Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU)
@gmiau.bsky.social
We provide high-quality legal representation, support and hope to people experiencing immigration injustice throughout the North-West of England.
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Website: gmiau.org
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Website: gmiau.org
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gmiaunit
We're honoured to have been awarded 'Frontline Agency of the Year' at the Greater Manchester Pro Bono Awards 2025🎉.
This award recognises our eVisa support sessions, delivered as part of a pro bono initiative in partnership with Dechert LLP, Linklaters, Clyde & Co, and Squire Patton Boggs.
This award recognises our eVisa support sessions, delivered as part of a pro bono initiative in partnership with Dechert LLP, Linklaters, Clyde & Co, and Squire Patton Boggs.
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We're honoured to have been awarded 'Frontline Agency of the Year' at the Greater Manchester Pro Bono Awards 2025🎉.
This award recognises our eVisa support sessions, delivered as part of a pro bono initiative in partnership with Dechert LLP, Linklaters, Clyde & Co, and Squire Patton Boggs.
This award recognises our eVisa support sessions, delivered as part of a pro bono initiative in partnership with Dechert LLP, Linklaters, Clyde & Co, and Squire Patton Boggs.
The Home Office's response to this plea for humanity and understanding?
"We are furious at the level of illegal migrants and asylum hotels."
No acknowledgement of the facts and concerns raised, the human beings involved, or their own responsibility for the use of hotels.
This is not good enough.
"We are furious at the level of illegal migrants and asylum hotels."
No acknowledgement of the facts and concerns raised, the human beings involved, or their own responsibility for the use of hotels.
This is not good enough.
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Home Office's response to this plea for humanity and understanding?
"We are furious at the level of illegal migrants and asylum hotels."
No acknowledgement of the facts and concerns raised, the human beings involved, or their own responsibility for the use of hotels.
This is not good enough.
"We are furious at the level of illegal migrants and asylum hotels."
No acknowledgement of the facts and concerns raised, the human beings involved, or their own responsibility for the use of hotels.
This is not good enough.
Meet Neil Frackelton, our new CEO.
He brings with him a deep commitment to the mission and values that define GMIAU.
Having completed his first week, Neil shares his background, career highlights, and what led him to become the CEO of GMIAU.
🔗https://gmiau.org/meet-neil-frackelton-gmiaus-ceo/
He brings with him a deep commitment to the mission and values that define GMIAU.
Having completed his first week, Neil shares his background, career highlights, and what led him to become the CEO of GMIAU.
🔗https://gmiau.org/meet-neil-frackelton-gmiaus-ceo/
October 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Meet Neil Frackelton, our new CEO.
He brings with him a deep commitment to the mission and values that define GMIAU.
Having completed his first week, Neil shares his background, career highlights, and what led him to become the CEO of GMIAU.
🔗https://gmiau.org/meet-neil-frackelton-gmiaus-ceo/
He brings with him a deep commitment to the mission and values that define GMIAU.
Having completed his first week, Neil shares his background, career highlights, and what led him to become the CEO of GMIAU.
🔗https://gmiau.org/meet-neil-frackelton-gmiaus-ceo/
Our statement following the attack in Crumpsall:
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October 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our statement following the attack in Crumpsall:
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Join us at The World Transformed this Friday!
Evictions, Raids and Racist Attacks: Resisting Alongside Migrant Communities
This session will explore experiences of housing injustice and racist violence in the asylum system, and how to strengthen our movements of support and solidarity.
Evictions, Raids and Racist Attacks: Resisting Alongside Migrant Communities
This session will explore experiences of housing injustice and racist violence in the asylum system, and how to strengthen our movements of support and solidarity.
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Join us at The World Transformed this Friday!
Evictions, Raids and Racist Attacks: Resisting Alongside Migrant Communities
This session will explore experiences of housing injustice and racist violence in the asylum system, and how to strengthen our movements of support and solidarity.
Evictions, Raids and Racist Attacks: Resisting Alongside Migrant Communities
This session will explore experiences of housing injustice and racist violence in the asylum system, and how to strengthen our movements of support and solidarity.
📒 We have published a new Policy Briefing: Refugee Homelessness in Greater Manchester.
Please read and download the briefing here: gmiau.org/refugee-home...
Please read and download the briefing here: gmiau.org/refugee-home...
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📒 We have published a new Policy Briefing: Refugee Homelessness in Greater Manchester.
Please read and download the briefing here: gmiau.org/refugee-home...
Please read and download the briefing here: gmiau.org/refugee-home...
