Access to healthcare, housing and food for all

Access to healthcare, housing and food for all

Started
29 March 2020
Petition to
Prime Minister, Boris Johnson (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) and 1 other
Signatures: 4,624Next Goal: 5,000
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Started by RAPAR, Manchester

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ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, HOUSING AND FOOD FOR ALL

27th March 2020

WE the undersigned call upon the Prime Minister of the UK and the Taoiseach of Ireland to use their vested powers to instruct the British and Irish States to act immediately and in all ways necessary so that ALL undocumented people, destitute people and migrant people in the legal process in both the UK and Ireland are granted Status Now, as in Leave to Remain. In this way every human, irrespective of their nationality or citizenship, can access healthcare, housing, food and the same sources of income from the State as everyone else.

Everyone has the right to be in an environment where they can follow the Public Health directives necessary to limit COVID19 viral transmission to the absolute minimum and to care for themselves, their loved ones and their living and working communities.

People living in extreme poverty and/or destitution and/or without immigration status in the UK or Ireland and/or without access to the NHS or the Irish Health System:

  • Are unable to socially isolate as needed
  • Cannot access health care, and income and other social support
  • Cannot contribute openly and without fear, to making the population as safe as possible, alongside everyone else

Migrant people who are in the legal system cannot keep physically safe on their allowances, because those allowances don’t amount to enough money to eat healthily, or buy and apply appropriate cleaning materials, and many are living in accommodation where they cannot socially isolate as they may want and need to.

All people who are destitute and/or undocumented and living in the shadows fear what will happen to them if they identify themselves, cannot access healthcare, emergency shelter and food, nor report or seek protection from domestic violence, rape, exploitation and other abuses - levels of which are already rising.

It is imperative - being in everyone’s best interests - that the basic needs of all are met.

The letter version of this petition has been signed by the following groups and organisations (see original letter here). 

ORGANISATION SIGNATORIES as at 13th May 2020
All African Women’s Group
Akwaaba
ATD Fourth World
BASW Cymru - British Association of Social Workers, Cymru
Bent Bars
BFAWU - Bakers’, Food & Allied Workers Union
Black Women’s Rape Action Project
Boabab Women's Project
Borderlands Charity
CARAG - Coventry Asylum and Refugee Action Group
Central England Lipreading Support Trust
Comhlamh
Commonword/Cultureword
Croydon Refugee & New Communities Forum
DocsNotCops
Doncaster Conversation Club
DPAC – Disabled People Against Cuts
EHID - End Heathrow Immigration Detention
Ethnic Minorities and Youth Support Team, Wales
FAF, GAF, LAFA and Feminist Fightback
GDWG - Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group
Haringey Welcome
Highly Skilled Migrants UK
Kanlungan Filipino Consortium,
Kent RefugeeHelp
Labour Campaign for Free Movement
Legal Action for Women
Leicester Quaker Meeting of Sanctuary
Lichfield City of Sanctuary
Lichfield Quaker Meeting
Lichfield Refugee Aid
Manchester City of Sanctuary
MASI – Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland
Medical Professionals in the UK Seeking Registration
Middle East Solidarity Magazine
Migrants Rights Network
MOJUK - Miscarriages of Justice UK
MRRC - Manchester Refugee Rights Collective
No-Deportations - Residence Papers for All
Oldham Unity
Payday Men's Network
Positive Action in Housing
Poverty Truth Community
Project 17
Public Interest Law Centre
QARN - Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network
Race on the Agenda
RADAR - Rochdale Action on Destitution with Asylumseekers and Refugees
RAPAR - Refugee and Asylum seeker Participatory Action Research
Reclaim the Power
Remodel
Samphire
St Nicholas of Tolentino RC Church
The3Million
Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association ​
Women Against Rape
Women of Colour/Global Women's Strike

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Decision-Makers

  • Prime Minister, Boris JohnsonPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • An Taoiseach, Leo VaradkarDepartment of the Taoiseach