Free training for organisations supporting refugees and asylum seekers

Vulnerable migrants need accurate, high quality advice. Since 2016, Refugee Action’s Frontline Immigration Advice Project (FIAP) has been helping organisations working with migrants to provide that advice.

The project trains advisers, supports advice model development, helps organisations get Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) registered and then continues to support them in their practice. This leads to more free, good quality immigration advice available to refugees and asylum seekers.

This support is available to charities and other not-for-profit organisations who:

• Want to register with the OISC
• Are already OISC registered, or
• Are unsure about registering, or don’t need to, but want to understand immigration advice and how to work within its legal boundaries

It offers:

• Training in immigration law at OISC Levels One and Two
• Study support for OISC assessments
• Guidance through the OISC registration process
• Ongoing support and Continuous Professional Development to students and organisations enrolled in the FIAP programme
• Awareness raising sessions to help unregistered organisations work within legal boundaries
• Needs assessments and advice model development for organisations who are unsure about their requirement to register.

This is delivered online and by phone. Services are currently free.

For more information, please visit the Refugee Action website