Closure of Refugee and Migrant Justice - Update

Tuesday, 22 June 2010 10:37

Refugee and Migrant Justice (formerly the Refugee Legal Centre) has gone into administration and will now be closing after RMJ announced on 24th June that a rescue plan had failed.  The NRC has concerns for their clients, who may need to get alternative representation in a market that, at least in Yorkshire and Humberside, does not have a large number of alternative immigration advisers.

The charity represented some 10,000 asylum seekers nationally in their asylum applications and related cases, and had a major regional office in Leeds. They are closing because payments in respect of legal aid were not forthcoming from the Legal Services Commission.