Time To Be Out

We are delighted to congratulate Asif, who has been granted asylum on appeal. Asif is from Pakistan. We met him in September last year after he had been refused asylum by the Home Office. We worked with him to produce a support statement and we gave evidence at his recent appeal. The judge overturned the Home Office refusal and he heard yesterday that they had not appealed against the judge's ruling. He has now received the letter saying he had been granted asylum. We wish Asif the very best for his free life in this country.

We are delighted that two of our guys have had their Home Office refusals reversed. T, from Nigeria was asked for any further evidence and the Home Office then changed their decision and granted asylum. M from Kenya had his refusal withdrawn by the Home Office at the review stage before his appeal hearing. Both are now safe.
More of this please !

A brief report on last year.

During 2025, Time To Be Out supported 63 people who were granted leave to remain, either directly by the Home Office or on appeal. We had, however,31 people whose asylum applications were refused. Two of these were refused without right of appeal because the Home Office deems the country safe and two had their appeals dismissed when the judge ruled their country was safe enough to go back and relocate. We have a large number of people waiting for a court date for their appeal against Home Office refusal. We also accompanied at least 47 people to their Home Office interviews and helped 14 people who did not have lawyers to submit their appeals.

As they say in France "la lutte continue", the struggle goes on....

Yesterday a group of our asylum seekers came for a day in York. The Minister invited them to lunch, gave them a tour of the cathedral and helped to pay for their transport. Our group really appreciated the warm welcome the Minster gave them. The weather was good and people were able to meet up with friends and make new ones. Our thanks to Kirsty and the Minster staff for making this lovely day possible.

On Saturday 6th December we had our Christmas get-together in Sheffield for people from South Yorkshire and some from much further away. More than 40 people were able to come. A great opportunity to make friends and show support for each other.