#wearewitnesses

--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 Migrants we work with and collaborate to address mistreatment and challenge systemic and structural racism & discrimination and the harmful impact of these.

We provide high quality investigative casework across the UK to those groups of people who are placed in the most significant areas of risk and peril by UK Asylum & Migration systems. 

To gather evidence of hostile border policies and the harm caused to people forced to migrate in order to force accountability and justice.

We engage in strategic litigation to directly challenge unlawful practices within the UK Asylum & Migration systems and support infrastructures.

“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