'The Syrian community in the United Kingdom extends its deepest condolences to the Jewish community in Manchester .... We are horrified by this attack, and we stand in full solidarity with our Jewish neighbours as they grieve'
💚Read the full solidarity message from the Syrian community in the UK...
💚Read the full solidarity message from the Syrian community in the UK...
October 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
'The Syrian community in the United Kingdom extends its deepest condolences to the Jewish community in Manchester .... We are horrified by this attack, and we stand in full solidarity with our Jewish neighbours as they grieve'
💚Read the full solidarity message from the Syrian community in the UK...
💚Read the full solidarity message from the Syrian community in the UK...
You can see a recap of the panels on our page...
📖 Speeches from Daniel Trilling and Julia Savage from Asylum Matters
🏡 housing, support & destitution
📫 Windrush and the hostile environment
📋trafficking
⭐️children - age assessments & best practice
🏷️ reporting, removal and detention
📑 looking ahead
📖 Speeches from Daniel Trilling and Julia Savage from Asylum Matters
🏡 housing, support & destitution
📫 Windrush and the hostile environment
📋trafficking
⭐️children - age assessments & best practice
🏷️ reporting, removal and detention
📑 looking ahead
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
You can see a recap of the panels on our page...
📖 Speeches from Daniel Trilling and Julia Savage from Asylum Matters
🏡 housing, support & destitution
📫 Windrush and the hostile environment
📋trafficking
⭐️children - age assessments & best practice
🏷️ reporting, removal and detention
📑 looking ahead
📖 Speeches from Daniel Trilling and Julia Savage from Asylum Matters
🏡 housing, support & destitution
📫 Windrush and the hostile environment
📋trafficking
⭐️children - age assessments & best practice
🏷️ reporting, removal and detention
📑 looking ahead
Yesterday we co-hosted our North West Migrants’ Rights Conference with @gcnchambers.bsky.social . It was an incredible day of conversations, connection and reflection. We’re so grateful to everyone who came, contributed, spoke, and shared their work and experiences - it was inspiring + energising.
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Yesterday we co-hosted our North West Migrants’ Rights Conference with @gcnchambers.bsky.social . It was an incredible day of conversations, connection and reflection. We’re so grateful to everyone who came, contributed, spoke, and shared their work and experiences - it was inspiring + energising.
To close, we had a final message from the wonderful Julia from Aslyum Matters. A brilliant message of positivity and solidarity as we move forward and continue our work as a collective.
Thank you to everyone to attended & participated today. What a brilliant and inspiring conference. ⭐
Thank you to everyone to attended & participated today. What a brilliant and inspiring conference. ⭐
September 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
To close, we had a final message from the wonderful Julia from Aslyum Matters. A brilliant message of positivity and solidarity as we move forward and continue our work as a collective.
Thank you to everyone to attended & participated today. What a brilliant and inspiring conference. ⭐
Thank you to everyone to attended & participated today. What a brilliant and inspiring conference. ⭐
Panel 6: Looking ahead
Finally, we heard from a range of speakers sharing their lived experience & knowledge on family reunification, the current legal landscape/challenges, and what this looks like as we move forward with our work…
It left us on a note of hope, passion, commitment & solidarity!
Finally, we heard from a range of speakers sharing their lived experience & knowledge on family reunification, the current legal landscape/challenges, and what this looks like as we move forward with our work…
It left us on a note of hope, passion, commitment & solidarity!
September 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Panel 6: Looking ahead
Finally, we heard from a range of speakers sharing their lived experience & knowledge on family reunification, the current legal landscape/challenges, and what this looks like as we move forward with our work…
It left us on a note of hope, passion, commitment & solidarity!
Finally, we heard from a range of speakers sharing their lived experience & knowledge on family reunification, the current legal landscape/challenges, and what this looks like as we move forward with our work…
It left us on a note of hope, passion, commitment & solidarity!
Panel 5: reporting, detention & removal
We’re now listening to the next brilliant speakers sharing their work in litigation, community organising, advocacy and campaigns. Their insights are incredibly motivating and thought provoking, and remind us why now, more than ever, we need solidarity 💚
We’re now listening to the next brilliant speakers sharing their work in litigation, community organising, advocacy and campaigns. Their insights are incredibly motivating and thought provoking, and remind us why now, more than ever, we need solidarity 💚
September 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Panel 5: reporting, detention & removal
We’re now listening to the next brilliant speakers sharing their work in litigation, community organising, advocacy and campaigns. Their insights are incredibly motivating and thought provoking, and remind us why now, more than ever, we need solidarity 💚
We’re now listening to the next brilliant speakers sharing their work in litigation, community organising, advocacy and campaigns. Their insights are incredibly motivating and thought provoking, and remind us why now, more than ever, we need solidarity 💚
Panel 4: Children - age assessments & best practise
Our speakers shared recommendations for best practise for building trust and representing young people seeking safety.
