Family Early Help
Where can I find options for legal support for a Ukrainian family if they request it?
Ukrainian refugee families may want to seek legal advice and support. You can find a list of legal services that specialise in supporting refugees and people seeking asylum on the Guidebook here. You must not provide any legal or immigration advice unless you are qualified to do so. Please signpost people to qualified sources of support:
These schemes have also been set up specifically to provide legal support to Ukrainian refugees:
Ukraine Advice Project UK is a group of volunteer legal professionals with immigration and asylum expertise. They provide a free service to connect Ukrainian citizens (and others fleeing the Ukraine) with free legal advice on UK immigration, visas and asylum from qualified and regulated lawyers. You can email them at [email protected].
Free Legal Advice | Here for Good (hereforgoodlaw.org)are providing a telephone advice line from 10:00-12:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays for Ukrainian nationals - 020 8275 4386 . If you have had to flee Ukraine and you need help with your application to get to the UK, please complete this form. We will then make contact with you using the details you have provided.
Legal aid can help meet the costs of legal advice and representation but is only available for certain types of applications and for people who cannot afford to pay for a solicitor privately.
You can find a legal representative who is regulated by the UK’s Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) through the ‘Find an Immigration Advisor’ search function at gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser. You can also email [email protected] to explain your situation and request free immigration advice.
Migrant Rights Network also have a number of guides to help migrants understand their rights. You can find this here
https://migrantsrights.org.uk/reports/know-your-rights/
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