Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper
CARJ has submitted a response to the Government's Integrated Communities Strategy Green paper. It can be found here
Urban Network Meeting 18th July
The second CARJ Urban Network Meeting held on 18th July and there was a lively discussion of the following topics: Interim Report of UN Rapporteur on Racism Reflecting on the Windrush experience and related issues Integrated Communities Strategy: the Green Paper Knife Crime -- Courtyard and other approaches APPG Inquiry into ‘Cohesion and...
Improving Education for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Young People
CARJ Traveller Support Network held a very productive workshop on Improving Education for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Young People on 20th June 2018 the notes are found here An action plan was also produced to take forward the recommendations on the day and can be found here
Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
The negotiations on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration concluded last Friday, 13 July, with a final text, which will be formally adopted at an Intergovernmental Conference in Morocco in December 2018. The final text of the Global Compact on Migration can be found here.
Improving Education for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Young People
A Conference of the CARJ Traveller Support Network Wednesday 20 June 2018 (11:30 – 3:30) CARJ, 9 Henry Rd, London N4 2LF Despite serious efforts to overcome poverty and inequality, we remain a divided and unequal society, and too often young people from marginalised communities have to struggle to realise...
CARJ Welcomes the Interim Statement of the UN Rapporteur on Racism
CARJ made a submission to the UN Rapporteur on Racism Ms. E. Tendayi Achiume who recently finished her visit to the UK. During her visit, we also participated in a round table event where she discussed issues with NGO’s (non governmental organisations). She has now completed her visit to the UK and...
Troubles faced by the Windrush Generation: Paper by CARJ
The Windrush Generation – A Historical Footnote Prior to the 18th Century, the modern concept of nationality did not exist. During the long years of Empire and Commonwealth the status of ‘British subject’ was held by people of different races and cultures, living in different parts of the world and...
National day of commemoration for murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that a national day of commemoration for murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence will take place on 22 April every year. It came as the family of the black teenager attended the 25th anniversary memorial of his death the service at St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square. The 18-year-old was stabbed to...
Theresa May says victims of Windrush scandal will get compensation
Theresa May says the UK government will do whatever it takes to resolve the ‘anxieties and problems’ that people of the Windrush generation have endured, and has offered compensation were appropriate. read more here The Home Office has set up a dedicated web page to help Commonwealth citizens confirm their status...
Long-term Commonwealth-born UK residents declared “illegal immigrants”
A number of long term commonwealth born UK residents now face job losses, destitution, denial of health services and even deportation because they arrived in the 1950s and 1960s and were never formally naturalised or have no documents to prove their status. One such person is Michael Braithwaite, who arrived in Britain from...