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helpful resources
Please note that by clicking any of these links
you will be leaving the UNISON Scotland website. UNISON
and BASW can take no responsibility for the accuracy or
content of other sites.
Association of Directors of Social Work
Professional organisation of senior social work officers
in local government in Scotland
www.adsw.org.uk
Asylum Myths - a race awareness briefing from UNISON
Scotland dispels the popular asylum myths.
www.unison-scotland.org.uk/activists/asylum.html
BASW Scotland - code of ethics, professional information,
advice and representation and briefings on asylum.
www.basw.co.uk
click on BASW Scotland.
Child Poverty Action Group Scotland - information
on entitlement to benefits.
www.cpag.org.uk/scotland
Citizens Advice Scotland - asylum information and
migrant workers rights
www.cas.org.uk
CoSLA Refugee & Asylum Seekers Consortium - manages
and monitors the commissioning and provision of accommodation
and other services for asylum seekers in Scotland. A range
of very useful links.
www.asylumscotland.org.uk
Health for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Portal -
rights, legal and health issues
www.harpweb.org.uk
Immigration and Nationality Directorate - The Home
Office. Interpretation, rules, forms and guidance.
www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/applying/asylumapplications
Joint Council fo the Welfare of Immigrants independent
national voluntary organisation, campaigning for justice
and combating racism in immigration and asylum law and policy
www.jcwi.org.uk
Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
www.torturecare.org.uk
No Place For a Child - joint agency campaign against
detention of children
www.noplaceforachild.org
Positive Action in Housing: Positive Action in Housing
is a Scottish wide minority-ethnic led charity whose mission
is to work with communities and others to enable everyone
to have an equal chance to live in good quality, affordable
and safe homes, free from discrimination and the fear of
racial harassment and violence.
www.paih.org
Save The Children Child Asylum and Refugess Issues in
Scotland - extensive briefings on law, rights, procedures
and benefits with useful links.
www.savethechildren.org.uk/caris/legal/home
Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
www.sccyp.org.uk
Scottish Ethnic Minorities Law Centre - provides
ethnic minority communities with access to professional
services to address unmet legal needs
www.emlc.org.uk
Scottish Refugee Council
www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk
Unaccompanied refugees and asylum seekers turning 18
- 2006 booklet from Save The Children. Covers English legislation
but is very helpful both in terms of law and professional
practice. www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk/jsp/resources/
details.jsp?id=4186&group=resources§ion=publication&subsection=details
UNISON Scotland - Scottish site of the public service
union. Briefings, campaigns, advice and support on asylum,
immigration, anti-racism and employment issues. Links to
the extensive UK UNISON site
www.unison-scotland.org.uk.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm
WorkSMART - TUC advice for migrant workers. www.worksmart.org.uk/rights/viewsubsection.php?sun=82
useful legal resources
Children (Scotland) Act 1995 www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/Ukpga_19950036_en_1.htm
Children's Legal Centre - national charity with
extensive section on asylum and Immigration.
www.childrenslegalcentre.com
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Immigration
Rules
www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/lawandpolicy/immigrationrules
Immigration Law Practitioners' Association established
in 1984 by a group of leading UK immigration practitioners
to promote and improve the advising and representation of
immigrants
www.ilpa.org.uk
Legal Services Agency - Scottish law centre with
asylum advice and links
www.lsa.org.uk
Scottish Child Law Centre includes free legal advice
number for children
www.sclc.org.uk
Scottish Executive´s Working Group on the Throughcare
and Aftercare of Looked After Children in Scotland.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2002/08/15325/10518
The Support and Assistance for Young People Leaving
Care (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003/608) www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2003/20030608.htm
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