We also shared some of our resources (all available on our website), and heard from an individual from our All4one group.
Our speakers shared recommendations for best practise for building trust and representing young people seeking safety.
We also shared some of our resources (all available on our website), and heard from an individual from our All4one group.
September 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Panel 4: Children - age assessments & best practise
Our speakers shared recommendations for best practise for building trust and representing young people seeking safety.
We also shared some of our resources (all available on our website), and heard from an individual from our All4one group.
Our speakers shared recommendations for best practise for building trust and representing young people seeking safety.
We also shared some of our resources (all available on our website), and heard from an individual from our All4one group.
Panel 3: Trafficking📫
We're listening to 3 speakers share their outstanding work in modern slavery and immigration across the legal and academic fields.
From sharing their experiences of bringing statregic litigation, and of client’s exploitation, to sharing landmark court cases, and so much more!
We're listening to 3 speakers share their outstanding work in modern slavery and immigration across the legal and academic fields.
From sharing their experiences of bringing statregic litigation, and of client’s exploitation, to sharing landmark court cases, and so much more!
September 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Panel 3: Trafficking📫
We're listening to 3 speakers share their outstanding work in modern slavery and immigration across the legal and academic fields.
From sharing their experiences of bringing statregic litigation, and of client’s exploitation, to sharing landmark court cases, and so much more!
We're listening to 3 speakers share their outstanding work in modern slavery and immigration across the legal and academic fields.
From sharing their experiences of bringing statregic litigation, and of client’s exploitation, to sharing landmark court cases, and so much more!
Also great to hear from speakers about the consequences of the 10 year route from both a lawyer and lived experience perspective, which is something we at GMIAU have been campaigning about for a long time.
The damaging impact that this route has on every aspect of a person’s life is astronomical.
The damaging impact that this route has on every aspect of a person’s life is astronomical.
September 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Also great to hear from speakers about the consequences of the 10 year route from both a lawyer and lived experience perspective, which is something we at GMIAU have been campaigning about for a long time.
The damaging impact that this route has on every aspect of a person’s life is astronomical.
The damaging impact that this route has on every aspect of a person’s life is astronomical.
Panel 2: Windrush + the hostile environment 📃.
Listening to survivors of the Windrush scandal & to lawyers helping people to navigate the complex Windrush compensation scheme.
Access to legal support is crucial, but the irrevocable losses people have faced can never be truly compensated.
Listening to survivors of the Windrush scandal & to lawyers helping people to navigate the complex Windrush compensation scheme.
Access to legal support is crucial, but the irrevocable losses people have faced can never be truly compensated.
September 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Panel 2: Windrush + the hostile environment 📃.
Listening to survivors of the Windrush scandal & to lawyers helping people to navigate the complex Windrush compensation scheme.
Access to legal support is crucial, but the irrevocable losses people have faced can never be truly compensated.
Listening to survivors of the Windrush scandal & to lawyers helping people to navigate the complex Windrush compensation scheme.
Access to legal support is crucial, but the irrevocable losses people have faced can never be truly compensated.
Panel 1: Housing, support + destitution🏡.
Great to hear from all speakers on: NRPF, homelessness + the political climate.
We have also been lucky to hear from those with lived experience sharing their moving stories of resilience, and the need for change to the housing/hotels accommodation model.
Great to hear from all speakers on: NRPF, homelessness + the political climate.
We have also been lucky to hear from those with lived experience sharing their moving stories of resilience, and the need for change to the housing/hotels accommodation model.
September 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Panel 1: Housing, support + destitution🏡.
Great to hear from all speakers on: NRPF, homelessness + the political climate.
We have also been lucky to hear from those with lived experience sharing their moving stories of resilience, and the need for change to the housing/hotels accommodation model.
Great to hear from all speakers on: NRPF, homelessness + the political climate.
We have also been lucky to hear from those with lived experience sharing their moving stories of resilience, and the need for change to the housing/hotels accommodation model.
Our Migrants' Rights Conference is underway!
It's great to have Daniel Trilling with us, sharing the context behind why it's so important that we have come together today.
We’ll be sharing more throughout the day…
It's great to have Daniel Trilling with us, sharing the context behind why it's so important that we have come together today.
