We have a treat for you today. This article was written by two of our members - Jovan Rydder and Mathew Nicolson - and was published in Retrospect, the University of Edinburgh's History, Classics, and Archaeology journal. It's an interesting read and we're very pleased that Retrospect have kindly given permission for us to post it on our blog … Continue reading A History of British Immigration Policy; Constructing the ‘Enemy Within’
Equal Access
Campaign calling for Edinburgh University to provide free education & bursaries to asylum seekers, thus granting them access to higher education. Committee Contact: Nuri Syed Corser Facebook Page
Asylum Seekers’ Right to Work
Our final campaign of the year was an the rights of asylum seekers. Currently, asylum seekers are not allowed to work in the UK until they achieve refugee status, so we took to Princes Street and managed to get hundreds of signatures in support of the right to work for asylum seekers!
Edinburgh University Amnesty International 