Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) is an independent national charity which exists to campaign for justice in immigration, nationality and refugee law and policy.

JCWI News

Please note that whilst our Training Calendar is currently under construction there is no on-line booking facility. For Bookings please contact our training dept on 020 7553 7468.F on our website for current courses

For further details of courses please refer to the PDF programme posted on our website

EXTRA DATE for the “Tier 4 – latest changes and legal challenges” course Thurs 26^th August from 1pm to 5pm

CANCELLATION:

Please note that the course on "How to prepare asylum appeals - preparation and presentation" scheduled for the 26th Aug has been cancelled.

Good Times for marriage visa couple

The Times newspaper has today published an excellent article about the JCWI test case on the minimum age rules for marriage visas. The charity is supporting Amber and Diego Aguilar in the Court of Appeal as they try to overturn the Home Office rule change which denies 18 to 21 year olds the right to move to the UK to live with their British spouces. Read more here.

JCWI warns immigration cap will damage economy

Habib Rahman, chief executive of JCWI, today warned Theresa May's temporary cap on immigration could damage business. He said: “We can scarcely afford to knock back the investment and the specialist skills that our current immigration system allows." More...

I Love Migrants

The I Love Migrants campaign has been launched to encourage politicians to keep to the facts in the immigration debate. So far, more than 10,000 people have visited our ilovemigrants.org website. The t-shirts, Jute bags and badges are all selling fast. Vist the website, join the Facebook group and follow us on Twitter for more information.

JCWI in the Media

National charity JCWI asks Labour leadership candidates not to sing to Migrant Watch's tune in the New Statesman. We also argue that the new English language requirement for marriage visas may be discriminatory. And in the Guardian we argue that tackling global poverty requires an ethical immigration policy.

Marriage language tests

JCWI has been vocal in opposing the Government's proposals to introduce an English language requirement for marriage visas. The charity argues a requirement already exists for spouses to learn English within two years and the new rules may discriminate against women, those from south Asia and the poorest wishing to come to live with their loved ones in the UK. We have appeared on the Politics Show - Hina Majid is interviewed at the end of the programme - and press and television in the UK and the United States.

New Training Programme

JCWI will publish the new training programme in April 2010 in which all courses held between May and the following January will be made available. The website will be updated accordingly. We will not be able to offer training dates for this period before April by telephone.