):
Oasis
9.30am to 4.00pm, Monday-Friday
Phone: (029) 20460424
Email: reynette@oasiscardiff.org
69b Splott Road, Cardiff, CF24 2BW