Sentences with phrase «precarious immigration status»

It will specifically look at racialized women who have precarious immigration status and the gaps they face in accessing support not just for legal services but health care, housing and childcare.

The West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund's [LEAF] position paper captures this vividly: «[A] busive sponsors prey upon the precarious immigration status of their partners to control their behaviour and stop them from reporting the violence or leaving the relationship.»

Precarious immigration status makes many newcomers fearful to address legal issues through the court system due to safety concerns related to their immigration status.

Avvy Go, Clinic Director of the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, Shalini Konanur, Clinic Director of the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario, and Debbie Douglas, Executive Director of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, released an opinion editorial in the Toronto Star speaking to the importance of saving Bill 164, which proposes to extend of human rights protection in Ontario to the poor, people with precarious immigration status, and people with police records.

For example, in our compulsory Access to Justice course students read about and discuss the barriers faced by women experiencing domestic violence while also living in poverty, struggling with precarious immigration status, and supporting their children.

But for people like Ms. Raymond, who are female, poor and have precarious immigration status (Ms. Raymond has a temporary work permit), obtaining a divorce can be extraordinarily difficult.

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Her immigration status was precarious, her brothers fighting in the war, and a neighbor had dumped her at the door of a mysterious old man, a shoemaker the girl did not know, but who was the only person standing between this girl and an orphanage.

Her experience in education and community care law means she is particularly well - suited to the numerous cases in which these areas of the law collide, such as Tier 4 visa issues, student loans, and disputes about local authority and health authority obligations in cases involving those with «precarious» immigration status.