Wednesday, 29 June 2011


Home Sweet Home
refugees, migrants and legal aid

Exhibition of photographs
Free entry
Wed 6 July – Fri 15 July 2011

Hackney Central Library
(next to Hackney Town Hall)
Mare Street,London E8 1GQ
Buses: 30, 48, 55, 106, 253, 254,
236, 276, 277, D6
Overground: Hackney Central; London Fields

Exhibition launch with speakers and discussion
Wed 6 July, 6.00pm

Hackney Refugee and Migrant Support Group
Women Asylum Seekers Together (London)

Home Sweet Home
A photographic exhibition presented by Hackney Refugee and Migrant Support Group and Women Asylum Seekers Together (London). The photographs highlight the conditions migrants and refugees experience today and raise questions about the detrimental impact on them if the proposed cuts in legal aid are implemented.  
Cuts in legal aid
Legal aid is provided by the Government to fund legal advice and representation at court for people who cannot afford it. Over half a million people will lose out, according to the Government's own figures, if the legal aid budget is to be cut by £350 million. Legal aid for advice and representation on immigration, housing and benefits will become severely restricted.
Exhibition supported by Hackney Law Centre, Tower Hamlets Law Centre, Women for Refugee Women, Hackney Borough of Sanctuary group, Hackney Unites

Hackney Refugee and Migrant Support Group: 
Women Asylum Seekers Together (London): www.wast.org.uk wastlondon@yahoo.co.uk
For more details about the exhibition and the proposed changes to legal aid, email
hrmsgroup@googlemail.com / or call 07791 991416

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