General – South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG)

By Admin10th April 20210General

Vote For Refugees Welcome!

Sheffield Local Elections Asylum Rights hustings Thursday 15 April 7pm SYMAAG is inviting representatives from each of the main political parties standing in the local elections in Sheffield on May 6th for a hustings focused on…

By Admin22nd March 20210General

The Asylum Business – the UK’s hidden housing crisis

SYMAAG was pleased to be able to contribute to a recent BBC Radio 4 File on 4 investigation into asylum housing. You can listen to it here Asylum housing contracts were wholly privatised in 2012…

By Admin7th February 20210General

SYMAAG Talks for Change

SYMAAG presents the first of our Talks for Change, a series of monthly talks highlighting issues facing migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. In these talks we will hear from those with lived experience of these…

By Admin7th February 20210General

Sheffield Against Asylum Evictions

Amid the pandemic, Sheffield’s activists are mounting a new line of defence to protect asylum seekers In Steel City, new grassroots groups are springing up to fight for the rights of refugees. And they’re winning.…

By Admin28th December 20200General

Some hope for migrants and refugees in the time of Covid 19?

SYMAAG, represented by John Grayson, was part of an international discussion in November on the impact of the pandemic on refugees and migrants. And how activists, refugee movements and academics can best respond. You can…

By Admin18th October 20200General

Solidarity Knows No Borders

Sheffield says Justice for Simba, Justice for Jimmy Mubenga, end the Hostile Environment. On October 11 and 12th SYMAAG was part of national days of action under the banner ‘Solidarity Knows No Borders‘. Around 100…

By Admin14th August 20200General

Yorkshire Refugees Foodbank launched

We are proud to be part of the launch of the Yorkshire Refugees Foodbank. Here’s a statement from YRF. We hope you will support this important initiative. Following pressure from asylum residents, refugee rights groups…

By Admin23rd July 20200General

Dignity Not Detention -Morton Hall to be shut down!

Today it was announced that Morton Hall immigration detention centre will be shut down. Alongside people detained there and a wide alliance of groups we have worked for 10 years to get this place closed.…

By Admin13th July 20200General

Mears Group, Urban House and Covid 19

4 months ago, a woman at Urban House Initial Accommodation Centre in Wakefield asked “How do we wash our hands with no soap in the bathrooms?” Another feared “coronavirus spreading in this crowded place”. We…

By Admin16th June 20200General

Charity So White

The Black Lives Matter movement has highlighted what we’ve known for years: racism is embedded in every aspect of our society and its history. It isn’t limited to the hostile environment policy or violent racist…