Issue details

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit is a specialist provider of legal advice for asylum and immigration issues, and this funding will increase the capacity to provide this support, as part of a wider agreement with Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the other nine Greater
Manchester districts. Oldham Council is currently having problems accessing this specialist support either from GMIAU or commercial providers with the relevant legal aid contract.
The service will help to enable vulnerable individuals to: leave abusive and dangerous situations which can escalate into serious mental health or physical crises in their homes or communities, and to avoid further periods of emotional trauma, vulnerability to danger, exploitation, and injury in relation to domestic abuse, gender-based violence, forced marriage, immigration abuse, Female Genital Mutilation, honour-based violence and modern slavery.