ICAR

Welcome to ICAR

The Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees (ICAR) is an independent information and research organisation based at the Runnymede Trust. To find out more see About ICAR and read the latest ICAR newsletter  

ICAR @ Runnymede Trust

£25,000 RAISED TO SAVE INFORMATION CENTRE ABOUT ASYLUM AND REFUGEES
FROM CLOSURE

ICAR is delighted to announce that we moved to our new home at the Runnymede Trust on the 8th July. See the press release here and statement from Neil Amas in the July ICAR Newsletter

Our contact details have now changed:

Address: 7 Plough Yard, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3LP                                      

Telephone: 0207 377 9222

E-mail: icar@runnymedetrust.org      

Individual staff contact details are here

ICAR activities

• ICAR's Gabriela Quevedo spoke on 15th July at a one day advanced course on Conducting Community Research held by the Evelyn Oldfield Unit - presentation materials to follow.
• ICAR director Neil Amas recently spoke to Colourful Radio's breakfast show. To hear the interview go to Colourful Radio and scroll down to 2010-7-2 8:00. The interview is about ten minutes in.
• Our 2009/10 seminar series on Researching Asylum Seekers and Migrants has now ended. See our Events page for materials available from the seminars. 

Latest Additions

Forced Migration Review 35 is a special issue on Disability and Displacement and features an article written by ICAR and based on our research: 'Failing Londons Disabled Refugees' by Neil Amas and Jacob Lagnado.

 

Refugee and Migrant Justice (RMJ) has published four reports written by ICAR as a part of a research project on the Cost of Quality Legal Advice in asylum legal aid work. ICAR and a team of experts in Law and Economics at City University were commissioned by RMJ to carry out this research, which is funded by the Baring Foundation.

Interim Report: 'Justice at Risk: quality and value for money in asylum legal aid'

Literature Review: 'Review of quality issues in legal advice: measuring and costing quality in asylum work'See alsoexecutive summary

Refugee Interviews: 'Cost of Quality Legal Advice'

Refugee Migrant Justice press release