--to bear witness to; testify to; give or afford evidence of.
For humans, regardless of their Nationality, status, or migration journey, to be empowered to make informed decisions to manage the risk & harm they are exposed to by closed border regimes. For humans to have the means to bear witness when their rights are abused & for those voices to be amplified. For a UK that provides a lawful, compassionate asylum & Immigration system rooted in care & respect for people forced to migrate.
HfRN is a need led Human Rights organisation, established to facilitate safety & dignity for people forced to migrate, to advocate for a rights-based approach to the movement of people throughout Northern Europe, and to represent humans whose rights are violated. We are led and informed by the displaced people we work with and collaborate to address mistreatment and challenge systemic and structural racism & discrimination and the harmful impact of these.
We carry out direct, non-extractive investigative casework responding to immediate harm caused to those forced to migrate.
We gather evidence rooted in lived experience, of hostile border policies and the harm caused to people forced to migrate in order to force accountability and justice.
Strategic collaboration with legal, civil society and community partners across the UK and Northern Europe to share learning, develop training, and collectively gather and analyse evidence of systemic harm caused by hostile border regimes.
We advocate, campaign and litigate to facilitate access to justice both individually and collectively, and to secure accountability and systems change
“Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I’m going to go fulfil my proper function in the social organism. I’m going to go unbuild walls.” — URSULA K. LE GUIN, THE DISPOSSESSED
