Kent Refugee Help
Contact details
Kent Refugee Help
PO Box 192
Whitstable
Kent
CT5 1WA
Public phone:
Email: info@kentrefugeehelp.org.uk
Website URL: http://www.kentrefugeehelp.org.uk
General information
Service offered: Kent Refugee Help (KRH) is a small charity supporting foreign national prisoners held in Kent and London prisons. We support prisoners through individual casework helping them to access legal advice for their immigration, criminal and other matters. Our support continues after release if required as former FNPS face many barriers to integration due to isolation, poverty and insecure immigration status. Since 2019 we have been authorized to provide immigration advice and services by OISC (office of the immigration services commissioner. We provide free immigration advice by telephone and video link. Immigration Advice telephone advice line for foreign national prisoners 0207 096147 Wed 10 am-12.30 pm, Thursday 4 pm -7 pm. We make legal and other referrals on immigration, criminal and related matters. We provide a confidential/legal visit by video -link or in person depending on the individual prison.
Target group: Our client group is foreign national prisoners some of whom are detained under immigration powers facing deportation (Please note our client group is foreign national prisoners not exclusively immigration detainees).
Area served: Kent
How to contact: Write to us at the above email address (info@kentrefugeehelp.org.uk) or PO BOX address 192 Whitstable CT5 1WA.
Availability
Monday: Please Email for further information
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Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Not applicable
Accessible toilets: Not applicable
Access notes: We do not see clients in the office
Other information
Languages other than English: We will book an interpreter for a legal visit if required.
Charity number: 1120185
Year established: 0
Staffing: Two part time legal advisors. Two part time generic caseworkers.
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Record last checked: 17 January 2025