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JCWI publishes report on lives of undocumented migrants in UK

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Published on: 30 April 2021

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LNB News 30/04/2021

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Issue Date: 30 April 2021

Published Date: 30 April 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has published a report entitled ‘We are here’, which looks at the lives of undocumented migrants in the UK, including how people become undocumented and how the system itself often forces people to become so. JCWI’s research involves survey evidence, testimony from immigration lawyers, interviews and focus groups with undocumented and formerly undocumented migrants, and data from JCWI’s undocumented migrant helpline.

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