We’ll be sharing more throughout the day…
September 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Our Migrants' Rights Conference is underway!
It's great to have Daniel Trilling with us, sharing the context behind why it's so important that we have come together today.
We’ll be sharing more throughout the day…
It's great to have Daniel Trilling with us, sharing the context behind why it's so important that we have come together today.
We’ll be sharing more throughout the day…
Just a reminder that from tomorrow, 30th September 2025, the process for accessing legal advice from GMIAU will be changing.
To help, here is an updated guide outlining how professionals can make referrals to GMIAU under the new system. Please use and share with anyone who may need it.
To help, here is an updated guide outlining how professionals can make referrals to GMIAU under the new system. Please use and share with anyone who may need it.
September 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Just a reminder that from tomorrow, 30th September 2025, the process for accessing legal advice from GMIAU will be changing.
To help, here is an updated guide outlining how professionals can make referrals to GMIAU under the new system. Please use and share with anyone who may need it.
To help, here is an updated guide outlining how professionals can make referrals to GMIAU under the new system. Please use and share with anyone who may need it.
We are so proud of their resilience and compassion, and we hope that these messages reach someone who needs to see them 💚
September 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We are so proud of their resilience and compassion, and we hope that these messages reach someone who needs to see them 💚
Amidst the current hostility and racism being shown across the UK, young people from our All4One group continue to be a source of positivity and hope.
Despite the challenges they have, and continue to face, they wanted to share messages of hope and solidarity with others seeking safety in the UK..
Despite the challenges they have, and continue to face, they wanted to share messages of hope and solidarity with others seeking safety in the UK..
September 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Amidst the current hostility and racism being shown across the UK, young people from our All4One group continue to be a source of positivity and hope.
Despite the challenges they have, and continue to face, they wanted to share messages of hope and solidarity with others seeking safety in the UK..
Despite the challenges they have, and continue to face, they wanted to share messages of hope and solidarity with others seeking safety in the UK..
📣UPCOMING EVENT: We’re proud to be co-hosting the North West Migrants’ Rights Conference 'Humanising the rhetoric: through law, communities and understanding' with Garden Court North Chambers on 30 September 2025.
Get your FREE ticket: gcnchambers.co.uk/event/migran...
We hope to see you there 🙂
Get your FREE ticket: gcnchambers.co.uk/event/migran...
We hope to see you there 🙂
September 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📣UPCOMING EVENT: We’re proud to be co-hosting the North West Migrants’ Rights Conference 'Humanising the rhetoric: through law, communities and understanding' with Garden Court North Chambers on 30 September 2025.
Get your FREE ticket: gcnchambers.co.uk/event/migran...
We hope to see you there 🙂
Get your FREE ticket: gcnchambers.co.uk/event/migran...
We hope to see you there 🙂
From our February 2024 statement on housing injustice, asylum hotels and the housing crisis.
Today more than ever, people seeking safety are facing racist abuse, scapegoated for a crisis they played no part in causing.
Read it here: gmiau.org/housing-just...
Today more than ever, people seeking safety are facing racist abuse, scapegoated for a crisis they played no part in causing.
Read it here: gmiau.org/housing-just...
August 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
From our February 2024 statement on housing injustice, asylum hotels and the housing crisis.
Today more than ever, people seeking safety are facing racist abuse, scapegoated for a crisis they played no part in causing.
Read it here: gmiau.org/housing-just...
Today more than ever, people seeking safety are facing racist abuse, scapegoated for a crisis they played no part in causing.
Read it here: gmiau.org/housing-just...
🚨 New guides launched!
Two practical tools for social workers supporting children in care with immigration + citizenship issues.
🔗 Download both here: gmiau.org/new-guides-f...
🗓️ Free online launch & training – 11 Sept, 10am: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gmiau-chil...
Two practical tools for social workers supporting children in care with immigration + citizenship issues.
🔗 Download both here: gmiau.org/new-guides-f...
🗓️ Free online launch & training – 11 Sept, 10am: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gmiau-chil...
August 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🚨 New guides launched!
Two practical tools for social workers supporting children in care with immigration + citizenship issues.
🔗 Download both here: gmiau.org/new-guides-f...
🗓️ Free online launch & training – 11 Sept, 10am: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gmiau-chil...
Two practical tools for social workers supporting children in care with immigration + citizenship issues.
🔗 Download both here: gmiau.org/new-guides-f...
🗓️ Free online launch & training – 11 Sept, 10am: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gmiau-chil...