2003-2012

“We want to create a culture of welcome which will enable each community to prosper. Beyond this we believe that the community of communities which is the UK today will be a society built on the mutual benefit which derives from our collective contributions.”
— Emmanuel Nkusi, Chair of Praxis Management

Our international work continued; we supported the National Human Rights Center of Liberia from 2003-2007 to provide advocacy support during a time of resistance against the Charles Taylor regime. Read more.

  • Umabano-Rwandan refugee community association

    Burkino Faso community association

    Vamos Juntos

    Forum of African Human rights defenders in Europe

    Salvador Allende Cultural Centre

    Ibero-American Women’s Group

    Praxis Panthers Football Club.

 

The financial crash in 2008 pushed hundreds of thousands of families into poverty. In response, we turned our attention to the destitution and homelessness of migrants- 37% increase in small grants Praxis disbursed to vulnerable people in crisis. There had been a dramatic shift in who needed support, away from the mainly political refugees in the 1980s to extremely vulnerable undocumented immigrants. 

 

In 2012, Theresa May the Conservative Home Secretary introduced the ‘Hostile Environment’ a policy response aiming to make it as difficult as possible for people to settle in the UK. Doctors, landlords, police officers and teachers were tasked with questioning people’s immigration status. Today, the ‘hostile environment’ refers to the overarching approach and numerous policies which aim to make it as difficult as possible for migrants.