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By Admin8th April 20250Sheffield

Activism Across Borders | Festival of Debate

SYMAAG will be hosting its first ever Festival of Debate event on 6th May. The event is called Activism Across Borders and will be about people’s lived experience of fighting for system change in their…

By Admin28th January 20240Asylum Housing, Mears

The Two-Tier System of Housing Safety Standards

Authored by Holly Rooke, a PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield, this blog examines the implications of a two-tier system in housing safety standards, advocating for comprehensive reforms to ensure the well-being of residents…

By Admin19th May 20230Asylum Housing, Barnsley, Mears, Sheffield

Will Government attacks on asylum tenants succeed?

This week the Government announced plans to remove basic protections to asylum tenants including safety regulations and protections against overcrowded conditions. SYMAAG has worked in solidarity with asylum tenants for safe and dignified asylum accommodation…

By Admin11th February 20230Asylum, Campaigns, General, Migration, Sheffield

SYMAAG starts petition calling on Sheffield City Council to take action on Migrant and Asylum Seeker rights

This week, SYMAAG has started a petition calling on Sheffield City Council to hold a full debate on Migrant and Asylum Seeker Rights at its next full council meeting in March. Specifically, we urge that…

By Admin23rd December 20220General

SYMAAG interview on Rwanda court case decision

Members of SYMAAG were recently interviewed by Sheffield Live, for their opinions on the recent High Court case decision, which deemed the UK government’s policy on sending people seeking asylum to Rwanda to be ‘lawful’.…

By Admin12th December 20220General, Sheffield

Cases into issues, issues into causes and causes into a movement – 50 Years of the Institute of Race Relations.

The latest in our series of SYMAAG Talks For Change event took place in Sheffield on December 3rd. We were pleased to welcome Liz Fekete, Director of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) as our…

By Admin22nd July 20220General

Annual General Meeting 2022

The South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group’s 2022 Annual General Meeting is at 7 pm on Tuesday 26 July at Food Hall, 62 Brown St, Sheffield S1 2BS. SYMAAG members will review our work…

By Admin10th September 20210General

Carnival of Resistance to the Hostile Environment in the NHS – Sheffield, 18 September

Two years ago in Sheffield, Simba Mujakachi had a stroke which left him in a coma and fighting for his life. When he woke, he was given a £100,000 bill — all because of the…

By Admin24th August 20210General

Sheffield Welcomes Afghan Refugees – demonstrate 28 August

SOLIDARITY WITH AFGHAN REFUGEES PROTEST AND DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2021 OUTSIDE SHEFFIELD TOWN HALL 1.30 pm No cap on Afghan Refugees numbers – LET THEM IN Stop Deportations of Afghan Refugees – release Afghan…

By Admin20th August 20210General

Home Office face questions after death of young Afghan refugee in Sheffield

The Tragic death of 5 year old Mohammed Munib Majeedi from Afghanistan. Some questions for the Home Office to answer. John Grayson, Researcher SYMAAG (South Yorkshire Migration Asylum Action Group) The death of young Mohammed…