Relocation,Relocation : RWRP Report

By Elisha Shamba

Asylum Aid is an independent, national charity working to secure protection for people seeking refuge in the UK from persecution and human rights abuses abroad.

They provide legal advice and representation throughout the asylum process and use these experiences to identify the systematic shortcomings and failings of the UK asylum system and lobby for improvements.

In 2000, Asylum Aid set up The Refugee Women’s Resource Project (RWRP). RWRP provides free legal representation and advice to women asylum seekers.It aims to address the ingrained discrimination experienced by women seeking protection in the UK by providing a unique blend of gender specific legal casework, research, policy and campaigning work.

Claire Bennett (MSc Social Research Methods), a researcher at Asylum Aid for RWRP designed,undertook, wrote and published a report Relocation, Relocation: the impact of internal relocation on women asylum seekers funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

Refugee women experince similar persecution to men’s; however, women can also be disproportionately subjected to persecution and forms of harm for which they do not receive state protection. This can include trafficing for sexual exploitation, forced marriage, violence within the family, forced sterilisation and sexual violence.

Read the full report here