Read our report on the first year of the Link Worker service, supporting EU migrants and families in Scotland with welfare issues, challenges, and solutions.
Author: Noelia Martinez (Noelia Martinez)
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On International Migrants Day: Advocating for Voices, Rights, and Humanity
Migrants in Scotland face complex immigration systems, welfare barriers, and discrimination. On InternationalMigrantsDay, we’re calling for: a shift in the narrative around migration, inclusion of migrant voices in decisions that affect their lives, and sustained funding to continue providing vital support and advocacy for vulnerable EU migrants.
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Transitioning to eVisas: What You Need to Know
The UK Home Office is replacing all physical documents with a new digital system known as the eVisa. This change affects both migrants already living in the UK and new visa applicants.
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Citizens Rights Project is recruiting — Join our team!
Explore Citizens Rights Project vacancies today. We are seeking to fill three positions: two part-time Rights Advisers for our European Citizens Rights Service (one Romanian and one Polish speaker), and one full-time Outreach/Link Officer for our project «Supporting European migrant workers facing financial trauma in Scotland,» with fluency in one EU language, preferably Italian, Lithuanian,...
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Activity report 2022
This activity report describes the activities the Citizens Rights Project have carried out over in 2022 with funding from the Scottish Government, the Home Office, the Justice Together Initiative, the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations, the People’s Postcode Trust and the Italian Comites.
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Immigration information for UE and Non-EU nationals experiencing Domestic Abuse
Are you an EU or non-EU national in an abusive relationship whose immigration status depends on an EU/EEA/Swiss partner with settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)? If you are thinking about leaving your partner (or have already left them) because of domestic violence or abuse, and you are worried about your immigration status in the UK, you should seek legal advice from a solicitor or an OISC adviser and collect as much evidence as possible.
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Learn about your rights as a migrant in the UK with our new multilingual factsheets
Citizens Rights Project have produced information sheets explaining, in simple terms, a number of essential rights for EU migrants and how they can be accessed. They offer easy-to-understand guidance in different languages and provide further resources for support.
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Ваши права на получение помощи от местного совета, если Вы являетесь бездомным или можете остаться без жилья
Если вы являетесь бездомным или можете остаться без жилья, Вы можете обратиться в местный совет для получения помощи и содействия. Статус «бездомный» означает не только отсутствие крыши над головой. Бездомность подразумевает, что у Вас есть место, в котором Вы живете, но использовать его в качестве дома неприемлемо. Вы можете жить с родителями или друзьями, но...
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EU citizens in Scotland want physical proof of their immigration status
Nearly 90% of the participants who have completed a survey organised by the Citizens Rights Project have said that they would like to have a physical proof of their pre-settled or settled status to reside in the UK. At the moment, EU citizens who have the right to stay in the UK can only prove that with a digital profile.
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Citizens Rights Project awarded £10,000 to raise awareness on the Windrush Scheme across Scotland
We are delighted to announced that our project is one of the 13 organisations to receive funding through the Windrush Community Fund.